Strong’s H1613 · Hebrew

גֹּפֶר
gôpher
go'-fer

Definition

a kind of tree or wood (as used for building), apparently the cypress

Etymology

from an unused root, probably meaning to house in;

How the KJV renders it

  • gopher

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.