Box-Tree

A well-known beautiful evergreen, growing in many parts of Europe and Asia. Its wood is highly prized by engravers. The word employed in Isaiah 60:13, is thought by many to have been a species of cedar. It is used as an emblem of the abiding grace and prosperity of the church of God.

(Hebrews teashshur), mentioned in Isaiah 60:13; 41:19, was, according to some, a species of cedar growing in Lebanon. The words of Ezek. 27:6 literally translated are, "Thy benches they have made of ivory, the daughter of the ashur tree," i.e., inlaid with ashur wood. The ashur is the box-tree, and accordingly the Revised Version rightly reads "inlaid in box wood." This is the Buxus sempervirens of botanists. It is remarkable for the beauty of its evergreen foliage and for the utility of its hard and durable wood. BOX-TREE

box'-tre (te'ashshur; 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 Sherbin-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'ashshur. There is nothing certain to go upon.

E. W. G. Masterman

8391. teashshur -- boxtree
... from ashar Definition boxtree NASB Word Usage cypress (1), tree and the cypress
(1). Tarea. From 'ashar; a species of cedar (from its erectness) -- box (tree). ...
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8392. tebah -- a box, chest
... Word Origin probably of foreign origin Definition a box, chest NASB Word Usage ark
(26), basket (2). box tree. Perhaps of foreign derivation; a box -- ark. ...
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8410. tidhar -- (name of a tree) probably elm
... box. Word Origin from dahar Definition (name of a tree) probably elm NASB
Word Usage box (1), box tree (1), tree (1). blow. Apparently ...
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A Song of Zion Redeemed
... The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, The fir tree, the pine, and the box tree
together; To beautify the place of my sanctuary, And I will make the place ...
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The Millennium in Relation to Creation.
... wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will
set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: That ...
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Sundry Features of the Prophetic Style: Principles of Its ...
... His services as a water-bailiff or a farmer when He says, "I will open rivers in
a land; I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the box-tree." [3150] In ...
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That Christ is the Hand and Arm of God.
... I will establish in the land of drought the cedar-tree and the box-tree, and the
myrtle and the cypress, and the elm [3953] and the poplar, that they may see ...
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The Holy City; Or, the New Jerusalem:
... is now bewildered, 'the cedar, the shittah tree, the myrtle, and the oil tree; I
will set in the desert the fir tree, the pine, and the box tree together; that ...
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A Discourse
The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3. <. ...
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Boxtree
... The ashur is the box-tree, and accordingly the Revised Version rightly reads "inlaid
in box wood." This is the Buxus sempervirens of botanists. ...BOX-TREE. ...
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Box-tree (2 Occurrences)
Box-tree. Boxtree, Box-tree. Boxwood . Easton's Bible Dictionary (Hebrews ... glorious.
(ASV DBY). Boxtree, Box-tree. Boxwood . Reference Bible.
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Larch (3 Occurrences)
... put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I
will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together: (See ...
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Fir-tree (5 Occurrences)
... put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I
will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together: (ASV ...
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Plane (5 Occurrences)
... put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I
will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together: (See ...
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Plane-tree (3 Occurrences)
... put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I
will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together: (See ...
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Box (13 Occurrences)
... In Isaiah 41:19 and Isaiah 60:13, "box" is found in connection with "tree," as
"box-tree" (which see). Multi-Version Concordance Box (13 Occurrences). ...
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Oleaster (1 Occurrence)
... Isaiah 41:19 I will give in the wilderness the cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oleaster;
I will set in the desert the cypress, pine, and box-tree together; (DBY). ...
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Oil-tree (5 Occurrences)
... put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I
will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together: (See ...
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Pines (7 Occurrences)
... wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will
set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the boxtree together: (See ...
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