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Song of Solomon 4

Cnt. 4:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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How fair
yaphah (Hebrew #3302)
properly, to be bright, i.e. (by implication) beautiful
KJV usage: be beautiful, be (make self) fair(-r), deck.
Pronounce: yaw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root
is thy love
dowd (Hebrew #1730)
from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love- token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
KJV usage: (well-)beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.
Pronounce: dode
Origin: or (shortened) dod {dode}
, my sister
'achowth (Hebrew #269)
a sister (used very widely (like 250), literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (an-)other, sister, together.
Pronounce: aw-khoth'
Origin: irregular feminine of 251
, my spouse
kallah (Hebrew #3618)
a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
KJV usage: bride, daughter-in-law, spouse.
Pronounce: kal-law'
Origin: from 3634
! how much better
towb (Hebrew #2895)
a primitive root, to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
KJV usage: be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, X please, (be, do, go, play) well.
Pronounce: tobe
is thy love
dowd (Hebrew #1730)
from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love- token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
KJV usage: (well-)beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.
Pronounce: dode
Origin: or (shortened) dod {dode}
than wine
yayin (Hebrew #3196)
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
KJV usage: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
Pronounce: yah'-yin
Origin: from an unused root meaning to effervesce
! and the smell
reyach (Hebrew #7381)
odor (as if blown)
KJV usage: savour, scent, smell.
Pronounce: ray'-akh
Origin: from 7306
of thine ointments
shemen (Hebrew #8081)
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
KJV usage: anointing, X fat (things), X fruitful, oil((-ed)), ointment, olive, + pine.
Pronounce: sheh'-men
Origin: from 8080
than all spices
besem (Hebrew #1314)
from the same as 1313; fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant
KJV usage: smell, spice, sweet (odour).
Pronounce: beh'-sem
Origin: or bosem {bo'-sem}
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Ointment,
Spices,
Spouse,
Wine

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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love.
Heb. loves.
Cnt. 1:2• 2Oh si él me besara con ósculos de su boca! Porque mejores son tus amores que el vino. (Cnt. 1:2)
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Cnt. 1•  (Cnt. 1)
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how much.
Cnt. 1:2,4• 2Oh si él me besara con ósculos de su boca! Porque mejores son tus amores que el vino.
 4Llévame en pos de ti, correremos. Metióme el rey en sus cámaras: Nos gozaremos y alegraremos en ti; Acordarémonos de tus amores más que del vino: Los rectos te aman. (Cnt. 1:2,4)
the smell.
Cnt. 1:3,12• 3Por el olor de tus suaves unguüentos, (Ungüento derramado es tu nombre,) Por eso las doncellas te amaron.
 12Mientras que el rey estaba en su reclinatorio, Mi nardo dió su olor. (Cnt. 1:3,12)
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Cnt. 3:6• 6¿Quién es ésta que sube del desierto como columnita de humo, Sahumada de mirra y de incienso, Y de todos polvos aromáticos? (Cnt. 3:6)
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Cnt. 5:5• 5Yo me levanté para abrir á mi amado, Y mis manos gotearon mirra, Y mis dedos mirra que corría Sobre las aldabas del candado. (Cnt. 5:5)
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2 Co. 1:21‑22• 21Y el que nos confirma con vosotros en Cristo, y el que nos ungió, es Dios;
 22El cual también nos ha sellado, y dado la prenda del Espíritu en nuestros corazones. (2 Co. 1:21‑22)
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Gá. 5:22• 22Mas el fruto del Espíritu es: caridad, gozo, paz, tolerancia, benignidad, bondad, fe, (Gá. 5:22)
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Fil. 4:18• 18Empero todo lo he recibido, y tengo abundancia: estoy lleno, habiendo recibido de Epafrodito lo que enviasteis, olor de suavidad, sacrificio acepto, agradable á Dios. (Fil. 4:18)
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Ap. 5:8• 8Y cuando hubo tomado el libro, los cuatro animales y los veinticuatro ancianos se postraron delante del Cordero, teniendo cada uno arpas, y copas de oro llenas de perfumes, que son las oraciones de los santos: (Ap. 5:8)
• We nowhere read of the heart of the Creator being ravished with the beauties of creation. This mystery of mysteries was left for the Redeemer and the redeemed. (“Song of Solomon 4” by A. Miller)
• It is more a question of the heart-of the creating, forming, and drawing out of the affections for the Person of the Beloved. The knowledge of Himself and the certainty of relationship are not yet fully entered into or enjoyed; and these are the very things which the heart that loves so earnestly desires and looks forward to. The Bridegroom, of course, knows the relation in which He stands to her, whom He calls " My sister, my spouse." (“Song of Solomon 4” by A. Miller)
• "How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse!" Were our meditations on the Lord's appreciation of our love, more deep, earnest, and simple, we should be more undivided in heart for Him. Love begets love. It is the fire I sit at that warms me. The nearer the fire, the warmer I am. The nearer I am to the heart of Christ, the warmer will be my own, and the more intense the flame of love to Him. (“Song of Solomon 4” by A. Miller)
• There is no wine, no joy of earth, so pleasant to Him, as the love of His spouse; no odor so sweet as the smell of her ointments. He tells her they surpassed "all spices." The hospitalities of the self-righteous Jew were nothing to Him, compared with the love of the fallen one at His feet. (“Song of Solomon 4” by A. Miller)
• Not only is her love better than wine, it is "much better," and the fragrance of her ointments exceeds all spices. So to the heart of Christ, His people's love is much better than all earthly joys, and the graces of His people beyond compare with all that can minister delight in nature. (“Canticle 3: The Communion of Love” by H. Smith)
• You remember in the first chapter it is she who said, looking up to him, “We will remember thy love more than wine.” Now it is he who responds to her and says, “How much better is thy love than wine! (“Song of Solomon 4:1-11” by H.A. Ironside)
• His people should be fragrant with the sweetness of Christ. It is said of the disciples of old, “They took knowledge that they had been with Jesus.” (“Song of Solomon 4:1-11” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine ointments than all spices!