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FIR (berôsh, RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] cypress [wh. see], 2Sa_6:5, 1Ki_5:8; 1Ki_5:10; 1Ki_6:15; 1Ki_6:34 etc.).—It was a tree of large growth (2Ki_19:23, Eze_31:8); evergreen (Hos_14:8); a chief element in the glory of Lebanon (Isa_60:13); associated with cedars (Psa_104:16-17, Isa_14:8, Zec_11:2). The timber of the berôsh ranked with the cedar for house- and ship-building (1Ki_5:8; 1Ki_5:10 etc.). Cypress is accepted by most modern authorities, but berôsh may have also included several varieties of pine. ‘Fir’ is also RV [Note: Revised Version.] tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of ôren in Isa_44:14 (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] wrongly ‘ash’).
E. W. G. Masterman.