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Gopher
A tree from the wood of which Noah was directed to build the ark (Gen. 6:14). It is mentioned only there. The LXX. render this word by “squared beams,” and the Vulgate by “planed wood.” Other versions have rendered it “pine” and “cedar;” but the weight of authority is in favour of understanding by it the cypress tree, which grows abundantly in Chaldea and Armenia.
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(pitch) wood. Only once mentioned— (Genesis 6:14) Two principal conjectures have been proposed—
That the “trees of gopher” are any trees of the resinous kind, such as pine, fir, etc. That Gopher is cypress.
In the Bible
1
Verses where Gopher is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Genesis 6:14
Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.
Scripture on Gopher
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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