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Song of Solomon 1

Song of Sol. 1:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, thou art fair
yapheh (Hebrew #3303)
beautiful (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), + goodly, pleasant, well.
Pronounce: yaw-feh'
Origin: from 3302
, my ρlove
ra`yah (Hebrew #7474)
a female associate
KJV usage: fellow, love.
Pronounce: rah-yaw'
Origin: feminine of 7453
; behold, thou art fair
yapheh (Hebrew #3303)
beautiful (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), + goodly, pleasant, well.
Pronounce: yaw-feh'
Origin: from 3302
; thou hast doves’
yownah (Hebrew #3123)
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
KJV usage: dove, pigeon.
Pronounce: yo-naw'
Origin: probably from the same as 3196
eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
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or, companion.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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thou art fair.
Song of Sol. 1:8• 8If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. (Song of Sol. 1:8)
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Song of Sol. 4:1,7,10• 1Behold, 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.
 7Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
 10How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! (Song of Sol. 4:1,7,10)
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Song of Sol. 5:12• 12His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. (Song of Sol. 5:12)
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Song of Sol. 7:6• 6How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! (Song of Sol. 7:6)
my love.
or, my companion.
Mal. 2:14• 14Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. (Mal. 2:14)
thou hast.
Song of Sol. 4:1• 1Behold, 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. (Song of Sol. 4:1)
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Song of Sol. 5:12• 12His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. (Song of Sol. 5:12)
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2 Cor. 11:2‑3• 2For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
 3But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. (2 Cor. 11:2‑3)
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Eph. 1:17‑18• 17That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
 18The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, (Eph. 1:17‑18)
• The Bridegroom. (Vs. 15). (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)
• Now He expresses His delight in the bride. She had said, "I am black," but the Bridegroom says, "Behold thou art fair." Christ, ever viewing His people in the light of His purpose, and on the ground of His work, can say of each one, "Thou art fair." (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)
• The King adds, "Thou hast doves' eyes." The dove mourns and languishes when separated from its mate. Hezekiah could say in his sickness, "I did mourn as a dove." The dove has no eye but for its loved object. (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold, thou art fair: thine eyes are doves.