H1265 H1265
Cypress tree — a tall conifer prized for timber in temple building and shipmaking
Refers to the cypress (or possibly fir or juniper), a stately conifer that grew on the mountains of Lebanon and was highly valued for its fine, durable wood. Solomon imported cypress timber alongside cedar for the construction of the temple (1 Kgs 5:8, 10; 6:15, 34), and it was used for musical instruments at celebrations (2 Sam 6:5). The precise botanical identification has been debated since antiquity — the Septuagint and Syriac favor cypress, while Jerome's Vulgate leans toward fir or pine — but the Hebrew Bible consistently treats it as a premier building timber second only to cedar.
Senses
1. cypress tree — The cypress tree (בְּרוֹשׁ), a tall conifer of the Lebanon and surrounding regions whose timber was highly esteemed for sacred and royal construction. David's musicians played instruments of cypress wood (2 Sam 6:5); Solomon ordered cypress alongside cedar for the temple floors and doors (1 Kgs 5:8–10; 6:15, 34). Spanish uniformly renders 'ciprés/cipreses,' while French and German sometimes leave the Hebrew untransliterated, reflecting ongoing botanical uncertainty. Hosea 14:9 uses the evergreen cypress as a metaphor for God's faithful provision. 20×
AR["السَروُ", "السَرْوُ", "السَّرْوِ", "سَرْوًا", "سَرْوٌ", "سَرْوٍ", "سَرْوِهِ", "كَسَروٍ", "وَالسَّرْوُ", "يا-سَرْوُ"]·ben["এফরাথগাছ", "এবং-পাইনগাছগুলি", "জুনিপারের", "তার-দেবদারুর", "তার-সরলগাছগুলির", "দেবদারু-গাছ", "দেবদারু-গাছে", "দেবদারুগাছ", "দেবদারুর", "মত", "সরল", "সরলগাছের-মতো", "সরলবৃক্ষ", "সরলবৃক্ষের"]·DE["[ברוש]", "[ברושים]", "[ברשיו]", "[והברשים]", "[כברוש]", "cypress", "cypresses", "in-der-Zypresse-Bäume", "sein-cypresses"]·EN["and-the-cypresses", "cypress", "cypresses", "in-the-cypress-trees", "its-cypresses", "like-a-cypress", "of-its-cypresses", "plane-tree"]·FR["[ברושים]", "cypress", "cypresses", "cyprès", "dans-cyprès", "et-cyprès", "son-cypresses"]·heb["בְרוֹשִׁים", "ברוש", "ברושיו", "ברושים", "ו-ה-ברושים", "כ-ברוש"]·HI["उसके-सनोबरों", "और-सनोबर-के-पेड़", "सनोबर", "सनोबर-की", "सनोबर-के", "सनोबरों", "सनोबरों-उसके", "सनोवर", "सनोवर-के-समान", "सनोवरों-की", "सनोवरों-में"]·ID["Kayu-cemara", "cemara", "dan-tombak-tombak-cemara", "pohon-cemara", "pohon-pohon-sanobar", "pohon-sanobar", "sanobar", "sanobar-sanobarnya", "yang-terpilih"]·IT["[ברוש]", "[ברושים]", "[והברשים]", "[כברוש]", "cipressi", "cipresso", "suo-cipressi"]·jav["Kayu-cemara", "cemara", "kados-wit-cemara", "lan-wit-cemara-cemara", "pilihan", "wit-argen", "wit-cemara", "wit-cipres", "wit-sanobar"]·KO["같으니라-상록수에", "그-잣나무들의", "그리고-그-잣나무들-이", "잣나무-들-이", "잣나무가", "잣나무들", "잣나무들-그것의", "잣나무들이", "잣나무야", "잣나무와", "잣나무의", "전나무들로-", "전나무들이"]·PT["Ciprestes", "cipreste", "ciprestes", "ciprestes-dele", "ciprestes-seus", "como-cipreste", "e-as-lanças", "nos-ciprestes", "os-ciprestes"]·RU["и-кипарисы", "как-кипарис", "кипарис", "кипарисов-его", "кипарисового", "кипарисовые", "кипарисовым", "кипарисовыми", "кипарисовых", "кипарисы", "кипарисы-его", "на-кипарисах"]·ES["Cipreses", "cipres", "cipreses", "ciprés", "como-ciprés", "de-sus-cipreses", "en-cipreses", "sus-cipreses", "y-los-cipreses"]·SW["Miberoshi", "kama-mberoshi", "mberoshi", "miberoshi", "misunobari", "mlango-mmoja", "msunobari", "na-mikuki", "ya-miberoshi-yake", "ya-misunobari-yake"]·TR["selvi", "selvii", "selviler", "selvilerinin", "servi", "servi-ağaçlarının", "servi-gibi", "serviler", "servileri", "servilerinin", "ve-mızraklar-o"]·urd["اور-صنوبر-کے-نیزے", "اُس-کے-صنوبر", "سرو-کی", "سرو-کی-طرح-ہوں", "صنوبر", "صنوبر کے", "صنوبر-میں", "صنوبر-کی", "صنوبروں-اُس-کے"]
2 Sam 6:5, 1 Kgs 5:8, 1 Kgs 5:10, 1 Kgs 6:15, 1 Kgs 6:34, 1 Kgs 9:11, 2 Kgs 19:23, 2 Chr 2:8, 2 Chr 3:5, Ps 104:17, Isa 14:8, Isa 37:24 (+8 more)
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בְּרוֹשׁ n.m. Ho 14:9 cypress or fir (Assyrian burâšu COTGloss, Aramaic בּרוֹתא, ܒܪܽܘܬܳܐ cf. בְּרוֹת infr., v. also Gr. βράθυ, Lat. bratum, cypress, juniper (PS); in favour of cypress, also 𝔊 𝔖 & so Thes; in favour of fir or pine, 𝔙 Rob in RobGes (because cypress not now indigenous on Lebanon); cf. also RSProph. iv. n. 20 who lays stress on Ph. n.pr.loc. אי בשם (= אי ברושים) = Gr. Πιτυοῦσαι…