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<p> '''''box´trē''''' ( תּאשׁוּר , <i> '''''te'ashshūr''''' </i> ; Isaiah 41:19; Isaiah 60:13 , "boxwood" Ezekiel 27:6 ): A tree of uncertain identity, which must once have been common in the forests of Lebanon. According to Post ( <i> HDB </i> , I, 313), "The only species of box found in [[Bible]] lands is <i> Buxus longifolia </i> , which is a shrub from 2 to 3 ft. high. It does not grow South of Mt. [[Cassius]] and it is unlikely that it did in historical times." </p> <p> As an alternative to the box the cypress, <i> Cupressus sempervirens </i> - known in Arabic as <i> '''''Sherbı̄n''''' </i> - has been suggested. It is a fine tree and was probably once plentiful, but as it seems to answer to the <i> '''''berosh''''' </i> (see [[Fir]] ), it cannot well be the <i> '''''te'ashshūr''''' </i> ̌ . There is nothing certain to go upon. </p>
<p> '''''box´trē''''' ( תּאשׁוּר , <i> '''''te'ashshūr''''' </i> ; Isaiah 41:19; Isaiah 60:13 , "boxwood" Ezekiel 27:6 ): A tree of uncertain identity, which must once have been common in the forests of Lebanon. According to Post ( <i> HDB </i> , I, 313), "The only species of box found in Bible lands is <i> Buxus longifolia </i> , which is a shrub from 2 to 3 ft. high. It does not grow South of Mt. Cassius and it is unlikely that it did in historical times." </p> <p> As an alternative to the box the cypress, <i> Cupressus sempervirens </i> - known in Arabic as <i> '''''Sherbı̄n''''' </i> - has been suggested. It is a fine tree and was probably once plentiful, but as it seems to answer to the <i> '''''berosh''''' </i> (see [[Fir]] ), it cannot well be the <i> '''''te'ashshūr''''' </i> ̌ . There is nothing certain to go upon. </p>
==References ==
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<ref name="term_1805"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/box-tree Box-Tree from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
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Revision as of 12:28, 6 October 2021

box´trē ( תּאשׁוּר , te'ashshūr  ; Isaiah 41:19; Isaiah 60:13 , "boxwood" Ezekiel 27:6 ): A tree of uncertain identity, which must once have been common in the forests of Lebanon. According to Post ( HDB , I, 313), "The only species of box found in Bible lands is Buxus longifolia , which is a shrub from 2 to 3 ft. high. It does not grow South of Mt. Cassius and it is unlikely that it did in historical times."

As an alternative to the box the cypress, Cupressus sempervirens - known in Arabic as Sherbı̄n - has been suggested. It is a fine tree and was probably once plentiful, but as it seems to answer to the berosh (see Fir ), it cannot well be the te'ashshūr ̌ . There is nothing certain to go upon.