בְּרוֹשׁ
bᵉrôwsh · ber-osh'
a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
Lexicon
Derivation: of uncertain derivation;
a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
- a cypress (?) tree
- hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fir (tree).
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy
The house, what is within of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּרוֹשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- fir trees3 · 15%
- of fir2 · 10%
- and fir2 · 10%
- the fir tree2 · 10%
- fir tree2 · 10%
- on all manner of instruments made of fir1 · 5%
- were of fir1 · 5%
- with fir1 · 5%
- the fir trees1 · 5%
- yea, the fir trees1 · 5%
- unto thee, the fir tree1 · 5%
- of fir trees1 · 5%
- him: the fir trees1 · 5%
- and the fir trees1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.