KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Song of Solomon 2:1–2
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Song of Solomon 2:1
1I AM the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
1¶ I Am the rose of Sharon, and the lillie of the valleys.
Song of Solomon 2:2
2As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
2As the lillie among thornes, so is my loue among the daughters.
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DEFINED WORDS
Song of Solomon 2:1
Arose, stood up, or went upward; also a fragrant flower, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The flowering plant called a lily in the KJV; the entry does not impose a particular modern species.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Low ground between hills or mountains, often watered by a stream.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Song of Solomon 2:2
The flowering plant called a lily in the KJV; the entry does not impose a particular modern species.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Sharp spines or prickles; also thorn-bearing plants and figures of things that prick, obstruct, or grieve.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Affection, goodwill, devoted regard, or charity; as a verb, to regard with such affection or goodwill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
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Open the full verse study15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
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Open the full verse study1THE wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
2It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.
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Open the full verse study13His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
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Open the full verse study16¶ My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
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Open the full verse study3I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
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Open the full verse study11Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
From verse 2
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Open the full verse study12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
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Open the full verse study13Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
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Open the full verse study16¶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
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Open the full verse study28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
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Open the full verse study15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
16Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
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