Fir:
(Isaiah 14:8; Ezekiel 27:5 etc.). As the term "cedar" is in all probability applicable to more than one tree, so also "fir" in the Authorized Version represents probably one or other of the following trees:
(1.) Pinus sylvestris, or Scotch fir;
(2.) Larch;
(3.) Cupressus sempervirens, or cypress, all which are at this day found in the Lebanon. The wood of the fir was used for ship‐building (Ezekiel 27:5) for musical instruments (2 Samuel 6:5) for beams and rafters of houses (1 Kings 5:8; 5:10; 2 Chronicles 2:8). It was a tall evergreen tree of vigorous growth.
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