The Definition of the word Gopher

Gopher

A tree from the wood of which Noah was directed to build the ark (Gen. 6:14). It is mentioned only there. The LXX. render this "word by "squared beams," and the Vulgate by "planed wood." Other" "versions have rendered it "pine" and "cedar;" but the weight of" "authority is in favour of understanding by it the cypress tree," which grows abundantly in Chaldea and Armenia.