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Proverbs 7

Prov. 7:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I have perfumed
nuwph (Hebrew #5130)
to quiver (i.e. vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinadoing, sawing, waving, etc.)
KJV usage: lift up, move, offer, perfume, send, shake, sift, strike, wave.
Pronounce: noof
Origin: a primitive root
my bed
mishkab (Hebrew #4904)
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
KJV usage: bed((-chamber)), couch, lieth (lying) with.
Pronounce: mish-kawb'
Origin: from 7901
with myrrh
more (Hebrew #4753)
from 4843; myrrh (as distilling in drops, and also as bitter)
KJV usage: myrrh.
Pronounce: mor
Origin: or mowr {more}
, aloes
'ahaliym (Hebrew #174)
of foreign origin; aloe wood (i.e. sticks)
KJV usage: (tree of lign-) aloes.
Pronounce: a-haw-leem'
Origin: or (feminine) ahalowth {a-haw-loth'} (only used thus in the plural)
, and cinnamon
qinnamown (Hebrew #7076)
cinnamon bark (as in upright rolls)
KJV usage: cinnamon.
Pronounce: kin-naw-mone'
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to erect)
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More on:

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Aloes; Lign-Aloes,
Bed; Bedstead,
Cinnamon,
Myrrh,
Perfume

Cross References

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perfumed.
Song of Sol. 3:6• 6Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? (Song of Sol. 3:6)
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Isa. 57:7‑9• 7Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
 8Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
 9And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell. (Isa. 57:7‑9)
with.
Psa. 45:8• 8All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. (Psa. 45:8)
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Song of Sol. 4:13‑14• 13Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
 14Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: (Song of Sol. 4:13‑14)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.