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Song of Solomon 2

Song of Sol. 2:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My beloved
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}
is minea, and I amb his: he feedeth
ra`ah (Hebrew #7462)
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
KJV usage: X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep)(-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
among the lilies
shuwshan (Hebrew #7799)
or shoshan {sho- shawn'}; and (feminine) showshannah {sho-shan-naw'}; from 7797; a lily (from its whiteness), as a flower of arch. ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape)
KJV usage: lily, Shoshannim.
Pronounce: shoo-shan'
Origin: or showshan {sho-shawn'}
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Psa. 63:1• 1<<A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.>> O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; (Psa. 63:1)
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1 Cor. 3:23• 23And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. (1 Cor. 3:23)

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Song of Sol. 6:3• 3I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies. (Song of Sol. 6:3)
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Song of Sol. 7:10,13• 10I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
 13The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved. (Song of Sol. 7:10,13)
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Psa. 48:14• 14For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. (Psa. 48:14)
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Psa. 63:1• 1<<A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.>> O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; (Psa. 63:1)
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Jer. 31:33• 33But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. (Jer. 31:33)
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1 Cor. 3:21‑23• 21Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
 22Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
 23And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. (1 Cor. 3:21‑23)
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Gal. 2:20• 20I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (Gal. 2:20)
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Rev. 21:2‑3• 2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
 3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. (Rev. 21:2‑3)
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Song of Sol. 2:1• 1I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. (Song of Sol. 2:1)
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Song of Sol. 1:7• 7Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? (Song of Sol. 1:7)
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Song of Sol. 6:3• 3I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies. (Song of Sol. 6:3)
• Thus her heart is reassured: her Beloved is hers. How truly all this gives the awakening of divine affections and confidence in the remnant which had so long learned what it was to have Jehovah’s face hidden, and how fully the inextinguishable love of Him who wept over Jerusalem is in the blessedest way in exercise to awaken this confidence and assure the heart of the afflicted people! (“Song of Solomon 2” by J.N. Darby)
• The Bride. (Vss. 2:16-3:5) (“Canticle 2: The Awakening of Love” by H. Smith)
• He had disclosed the longings of His heart to see her face and hear her voice, and as she listens to those wonderful unfoldings, her heart is stirred, her love is awakened, and in the realization of His love and devotion, she exclaims, "My Beloved is mine, and I am His." He becomes the absorbing object of her heart, through the realization that she is an object to Him. (“Canticle 2: The Awakening of Love” by H. Smith)
• The King has already likened the bride to the lily, and has unfolded to her all the thoughts of His heart, and thus she is brought to realize that His food and His delight is in herself. During the night of His absence and until the marriage-day, "He feedeth among the lilies." (“Canticle 2: The Awakening of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My beloved is mine, and I am his; He feedeth his flock among the lilies,