Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
cypress
Usage: 1) cypress, fir, juniper, pine 1a) a noble tree (lit.) 1b) of stateliness (fig.) 1c) material for temple
browsh - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1265 — diameno (“continue”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1265 בְּרוֹשׁ (browsh) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. browsh (ber-osh') n-m. 1. a cypress (?) tree 2. (hence) a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood) It has 20 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include fir, tree, made, instruments, and wood. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
browsh (ber-osh') n-m. 1. a cypress (?) tree 2. (hence) a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood) [of uncertain derivation] KJV: fir (tree).
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cypress
Usage: 1) cypress, fir, juniper, pine 1a) a noble tree (lit.) 1b) of stateliness (fig.) 1c) material for temple
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render browsh, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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20 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.
First 20 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1265.
And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1265, grouped by book.
Strong's H1265 is a Hebrew entry for H1265 בְּרוֹשׁ (browsh). browsh (ber-osh') n-m. 1. a cypress (?) tree 2. (hence) a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
This page currently indexes 20 linked usages for Strong's H1265 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1265 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as fir, tree, made, instruments, and wood. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.