- Original: גּפר - Transliteration: Gopher - Phonetic: go'-fer - Definition: 1. cypress?, gopher, gopher wood a. wood of which the ark was made b. meaning and exact type unknown - Origin: from an unused root, probably meaning to house in - TWOT entry: 374 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From an unused root probably meaning to house in; a kind of tree or wood (as used for building) apparently the cypress: - gopher. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • gopher, 1 Genesis 6:14