H1265

בְּרוֹשׁ

be.roshH:N-M

cypress

1) cypress, fir, juniper, pine 1a) a noble tree (lit.) 1b) of stateliness (fig.) 1c) material for temple

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

בְּרוֺשׁ noun masculine^{Hos 14:9} cypress or fir (Assyrian burâšu COT^Glossary Aramaic בּרוֺתא, , compare בְּרוֺת below, see also Greek βράθυ, Latin bratum, cypress, juniper (PS); in favour of cypress, also ᵐ5 ᵑ6 & so Thes; in favour of fir or pine, ᵑ9 Rob in Rob-Ges (because cypress not now indigenous on Lebanon); compare also RS^{Proph. 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 Schroed^{Phön. Spr. 99} Löw^{No. 59 &} Brathu as name of Hermon Philo Byblus in Euseb^{Praep. Evang. i. 10}) — בְּרוֺשׁ Hos 14:9 + 4 t.; בִּרוֺשִׁים 2Sam 6:5 + 11: t., בְּרשִׁים Nah 2:4, בְּרוֺשָׁיו Isa 37:24, בְּרשָׁיו 2Kgs 19:23 —

1. (literal) a noble tree, usually || ארז (except 2Sam 6:5; 1Kgs 6:34; 2Chr 3:5; Ps 104:17; Isa 55:13; Hos 14:9; Nah 2:4); as standing and growing Isa 14:8; Isa 37:24 = 2Kgs 19:23; Isa 41:19; Isa 55:13 (|| הֲדַס) Isa 60:13 (|| כבוד לבנון = ארז) Ps 104:17.

2. simile of luxuriance, stateliness Ezek 31:8, productiveness Hos 14:9 (Now thinks cypress), figurative for spear-shafts Nah 2:4 Hi-St, but ᵐ5 ᵑ6 פרשׁים; figurative for mighty men Zech 11:2.

3. as material (always plural), for building temple (׳עצי ב) 1Kgs 5:22; 1Kgs 5:24; 1Kgs 6:34 compare 1Kgs 9:11; 2Chr 2:7 ׳עץ ב (singular) 2Chr 3:5 (compare Baer's note); ׳צלעות ב 1Kgs 6:15 for ships (no עץ) Ezek 27:5 — בְּכֹל עֲצֵי ברושׁים 2Sam 6:5 apparently = with all musical instruments made of fir, but || 1Chr 13:8 בְּכָלעֹֿז וּבְשִׁירִים & so here ᵐ5 We Dr.

14 occurrences

II Samuel (1), I Kings (2), II Kings (1), II Chronicles (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (5), Ezekiel (2), Zechariah (1)