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1:1 Solomon’s <08010> Most Excellent Love Song <07892> <07892>. 1:2 The Beloved to Her Lover: Oh, how I wish you would kiss <05401> me passionately! For <03588> your lovemaking <01730> is more delightful <02896> than wine <03196>. 1:3 The fragrance <07381> of your colognes <08081> is delightful <02896>; your name <08034> is like the finest perfume <08081>. No wonder <03651> the young women <05959> adore <0157> you! 1:4 Draw <04900> me after <0310> you; let us hurry <07323>! May the king <04428> bring <0935> me into his bedroom chambers <02315>! The Maidens to the Lover: We will rejoice <01523> and delight <08055> in you; we will praise <02142> your love <0157> more than wine <03196>. The Beloved <01730> to Her Lover: How rightly <04339> the young women adore you! 1:5 The Beloved to the Maidens: I <0589> am dark <07838> but lovely <05000>, O maidens <01323> of Jerusalem <03389>, dark like the tents <0168> of Qedar <06938>, lovely like the tent curtains <03407> of Salmah <08010>. 1:6 Do not <0408> stare <07200> at me because I <0589> am dark <07840>, for the sun <08121> has burned <07805> my skin. My brothers <0517> <01121> were angry <02787> with me; they made <07760> me the keeper <05201> of the vineyards <03754>. Alas, my own vineyard <03754> I could not <03808> keep <05201>! 1:7 The Beloved to Her Lover: Tell <05046> me, O you whom my heart <05315> loves <0157>, where <0349> do you pasture <07462> your sheep? Where <0349> do you rest <07257> your sheep during the midday <06672> heat? Tell me lest I wander around <05844> beside <05921> the flocks <05739> of your companions <02270>! 1:8 The Lover to His Beloved: If <0518> you do not <03808> know <03045>, O most beautiful <03303> of women <0802>, simply follow <03318> the tracks <06119> of my flock <06629>, and pasture <07462> your little lambs <01429> beside <05921> the tents <04908> of the shepherds <07462>. 1:9 The Lover to His Beloved: O my beloved <07474>, you are like <01819> a mare <05484> among Pharaoh’s <06547> stallions <07393>. 1:10 Your cheeks <03895> are beautiful <04998> with ornaments <08447>; your neck <06677> is lovely with strings of jewels <02737>. 1:11 We will make <06213> for you gold <02091> ornaments <08447> studded <05351> with <05973> silver <03701>. 1:12 The Beloved about Her Lover: While <05704> the king <04428> was at his banqueting table <04524>, my nard <05373> gave <05414> forth its fragrance <07381>. 1:13 My beloved <01730> is like a fragrant pouch <06872> of myrrh <04753> spending the night <03885> between <0996> my breasts <07699>. 1:14 My beloved <01730> is like a cluster <0811> of henna <03724> blossoms in the vineyards <03754> of En-Gedi <05872>. 1:15 The Lover to His Beloved: Oh <02005>, how beautiful <03303> you are, my beloved <07474>! Oh <02005>, how beautiful <03303> you are! Your eyes <05869> are like doves <03123>! 1:16 The Beloved to Her Lover: Oh, how <02005> handsome <03303> you are, my lover <01730>! Oh, how delightful <05273> you are! The lush foliage <07488> is our canopied bed <06210>; 1:17 the cedars <0730> are the beams <06982> of our bedroom chamber <01004>; the pines <01266> are the rafters <07351> of our bedroom.

• Sos 1:1 -- Title/Superscription
• Sos 1:2-4 -- The Desire for Love
• Sos 1:5-6 -- The Country Maiden and the Daughters of Jerusalem
• Sos 1:7-8 -- The Shepherd and the Shepherdess
• Sos 1:9-14 -- The Beautiful Mare and the Fragrant Myrrh
• Sos 1:15-17 -- Mutual Praise and Admiration

• Song

  [nave] SONG Sung at the passover, Matt. 26:30; Mark 14:26. Didactic, Deut. 32. See: Psalms, Didactic. Impersonation of the church, Song 1-8. Of Moses and the Lamb, Rev. 15:3, 4. New, Psa. 33:3; 40:3. Prophetic, See: Psalms, P...
  

• Personification

  [nave] PERSONIFICATION Of wisdom, Prov. 1; 2:1-9; 8; 9. possibly of the Church or Israel, Song 1-8.
  

• Fellowship

  [nave] FELLOWSHIP. Eccl. 4:9-12; Amos 3:3 See: Fraternity; Fellowship. With God Gen. 5:22, 24; Gen. 6:9; Ex. 29:45; Ex. 33:14-17; Lev. 26:12; Isa. 57:15; Zech. 2:10; Mark 9:37; John 14:23; John 17:21, 23; 2 Cor. 6:16; 2 Cor. 13:...
  

• PAPYRUS

  [isbe] PAPYRUS - pa-pi'-rus (Cyperus papyrus; bublos, biblos, whence biblion, a roll, ta biblia, "the Books" = the Bible): 1. Papyrus Paper 2. Egyptian Papyri 3. Aramaic Papyri 4. Greek Papyri 5. Their Discovery. 6. Classical Papyr...
  

• PALESTINE, 3

  [isbe] PALESTINE, 3 - IV. Palestine in the Poetic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Job: In Job the scene is distinctively Edomite. Uz (Job 1:1; compare Gen 22:21 the English Revised Version; Jer 25:20; Lam 4:21) and Buz (Job ...
  

• COLOR; COLORS

  [isbe] COLOR; COLORS - kul'-er, kul'-erz: The word translated "color" in the King James Version is `ayin, which literally means "eye" or "appearance," and has been so translated in the Revised Version (British and American). In the...
  

• Lovers

  [nave] LOVERS. Instances of Isaac for Rebekah, Gen. 24:67. Jacob for Rachel, Gen. 29:20, 30. Shechem for Dinah, Gen. 34:3, 12. Boaz for Ruth, Ruth 2-4. of romance, mistresses, paramours Song 1:13, 14, 16; 2:3, 8, 9, 10, 16, 1...
  

• Spikenard

  [isbe] SPIKENARD - spik'-nard (nerd; nardos (Song 1:12; 4:14); neradhim; nardoi (Song 4:13), "spikenard plants"; nardos pistike (Mk 14:3; Jn 12:3), "pure nard," margin "liquid nard"; the English word is for "spiked nard," which com...
  [smith] (Heb. nerd) is mentioned twice in the Old Testament viz. in (Solomon 1:12; 4:13,14) The ointment with which our Lord was anointed as he sat at meat in Simon?s house at Bethany consisted of this precious substance, the costlin...
  [nave] SPIKENARD An aromatic plant, Song 4:13, 14. Perfume prepared from, Song 1:12. A fragrant oil from, used in anointing, Mark 14:3; John 12:3.
  

• TENT

  [isbe] TENT - tent ('ohel; skene; 'ohel is a derivative of 'ahal, "to be clear," "to shine"; hence, 'ohel, "to be conspicuous from a distance"): In the great stretches of uncultivated lands in the interior of Syria or Arabia, which...
  [smith] Among the leading characteristics of the nomad races, those two have always been numbered whose origin has been ascribed to Jabal the son of Lameth, (Genesis 4:20) viz., to be tent-dwellers and keepers of cattle. The same may...
  

• GOAT

  [isbe] GOAT - got: 1. Names: The common generic word for "goat" is `ez (compare Arabic `anz, "she-goat"; aix), used often for "she-goat" (Gen 15:9; Nu 15:27), also with gedhi, "kid," as gedhi `izzim, "kid of the goats" (Gen 38:17),...
  

• HAIR

  [isbe] HAIR - har (se`ar, sa`ar, Aramaic se`ar, and their derivatives; thrix, gen. case trichos, kome): 1. Hair Fashions: Hair was worn in different fashions by the Orientals of Biblical times, and not always in the same way among ...
  [smith] The Hebrews were fully alive to the importance of the hair as an element of personal beauty. Long hair was admired in the case of young men. (2 Samuel 14:26) In times of affliction the hair was altogether cut off. (Isaiah ...
  

• BELOVED

  [isbe] BELOVED - be-luv'-ed, be-luv'-d' (agapetos): A term of affectionate endearment common to both Testaments; in the Old Testament found, 26 out of 42 times, in Solomon's Song of Love. Limited chiefly to two Heb words and their ...
  

• BED; BEDCHAMBER; BEDSTEAD

  [isbe] BED; BEDCHAMBER; BEDSTEAD - For the very poor of the East, in ancient times as now, the "bed" was and is, as a rule, the bare ground; and the bedclothes, the gown, simlah, or "outer garment," worn during the day ("For that i...
  

• Shepherd

  [smith] In a nomadic state of society every man, from the sheikh down to the slave, is more or less a shepherd. The progenitors of the Jews in the patriarchal age were nomads, and their history is rich in scenes of pastoral life. The...
  [nave] SHEPHERD One who cares for flocks, Gen. 31:38-40; Psa. 78:52, 53; Jer. 31:10; Amos 3:12; Luke 2:8. David the, defends his flock against a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 17:34, 35. Causes the flock to rest, Psa. 23:2; Song 1:7; Je...
  

• DOVE

  [isbe] DOVE - duv (tor, yonah; peristera; Latin Zenaedura carolinensis): A bird of the family Columbidae. Doves and pigeons are so closely related as to be spoken and written of as synonymous, yet there is a distinction recognized ...
  [smith] The first menton of this bird occurs in Gen. 8. The dove?s rapidity of flight is alluded to in (Psalms 55:6) the beauty of its plumage in (Psalms 68:13) its dwelling int he rocks and valleys in (Jeremiah 48:28) and Ezek 7:16 ...
  

• Jesus, The Christ

  [nave] JESUS, THE CHRIST. Index of Sub-topics History of; Miscellaneous Facts Concerning; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Ascension of; Atonement by; Attributes of; Compassion of; Confessing; Creator; Death of; Design of His...
  

• En-gedi

  [isbe] EN-GEDI - en'-ge-di, en-ge'-di (`en gedhi, "fountain of the kid"): Identical with the present Ain Jidi. According to 2 Ch 20:2 it is the same as Hazazon-tamar, mentioned in Gen 14:7 as occupied by the Amorites and as having ...
  [nave] EN-GEDI, called Hazezon-tamar. A city allotted to Judah, Josh. 15:62. Built by the Amorites, Gen. 14:7; 2 Chr. 20:2. Famous for its vineyards, Song 1:14. Wilderness of, in the vicinity of the Dead Sea. David uses as a stro...
  

• Kedar

  [isbe] KEDAR - ke'-dar (qedhar; Kedar): Second in order of the sons of Ishmael (Gen 25:13 parallel 1 Ch 1:29). The name occurs as typical of a distant eastern country in opposition to the lands of the Mediterranean (Jer 2:10). The ...
  [nave] KEDAR 1. Son of Ishmael, Gen. 25:13; 1 Chr. 1:29. 2. A nomadic clan of the Ishmaelites, Psa. 120:5; Song 1:4; Isa. 21:16; 42:11; 60:7; Jer. 49:28. Flocks of, Isa. 60:7; Jer. 49:28. Princes and commerce of, Ezek. 27:21.
  

• House

  [isbe] HOUSE - hous (bayith; oikos, in classical Greek generally "an estate," oikia, oikema (literally, "habitation"), in Acts 12:1, "prison"): I. CAVE DWELLINGS II. STONE-BUILT AND MUD/BRICK-BUILT HOUSES 1. Details of Plan and Con...
  [nave] HOUSE Built of stone, Lev. 14:40-45; Isa. 9:10; Amos 5:11; brick, Gen. 11:3; Ex. 1:11-14; Isa. 9:10; wood, Song 1:17; Isa. 9:10. Built into city walls, Josh. 2:15. Used for worship, Acts 1:13, 14; 12:12; Rom. 16:5; 1 Cor. ...
  

• SPICE, SPICES

  [smith] Heb. basam, besem or bosem . In (Solomon 5:1) "I have gathered my myrrh with my spice," the word points apparently to some definite substance. In the other places, with the exception perhaps of (Solomon 1:13; 6:2) the words ...
  

• Song of Songs

  

• [Sos 1:3] How Sweet The Name Of Jesus Sounds

  How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds In a believer’s ear! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear. It makes the wounded spirit whole, And calms the troubled breast; ’Tis manna to the hungry soul, And to the weary, rest. Dear Name, the Rock on which I build, My Shield and Hiding Place, My never failing treasury, filled With boundless stores of grace! By Thee my prayers acceptance gain, Although with sin defiled; Satan accuses me in vain, And I am owned a child. Jesus! my Shepherd, Husband, Friend, O Prophet, Priest and King, My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, Accept the praise I bring. Weak is the effort of my heart, And cold my warmest thought; But when I see Thee as Thou art, I’ll praise Thee as I ought. Till then I would Thy love proclaim With every fleeting breath, And may the music of Thy Name Refresh my soul in death!

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• [Sos 1:3] Jesu, The Virgins’ Crown

  Jesu, the virgins’ Crown, do Thou Accept us as in prayer we bow, Born of that virgin whom alone The mother and the maid we own. Amongst the lilies Thou dost feed, And thither choirs of virgins lead, Adorning all Thy chosen brides With glorious gifts Thy love provides. And whither, Lord, Thy footsteps wend, The virgins still with praise attend; For Thee they pour their sweetest song, And after Thee rejoicing throng. O gracious Lord, we Thee implore Thy grace on every sense to pour; From all pollution keep us free, And make us pure in heart for Thee. All praise to God the Father be, All praise, Eternal Son, to Thee, Whom with the Spirit we adore For ever and for evermore.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• [Sos 1:3] Jesus Is The Sweetest Name I Know

  There have been names that I have loved to hear, But never has there been a name so dear To this heart of mine, as the Name divine, The precious, precious Name of Jesus. Refrain Jesus is the sweetest name I know, And He’s just the same as His lovely Name, And that’s the reason why I love Him so; Oh, Jesus is the sweetest name I know. There is no name in earth or Heav’n above, That we should give such honor and such love As the blessèd Name, let us all acclaim, That wondrous, glorious Name of Jesus. Refrain And some day I shall see Him face to face To thank and praise Him for His wondrous grace, Which He gave to me, when He made me free, The blessèd Son of God called Jesus. Refrain

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• [Sos 1:4] And Now, O Father, Mindful Of The Love

  And now, O Father, mindful of the love That bought us, once for all, on Calvary’s tree, And having with us Him that pleads above, We here present, we here spread forth to Thee, That only offering perfect in Thine eyes, The one true, pure, immortal sacrifice. Look, Father, look on His anointed face, And only look on us as found in Him; Look not on our misusings of Thy grace, Our prayer so languid, and our faith so dim; For lo! between our sins and their reward, We set the passion of Thy Son our Lord. And then for those, our dearest and our best, By this prevailing presence we appeal; O fold them closer to Thy mercy’s breast! O do Thine utmost for their souls’ true weal! From tainting mischief keep them white and clear, And crown Thy gifts with strength to persevere. And so we come; O draw us to Thy feet, Most patient Savior, who canst love us still! And by this food, so awful and so sweet, Deliver us from every touch of ill: In Thine own service make us glad and free, And grant us nevermore to part with Thee.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• [Sos 1:4] In Memory Of The Savior’s Love

  In memory of the Savior’s love We keep the sacred feast, When every humble, contrite heart Is made a welcome guest. Symbolic of His broken flesh, We take the broken bread, The cup in token of His blood That was for sinners shed. Under His banner now we sing The wonders of His love And so anticipate by faith The heav’nly feast above.
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• [Sos 1:14] As The Bridegroom To His Chosen

  As the bridegroom to his chosen, As the king unto his realm, As keep unto the castle, As the pilot to the helm, So, Lord, art Thou to me. As the fountain in the garden, As the candle in the dark, As the treasure in the coffer, As the manna in the ark, So, Lord, art Thou to me. As the ruby in the setting, As the honey in the comb, As the light within the lantern, As the father in the home, So, Lord, art Thou to me. As the sunshine in the heavens, As the image in the glass, As the fruits upon the fig tree, As the dew upon the grass, So, Lord, art Thou to me.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• What Is "Loving God" and What Does It Avail?
  Love to God is commanded (Deu. 11:1) and is, indeed, the one great commandment (Matt. 22:38). It should be with all the heart, and is better than sacrifice (Deu. 6:5; Mark 12:33). It's produced by the Holy Ghost and engendere...

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