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Song of Solomon 1:17
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Song of Solomon 1:17
17The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
17The beames of our house are Cedar, and our ‖rafters of firre.
- Or, galleries.
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Song of Solomon 1:17
Large, long pieces of timber used as supports, bars, or weavers' beams; in the eye figure, conspicuous faults.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A building or dwelling; the people of a household or family; a lineage or family line; as a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A large, fragrant evergreen tree valued for durable timber.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 17
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Open the full verse study10For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
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Open the full verse study12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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Open the full verse study9So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
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Open the full verse study4To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
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Open the full verse study15But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
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Open the full verse study8Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
9Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
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Open the full verse study16The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
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Open the full verse study3Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.
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Open the full verse study5Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
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Open the full verse study9If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
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