2 Samuel 6:5
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.
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Fir
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Zechariah 11:2
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.
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בְּרוֹשׁ
bᵉrôwsh · ber-osh'
7 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
Strong's KJV usage: fir (tree).
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 6:5Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 3:5
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bᵉrôwth · ber-oth'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
the cypress (or some elastic tree)
Strong's KJV usage: fir.
Strong's first: Song of Solomon 1:17Strong's last: Song of Solomon 1:17
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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fir
FIR, noun
The name of several species of the genus Pinus; as the Scotch fir the silver fir spruce fir hemlock fir and oriental fir
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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