KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Song of Solomon 5:11–12
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Song of Solomon 5:11
11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
11‖His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and blacke as a Rauen.
- Or, curled.
Song of Solomon 5:12
12His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
12*†His eyes are as the eyes of doues by the riuers of water, washed with milk, and fitly set.
- Heb sitting in fulnesse, that is fitly placed, and set as a precious stone in the foile of a ring.
- Chap. 1.15. & 4.1.
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DEFINED WORDS
Song of Solomon 5:11
The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Greatest in amount, number, or degree; in the highest degree.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Pure or refined; of excellent quality; also a payment imposed as a penalty, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Skeat 1893
Full of branches; thick and spreading, like a bush.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Black or darkened in appearance, as described in the verse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The large, black fowl called a raven.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Song of Solomon 5:12
The organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, judgment, or presence, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
Doves or pigeons; also terms of endearment or figures of dove-like qualities. In the Gospel accounts, the Spirit descended in a form or manner likened to a dove.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Cleansed with water; figuratively, purified.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Suitably, properly, or in a manner exactly adapted to its place or purpose.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe; also fixed or determined.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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From verse 11
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Open the full verse study9¶ I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
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Open the full verse study21Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
22And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
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Open the full verse study14His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
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Open the full verse study2¶ I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
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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 study37Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
From verse 12
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Open the full verse study15Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.
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Open the full verse study1BEHOLD, 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.
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Open the full verse study13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
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