As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
The 1611 reading
As the lillie among thornes, so is my loue among the daughters.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 27:4
Complete exact-word concordance
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
As the lillie among thornes, so is my loue among the daughters.
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
Hee brought me to the banketting house, and his banner ouer mee, was loue.
1611 marginal noteHeb. house of wine.
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples, for I am sicke of loue.
1611 marginal noteHeb. straw me with apples.
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
I charge you, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, by the Roes, and by the hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue, till she please.
1611 marginal noteHeb. I adiure you.
1611 marginal noteChap.3.5. and 8.4.
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
My beloued spake, and said vnto me, Rise vp, my Loue, my faire one, and come away.
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
The fig tree putteth foorth her greene figs, and the vines with the tender grape giue a good smell. Arise, my loue, my faire one, and come away.
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
I charge you, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, by the Roes and by the Hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue, till he please.
1611 marginal noteChap 2.7. and 8.4.
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
He made the pillars thereof of siluer, the bottome thereof of gold, the couering of it, of purple; the midst thereof being paued with loue, for the daughters of Ierusalem.
BEHOLD, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
¶ Behold, thou art faire, my loue, behold thou art faire, thou hast doues eyes within thy lockes: thy haire is as a flocke of goats, that appeare from mount Gilead.
1611 marginal noteOr, that eate of, &c.
1611 marginal noteChap.1.15 and 5.12.
1611 marginal noteChap.6.5, 6.
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
Thou art all faire, my loue, there is no spot in thee.
1611 marginal noteEphes.5.27.
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Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
2 · KJV context and cross-references