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Song of Solomon 1

Song of Sol. 1:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The beams
qowrah (Hebrew #6982)
from 6979; a rafter (forming trenches as it were); by implication, a roof
KJV usage: beam, roof.
Pronounce: ko-raw'
Origin: or qorah {ko-raw'}
of our house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
are cedar
'erez (Hebrew #730)
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
KJV usage: cedar (tree).
Pronounce: eh-rez'
Origin: from 729
, and our βrafters
rchiyt (Hebrew #7351)
a panel (as resembling a trough)
KJV usage: rafter.
Pronounce: rekh-eet'
Origin: from the same as 7298
rchiyt (Hebrew #7351)
a panel (as resembling a trough)
KJV usage: rafter.
Pronounce: rekh-eet'
Origin: from the same as 7298
of fir
browth (Hebrew #1266)
the cypress (or some elastic tree)
KJV usage: fir.
Pronounce: ber-oth'
Origin: a variation of 1265
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or, galleries.

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Cedar,
Fir; Fir-Tree,
House

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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beams.
Song of Sol. 8:9• 9If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar. (Song of Sol. 8:9)
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2 Chron. 2:8‑9• 8Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
 9Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. (2 Chron. 2:8‑9)
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Psa. 92:12• 12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. (Psa. 92:12)
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1 Tim. 3:15‑16• 15But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
 16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. (1 Tim. 3:15‑16)
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Heb. 11:10• 10For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. (Heb. 11:10)
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1 Peter 2:4‑5• 4To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
 5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 2:4‑5)
rafters.
or, galleries.
Song of Sol. 7:5• 5Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries. (Song of Sol. 7:5)
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Ezek. 41:16• 16The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; (Ezek. 41:16)
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Ezek. 42:3• 3Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. (Ezek. 42:3)
• The "beams" support the building and make it secure, the “rafters” support the roof and make it a place of shelter. In the presence of the King we have security and shelter. (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters are cypresses.