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Lexicon :: Strong's H1265 - bᵊrôš

Aa
בְּרוֹשׁ
Transliteration
bᵊrôš
Pronunciation
ber-osh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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TWOT Reference: 289a

Strong’s Definitions

בְּרוֹשׁ bᵉrôwsh, ber-osh'; of uncertain derivation; a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood):—fir (tree).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H1265 in the following manner: fir tree (13x), fir (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H1265 in the following manner: fir tree (13x), fir (7x).
  1. cypress, fir, juniper, pine

    1. a noble tree (lit.)

    2. of stateliness (fig.)

    3. material for temple

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּרוֹשׁ bᵉrôwsh, ber-osh'; of uncertain derivation; a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood):—fir (tree).
STRONGS H1265: Abbreviations
בְּרוֺשׁ noun masculineHos 14:9 cypress or fir (Assyrian burâšu COTGlossary Aramaic בּרוֺתא, aTxvurb, compare בְּרוֺת below, see also Greek βράθυ, Latin bratum, cypress, juniper (PS); in favour of cypress, also Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version & so Thes; in favour of fir or pine, Vulgate Rob in Rob-Ges (because cypress not now indigenous on Lebanon); compare also RSProph. iv. n. 20 who lays stress on Phoenician proper name, of a location אי בשם (= איברושים) = Greek Πιτυοῦσαι i.e. isle of firs; — see further SchroedPhön. Spr. 99 LöwNo. 59 & Brathu as name of Hermon Philo Byblus in EusebPraep. Evang. i. 10) — בְּרוֺשׁ Hosea 14:9 + 4 times; בִּרוֺשִׁים 2 Samuel 6:5 + 11 times, בְּרשִׁים Nahum 2:4, בְּרוֺשָׁיו Isaiah 37:24, בְּרשָׁיו 2 Kings 19:23; —
1. (literal) a noble tree, usually || ארז (except 2 Samuel 6:5; 1 Kings 6:34; 2 Chronicles 3:5; Psalm 104:17; Isaiah 55:13; Hosea 14:9; Nahum 2:4); as standing and growing Isaiah 14:8; Isaiah 37:24 = 2 Kings 19:23; Isaiah 41:19; Isaiah 55:13 (|| הֲדַס) Isaiah 60:13 (|| כבוד לבנון = ארז) Psalm 104:17.
2. simile of luxuriance, stateliness Ezekiel 31:8, productiveness Hosea 14:9 (Now thinks cypress), figurative for spear-shafts Nahum 2:4 Hi-St, but Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version פרשׁים; figurative for mighty men Zechariah 11:2.
3. as material (always plural), for building temple (עצי ב׳) 1 Kings 5:22; 1 Kings 5:24; 1 Kings 6:34; compare 1 Kings 9:11; 2 Chronicles 2:7; עץ ב׳ (singular) 2 Chronicles 3:5 (compare Baer's note); צלעות ב׳ 1 Kings 6:15; for ships (no עץ) Ezekiel 27:5; — בְּכֹל עֲצֵי ברושׁים 2 Samuel 6:5 apparently = with all musical instruments made of fir, but || 1 Chronicles 13:8 בְּכָל־עֹז וּבְשִׁירִים & so here Greek Version of the LXX We Dr.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

6:5; 6:5; 6:5

1 Kings

6:15; 6:34; 6:34; 9:11

2 Kings

19:23; 19:23

1 Chronicles

13:8

2 Chronicles

2:7; 3:5; 3:5

Psalms

104:17; 104:17

Isaiah

14:8; 37:24; 37:24; 41:19; 55:13; 55:13; 60:13

Ezekiel

27:5; 31:8

Hosea

14:9; 14:9; 14:9; 14:9

Nahum

2:4; 2:4; 2:4

Zechariah

11:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1265 matches the Hebrew בְּרוֹשׁ (bᵊrôš),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - Meanwhile, David H1732 and all H3605 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 were celebrating H7832 before H6440 the LORD H3068 with all H3605 kinds of instruments made of juniper H1265 wood H6086, and with [fn]lyres H3658, harps H5035, tambourines H8596, castanets H4517, and cymbals H6767.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8 - So Hiram H2438 sent H7971 word to Solomon H8010, saying H559, “I have heard H8085 the message which H834 you sent H7971 me; I will do H6213 everything H3605 you wish H2656 concerning the cedar H730 and juniper H1265 timber H6086.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10 - So [fn]Hiram H2438 [fn]gave H5414 Solomon H8010 all H3605 that he wished H2656 of the cedar H730 and juniper H1265 timber H6086.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:15 - He built H1129 the walls H7023 of the house H1004 on the inside H4480 H1004 with boards H6763 of cedar H730; from the floor H7172 of the house H1004 to the [fn]ceiling H7023 H5604 he paneled H6823 the walls on the inside H4480 H1004 with wood H6086, and he paneled H6823 the floor H7172 of the house H1004 with boards H6763 of juniper H1265.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:34 - and two H8147 doors H1817 of juniper H1265 wood H6086; the two H8147 leaves H6763 of the one H259 door H1817 turned H1550 on H1550 pivots H1550, and the two H8147 [fn]leaves H6763 of the other H8145 door H1817 turned H1550 on H1550 pivots H1550.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - (Hiram H2438 king H4428 of Tyre H6865 had supplied H5375 Solomon H8010 with cedar H730 and juniper H1265 timber H6086 and gold H2091, [fn]satisfying all H3605 his desire H2656), that King H4428 Solomon H8010 then H227 gave H5414 Hiram H2438 twenty H6242 cities H5892 in the land H776 of Galilee H1551.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23 -

‘Through H3027 your messengers H4397 you have taunted H2778 the Lord H136,

And you have said H559, “With my many H7230 chariots H7393

I went H5927 up H5927 to the heights H4791 of the mountains H2022,

To the remotest H3411 parts H3411 of Lebanon H3844;

And I cut H3772 down H3772 its tall H6967 cedars H730 and its choicest H4004 junipers H1265.

And I entered H935 its farthest H7093 resting H4411 place H4411, its thickest H3759 forest H3293.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:8 - “Send H7971 me also cedar H730, juniper H1265, and algum H418 timber H6086 from Lebanon H3844, for I know H3045 that your servants H5650 know H3045 how to cut H3772 timber H6086 of Lebanon H3844; and indeed H2009 my servants H5650 will work with your servants H5650,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:5 - He overlaid H2645 the [fn]main H1419 room H1004 with juniper H1265 wood H6086 and overlaid H2645 it with fine H2896 gold H2091; and he [fn]ornamented H5927 H5921 it with palm H8561 trees H8561 and chains H8333.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:17 -

Where H834 H8033 the birds H6833 build H7077 their nests H7077,

And the stork H2624, whose home H1004 is the juniper H1265 trees H1265.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:8 -

“Even H1571 the juniper H1265 trees H1265 rejoice H8055 over you, and the cedars H730 of Lebanon H3844, saying,

‘Since H227 you have been laid H7901 low H7901, no H3808 tree cutter H3772 comes H5927 up H5927 against H5921 us.’

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:24 -

“Through H3027 your servants H5650 you have taunted H2778 the Lord H136,

And you have said H559, ‘With my many H7230 chariots H7393 I came H5927 up H5927 to the heights H4791 of the mountains H2022,

To the remotest H3411 parts H3411 of Lebanon H3844;

And I cut H3772 down H3772 its tall H6967 cedars H730 and its choice H4004 junipers H1265.

And I will come H935 to its [fn]highest H4791 peak H7093, its thickest H3759 forest H3293.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:19 -

“I will put H5414 the cedar H730 in the wilderness H4057,

The acacia H7848, the myrtle H1918, and the olive H8081 tree H8410;

I will place H7760 the juniper H1265 in the desert H6160,

Together H3162 with the elm H8410 tree H8410 and the cypress H8391,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:13 -

“Instead H8478 of H8478 the thorn H5285 bush H5285, the juniper H1265 will come H5927 up H5927,

And instead H8478 of H8478 the stinging H5636 nettle H5636, the myrtle H1918 will come H5927 up H5927;

And [fn]it will be a [fn]memorial H8034 to the LORD H3068,

An everlasting H5769 sign H226 which will not be eliminated H3772.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:13 -

“The glory H3519 of Lebanon H3844 will come H935 to you,

The juniper H1265, the elm H8410 tree H8410 and the [fn]cedar H8391 together H3162,

To beautify H6286 the place H4725 of My sanctuary H4720;

And I will make H3513 the place H4725 of My feet H7272 glorious H3513.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:5 -

“They have [fn]made H1129 all H3605 your planks H3871 of juniper H1265 trees H1265 from Senir H8149;

They have taken H3947 a cedar H730 from Lebanon H3844 to make H6213 a mast H8650 for you.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8 -

‘The cedars H730 in God’s H430 garden H1588 [fn]could not match H6004 it;

The junipers H1265 [fn]could not compare H1819 with its branches H5589,

And the plane H6196 trees H6196 [fn]could not match its branches H6288.

No H3605 H3808 tree H6086 in God’s H430 garden H1588 [fn]could compare H1819 with it in its beauty H3308.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:8 -

Ephraim H669, what H4100 more H5750 have I to do with idols H6091?

It is I who answer H6030 and look H7789 after H7789 [fn]you.

I am like a luxuriant H7488 juniper H1265;

From Me [fn]comes H4672 your fruit H6529.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:3 -

The shields H4043 of [fn]his warriors H1368 are dyed H119 red H119,

The warriors H376 H2428 are dressed H8529 in H8529 scarlet H8529,

The chariots H7393 are fitted with [fn]flashing H784 steel H6393

[fn]When H3117 he is prepared H3559 to march,

And the juniper H1265 spears H1265 are brandished H7477.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 -

Wail H3213, juniper H1265, because H3588 the cedar H730 has fallen H5307,

For the magnificent H117 trees have been destroyed H7703;

Wail H3213, oaks H437 of Bashan H1316,

Because H3588 the [fn]impenetrable H1219 forest H3293 has come H3381 down H3381.

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