gopher wood
See also: gopherwood
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Etymology edit
From גפר, found in Genesis 6:14. Unrelated to the North American animal. Sometimes hypothesized to be ultimately cognate to English cypress, the wood itself being such or related to the tree.
Noun edit
- (biblical) The unidentified wood used in the construction of Noah's Ark.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 6:14:
- Make thee an ark of gopher wood.
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the wood used in the construction of Noah's Ark - not yet identified
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