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the uniform rendering in the King James Version (marginal note, Revised Version, “cypress”) of berosh




The true fir (abies) is not found in Israel, but the pine tree, of which there are four species, is common.

The precise kind of tree meant by the “green fir tree” (Hos. 14:8) is uncertain. Some regard it as the sherbin tree, a cypress resembling the cedar; others, the Aleppo or maritime pine (Pinus halepensis), which resembles the Scotch fir; while others think that the “stone-pine” (Pinus pinea) is probably meant.