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CYPRESS.—(1) tirzah (Isa_44:14, RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘holm oak’) stands for some tree with very hard wood, the meaning of the root (in Arabic) being to be hard. ‘Holm oak’ is the rendering of the oldest Latin translation. This is the Quercus ilex, a tree now rare W. of the Jordan, but still found in Gilead and Bashan; (2) te’ashshur (Isa_41:19 RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ). Both AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] have ‘box tree’ (wh. see); (3) berôsh (2Sa_6:5 RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ). Both AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] have ‘fir wood’ (see also Isa_55:13). In Palestine to-day cypresses are extensively planted, especially in cemeteries.
E. W. G. Masterman.