hebrew #1613 - גּפֶר gopher (gopher (a kind of tree or wood))
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance gopher From an unused root, probably meaning to house in; a kind of tree or wood (as used for building), apparently the cypress -- gopher. Englishman's Concordance 1) cypress?, gopher, gopher wood 1a) wood of which the ark was made 1b) meaning and exact type unknown Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root, probably meaning to house in Same Word by TWOT Number: 374 Brown-Driver-Briggsגֹּ֫פֶרnoun [masculine]gopher, only in עֲצֵיגֹּֿפֶרGenesis 6:14 (P), wood of which the ark was made (word dubious; Thes compare כֹּפֶר & so Rob Ges (hence 'pitch-wood, resinous wood'), compare Di; LagSemitica i. 64; Symmict. ii. 93, BN 217 ff. thinks word not original, but inferred from גפרית, and substituted here for גפרית by copyist, or editor. compare following). Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 1613. גֹּ֫פֶר (gopher) — 1 OccurrenceGenesis 6:14 |