בְּרוֹשׁ
bᵉrôwsh · H1265 · Hebrew · 20 occurrences
A word for 4 things
- CypressWild Trees and Shrubs12 verses
- FirWild Trees and Shrubs11 verses
- Grecian juniper (eastern savin)Juniper9 verses
- Wooden clappersPercussion instruments1 verse
Meanings
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cypress, fir, juniper
Exact meaning unsure: one of the evergreen trees commonly found in the Lebanon, with round leaves rather than flat; its fruit is a a mostly inedible seed-bearing, fleshy cone; regarded as one of the glorious trees of the Lebanon
Examples2 Samuel 6:5 Meanwhile, David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of instruments made of juniper wood, and with lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.
1 Kings 6:15 He built the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the ceiling he paneled the walls on the inside with wood, and he paneled the floor of the house with boards of juniper.
1 Kings 6:34 and two doors of juniper wood; the two leaves of the one door turned on pivots, and the two leaves of the other door turned on pivots.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- הוּhis 2
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רַעֲנָןgreen, flourishing 1
What it doesIt is the subject
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- דָּמָהto be like, to compare 1
- עָלָהto go up 1
- רָעַלto reel 1
- שָׂמַחto rejoice, to be glad 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בַּיִתhouse, household 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֲנִיI 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כlike/as 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
9 occurrences in 4 groups
- עֵץtree, wood 6
- מִבְחוֹרchoice 1
- מִבְחָרchoice 1
- צֵלָעrib 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 1 entry
- Trees001002007002
- בְּרוֹשׁ denotes a coniferous tree, variously rendered fir, cypress, or juniper, as in 2 Samuel 6:5's "instruments made of juniper wood" (בְּרוֹשִׁים), naming the tree species used for its wood.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1265. berosh בְּרוֺשׁ noun masculineHos 14:9 cypress or fir (Assyrian burâšu COTGlossary…
בְּרוֺשׁ noun masculineHos 14:9 cypress or fir (Assyrian burâšu COTGlossary Aramaic בּרוֺתא, , compare בְּרוֺת below, see also Greek βράθυ, Latin bratum, cypress, juniper (PS); in favour of cypress, also ᵑ6 ᵐ5 & so Thes; in favour of fir or pine, ᵑ9 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 בשם אי (= 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 Hos 14:9 Hos 14:4t.; בִּרוֺשִׁים 2Sa 6:5 + 11: t., בְּרשִׁים Nah 2:4, בְּרוֺשָׁיו Isa 37:24, בְּרשָׁיו 2Ki 19:23; —
1 (literal) a noble tree, usually || ארז (except 2Sa 6:5; 1Ki 6:34; 2Ch 3:5; Psa 104:17; Isa 55:13; Hos 14:9; Nah 2:4); as standing and growing Isa 14:8; Isa 37:24 = 2Ki 19:23; Isa 41:19; Isa 55:13 (|| הֲדַס) Isa 60:13 (|| לבנון כבוד = ארז) Psa 104:17.
2 simile of luxuriance, stateliness Eze 31:8, productiveness Hos 14:9 (Now thinks cypress), figurative for spear-shafts Nah 2:4 Hi-St, but פרשׁים ᵑ6 ᵐ5; figurative for mighty men Zec 11:2.
3 as material (always plural), for building temple (ב ׳עצי) 1 Kings 5:22; 1 Kings 5:24; 1Ki 6:34; compare 1Ki 9:11; 2Ch 2:7; ב ׳עץ (singular) 2Ch 3:5 (compare Baer's note); ב ׳צלעות 1Ki 6:15; for ships (no עץ) Eze 27:5; — ברושׁים עֲצֵי בְּכֹל 2Sa 6:5 apparently = with all musical instruments made of fir, but || 1Ch 13:8 וּבְשִׁירִים בְּכָלעֹֿז & so here ᵐ5 We Dr.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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