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lilies

Meaning of “lilies”

Flowering plants noted for their beauty.

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10 occurrences10 verses5 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: 1 Kings 7:26

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Every verse containing “lilies”

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1 Kings 7:26
And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 7:26 · retained source text

And it was an hand breadth thicke, and the brimme thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowres of lillies: it contained two thousand Baths.

2 Chronicles 4:5
And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 4:5 · retained source text

And the thicknes of it was an hand breadth, & the brim of it like the worke of the brim of a cup, with flowers of Lillies: and it receiued and held three thousand baths.

1611 marginal noteOr, like a Lillie flower.

Song of Solomon 2:16
¶ My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 2:16 · retained source text

¶ My beloued is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lillies.

1611 marginal noteChap.6.3. and 7.10.

Song of Solomon 4:5
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 4:5 · retained source text

Thy two breasts, are like two yong Roes, that are twinnes, which feed among the lillies.

1611 marginal noteChap.7.3.

Song of Solomon 5:13
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 5:13 · retained source text

His cheekes are as a bed of spices, as sweete flowers: his lippes like lillies, dropping sweete smelling myrrhe.

1611 marginal noteOr, towers of perfumes.

Song of Solomon 6:3
I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 6:3 · retained source text

I am my beloueds, & my beloued is mine: he feedeth among the lillies.

1611 marginal noteChap.2.16. and 7.10.

Song of Solomon 7:2
Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 7:2 · retained source text

Thy nauell is like a round goblet, which wanteth not licour: thy belly is like an heape of wheate, set about with lillies.

1611 marginal noteHeb. mixture.

Matthew 6:28
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 6:28 · retained source text

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lillies of the field, how they grow: they toile not, neither doe they spinne.

Luke 12:27
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 12:27 · retained source text

Consider the Lillies how they growe, they toile not; they spinne not: and yet I say vnto you, that Solomon in all his glory, was not arayed like one of these.

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