Strong's Definition
of uncertain derivation; a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
KJV Usage: fir (tree)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
בְּרוֹשׁ (be.rosh) — cypress. 1) cypress, fir, juniper, pine 1a) a noble tree (lit.) 1b) of stateliness (fig.) 1c) material for temple
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Trees | ≈ אַלְגּוּמִּים · אַלֹּון · אֶרֶז · הֲדַס · עֵץ שֶׁמֶן · עֶרְמֹון · שִׁטָּה · תְּאַשּׁוּר · תִּדְהָר | ≠ נַעֲצוּץ · סִרְפַּד
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
2SA 6:5 · 1KI 5:22 · 1KI 5:24 · 1KI 6:15 · 1KI 6:34 · 1KI 9:11 · 2KI 19:23 · 2CH 2:7 · 2CH 3:5 · PSA 104:17 · ISA 14:8 · ISA 37:24 · ISA 41:19 · ISA 55:13 · ISA 60:13 · EZK 27:5 · EZK 31:8 · HOS 14:9 · NAM 2:4 · ZEC 11:2
1 NAM 2:4 MT בְּרֹשִׁים NIV "spears of pine" NJPS "[arrows of] cypress wood" ESV "cypress spears" | RSV NRSV "chargers" REB "squadrons of horse" GNT CEV "horses" = פרשׁים
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
בְּרוֹשׁ n.m. cypress or fir (lit.) a noble tree
sim. of luxuriance, stateliness
as material (always pl.)
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