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Cypress

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Cypress. (Hebrew, tirzah). The Hebrew word is found only in Isaiah 44:14. We are quite unable to assign any definite rendering to it. The true cypress is a native of the Taurus. The Hebrew word points to some tree with a hard grain, and this is all that can be positively said of it.

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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Cypress'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​c/cypress.html. 1901.
 
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