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handles

Meaning of “handles”

Parts of a lock grasped or operated by hand.

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First occurrence: Song of Solomon 5:5

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Song of Solomon 5:5
I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 5:5 · retained source text

I rose vp to open to my beloued, and my hands dropped with myrrhe, and my fingers with sweete smelling myrrhe, vpon the handles of the locke.

1611 marginal noteHeb. passing, or running about.

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