Meaning
Fir (Isaiah 14:8; Ezekiel 27:5) etc. As the term "cedar" is in all probability applicable to more than one tree, so also "fir" in the Authorized Version represents probably one or other of the following trees:
1. Pinus sylvestris, or Scotch fir;
2. Larch;
3. Cupressus sempervirens, or cypress, all which are at this day found in the Lebanon. The wood of the fir was used for ship-building, (Ezekiel 27:5) for musical instruments, (2Samuel 6:5) for beams and rafters of houses, (1Kgs 5:8; 1Kgs 5:10; 2Chronicles 2:8) It was a tall evergreen tree of vigorous growth.
