What does בְּרוֹשׁ mean in the Bible?
) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)".
Hebrew · H1265
בְּרוֹשׁ
A cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
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בְּרוֹשׁ H1265
What does בְּרוֹשׁ mean in the Bible?
בְּרוֹשׁ is a Hebrew word meaning "a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1265?
The BSB source-word alignment has 20 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and cypress (3), cypress (3), of its cypresses (2), the cypresses (2), with cypress (2).
Where does בְּרוֹשׁ appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Samuel 6:5. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Kings (5), Isaiah (5), 2 Chronicles (2), Ezekiel (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and cypress 3× 1 Kings 5:8, 1 Kings 5:10, 1 Kings 9:11
cypress 3× 2 Chronicles 2:8, 2 Chronicles 3:5, Hosea 14:8
of its cypresses 2× 2 Kings 19:23, Isaiah 37:24
the cypresses 2× Isaiah 14:8, Ezekiel 31:8
with cypress 2× 1 Kings 6:15, Ezekiel 27:5
. . . 1× 2 Samuel 6:5
and the spears of cypress 1× Nahum 2:3
cypresses 1× Isaiah 41:19
in the cypresses 1× Psalms 104:17
its cypress 1× Isaiah 60:13
O cypress 1× Zechariah 11:2
the cypress 1× Isaiah 55:13
were made of cypress 1× 1 Kings 6:34
Show sample aligned rows
2 Samuel 6:5 בְרוֹשִׁ֑ים to . . . Noun - masculine plural 1 Kings 5:8 בְרוֹשִֽׁים׃ to and cypress Noun - masculine plural 1 Kings 5:10 בְרוֹשִׁ֖ים to and cypress Noun - masculine plural 1 Kings 6:15 בְּרוֹשִֽׁים׃ to with cypress Noun - masculine plural 1 Kings 6:34 בְרוֹשִׁ֑ים to were made of cypress Noun - masculine plural 1 Kings 9:11 בְרוֹשִׁ֛ים to and cypress Noun - masculine plural 2 Kings 19:23 בְּרֹשָׁ֔יו to of its cypresses Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular 2 Chronicles 2:8 בְּרוֹשִׁ֣ים to cypress Noun - masculine plural 2 Chronicles 3:5 בְּרוֹשִׁ֔ים to cypress Noun - masculine plural Psalms 104:17 בְּרוֹשִׁ֥ים to in the cypresses Noun - masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 2 Samuel 6:5
Aligned rows 20
Books represented 10
2 Samuel 1 1 Kings 5 2 Kings 1 2 Chronicles 2 Psalms 1 Isaiah 5 Ezekiel 2 Hosea 1 Nahum 1 Zechariah 1
Source forms
בְּר֛וֹשׁ 2x bə·rō·wōš Isaiah 41:19, Isaiah 60:13
בְרוֹשִׁ֑ים 2x ḇə·rō·wō·šîm 2 Samuel 6:5, 1 Kings 6:34
בְּרֹשָׁ֔יו 2x bə·rō·šāw 2 Kings 19:23, Isaiah 37:24
בְר֔וֹשׁ 1x ḇə·rō·wōš Isaiah 55:13
בְּרוֹשׁ֙ 1x bə·rō·wōš Zechariah 11:2
בְרוֹשִׁ֖ים 1x ḇə·rō·wō·šîm 1 Kings 5:10
בְרוֹשִׁ֛ים 1x ḇə·rō·wō·šîm 1 Kings 9:11
בְּרוֹשִׁ֣ים 1x bə·rō·wō·šîm 2 Chronicles 2:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine plural 12x 2 Samuel 6:5, 1 Kings 5:8, 1 Kings 5:10, 1 Kings 6:15
Noun - masculine singular 3x Isaiah 41:19, Isaiah 55:13, Zechariah 11:2
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular 2x 2 Kings 19:23, Isaiah 37:24
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural 1x Nahum 2:3
Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Isaiah 60:13
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular 1x Hosea 14:8
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
Source Gloss
a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood) BDB: cypress Usage: fir (tree).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בְּרוֹשׁ is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain