HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1265
בְּרוֹשׁ
be.rosh — cypress
1) cypress, fir, juniper, pine 1a) a noble tree (lit.) 1b) of stateliness (fig.) 1c) material for temple
18 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Cypress
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1266
בְּרוֹת
be.rot — cypress
cypress, fir, juniper, pine
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8645
תִּרְזָה
tir.zah — cypress
1) a type of tree 1a) perhaps the cypress, holm-tree 1b) meaning very uncertain
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8130
κυπάρισσος
kuparissos — cypress
a cypress , (Odyssey by Homer), etc. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H836
אָשֵׁר
a.sher — Asher
A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.13; son of: Israel (H3478) and Zilpah (H2153); brother of: Gad (H1410); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Imnah (H3232), Ishvah (H3438), Ishvi (H3440), Beriah (H1283) and Serah (H8294); also translated "pine" or "cypress wood" at Ezk.27.6(?); Ashurite at 2Sa.2.9(?); § Asher = "happy" 1) son of Jacob and Zilpah 2) the tribe descended from Asher 3) a city east of Shechem in Manasseh
38 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6176
עֲרוֹעֵר
a.ro.er — juniper
1) naked, stripped, destitute 2) tree or bush 2a) probably juniper or cypress
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8391
תְּאַשּׁוּר
te.ash.shur — boxtree
1) a species of tree 1a) box tree-a small evergreen tree 1b) perhaps cypress or cedar
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1268
בֵּר֫וֹתָה
be.ro.tah — Berothah
§ Berothah or Berothai = "cypress grove" a place near Hamath
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1613
גֹּ֫פֶר
go.pher — gopher
1) cypress?, gopher, gopher wood 1a) wood of which the ark was made 1b) meaning and exact type unknown
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H843
אָשֵׁרִי
a.she.ri — Asherite
Someone from the tribe of Asher who was living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.13; son of: Israel (H3478) and Zilpah (H2153); brother of: Gad (H1410); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Imnah (H3232), Ishvah (H3438), Ishvi (H3440), Beriah (H1283) and Serah (H8294); also translated "pine" or "cypress wood" at Ezk.27.6(?); Ashurite at 2Sa.2.9(?); Group of a.sher (אָשֵׁר "Asher" H0836) § Asherites = "happy" those descended from Asher
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8129
κυπαρίσσινος
kuparissinos — of cypress
of cypress-wood , (Odyssey by Homer) from κῦπάρισσος (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
(Heb. tirzah, “hardness”), mentioned only in Isa. 44:14 (R.V., “holm tree”). The oldest Latin version translates this word by ilex, i.e., the evergreen oak, which may possibly have been the tree intended; but there is great probability that our Authorized Version is correct in rendering it “cypress.” This tree grows abundantly on the mountains of Hermon. Its wood is hard and fragrant, and very durable. Its foliage is dark and gloomy. It is an evergreen (Cupressus sempervirens). “Throughout the East it is used as a funereal tree; and its dark, tall, waving plumes render it peculiarly appropriate among the tombs.”
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.