gopher wood

American  

[goh-fer wood] / ˈgoʊ fər ˌwʊd /

noun

1. (in the Bible) an unidentified wood used in building Noah's ark.

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gopher wood British  

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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Etymology

Origin of gopher wood

First recorded in 1605–15; from Hebrew gōpher, of uncertain meaning

Example Sentences

Or next the mariner-saint enlarge   Right quaintly on his ark of gopher wood To wandering men through high grass meads that ran Or sailed the sea Mediterranean.

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean

It had been tried, and found wanting; and the Lord announces his remedy to Noah in these words, "Make thee an ark of gopher wood."

From Notes on the Book of Genesis by Mackintosh, Charles Henry

How old Noah built him an ark, How old Noah built him an ark, How old Noah built him an ark, Of gopher wood and hickory bark.

From Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental by Various

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

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John

The Lord said, ‘make thee an ark of gopher wood.’

From Saboteurs on the River by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)