gopher wood

gopher wood ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. an unidentified wood used in building Noah’s ark. Gen. 6:14.

Origin of gopher wood First recorded in 1605–15, gopher wood is from the Hebrew word gōpher Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for gopher wood Historical Examples of gopher wood

The ark was built of gopher-wood, which is thought by some to be pine, by others cedar.

Man on the Ocean

R.M. Ballantyne

Make thee an ark of gopher-wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

Biblical Extracts

Robert Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for gopher wood gopher wood noun

1. the wood used in the construction of Noah’s ark, thought to be a type of cypress (Genesis 6:14)

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