Question: is gopher wood the same as cypress?
Answer: Identity. The Greek Septuagint (3rd–1st centuries BC) translated the phrase mentioning gopher wood as ἐκ ξύλων τετραγώνων (ek xúlōn tetragṓnōn), "out of squared timber". ... Many modern English translations tend to favor cypress (although otherwise the word for "cypress" in Biblical Hebrew is berosh).