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Song of Solomon 3

Song of Sol. 3:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold his bed
mittah (Hebrew #4296)
a bed (as extended) for sleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier
KJV usage: bed((-chamber)), bier.
Pronounce: mit-taw'
Origin: from 5186
, which is Solomon’s
Shlomoh (Hebrew #8010)
peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor
KJV usage: Solomon.
Pronounce: shel-o-mo'
Origin: from 7965
; threescore
shishshiym (Hebrew #8346)
sixty
KJV usage: sixty, three score.
Pronounce: shish-sheem'
Origin: multiple of 8337
valiant
gibbowr (Hebrew #1368)
intensive from the same as 1397; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
KJV usage: champion, chief, X excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
Pronounce: ghib-bore'
Origin: or (shortened) gibbor {ghib-bore'}
v men are about
cabiyb (Hebrew #5439)
from 5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
KJV usage: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
Pronounce: saw-beeb'
Origin: or (feminine) cbiybah {seb-ee-baw'}
it, of the valiant
gibbowr (Hebrew #1368)
intensive from the same as 1397; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
KJV usage: champion, chief, X excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
Pronounce: ghib-bore'
Origin: or (shortened) gibbor {ghib-bore'}
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
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2 Kings 6:17• 17And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. (2 Kings 6:17)
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Heb. 1:14• 14Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? (Heb. 1:14)

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Bed; Bedstead,
Israel,
Solomon

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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his bed.
Song of Sol. 3:9• 9King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. (Song of Sol. 3:9)
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Song of Sol. 3•  (Song of Sol. 3)
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Song of Sol. 1:16• 16Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. (Song of Sol. 1:16)
threescore.
1 Sam. 8:16• 16And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. (1 Sam. 8:16)
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1 Sam. 14:52• 52And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him. (1 Sam. 14:52)
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1 Sam. 28:2• 2And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever. (1 Sam. 28:2)
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1 Kings 9:22• 22But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen. (1 Kings 9:22)
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1 Kings 14:27• 27And king Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house. (1 Kings 14:27)
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2 Kings 6:17• 17And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. (2 Kings 6:17)
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Heb. 1:14• 14Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? (Heb. 1:14)
• Friends of the Bridegroom. (3:7-11). (“Canticle 3: The Communion of Love” by H. Smith)
• The bed, or litter, on which the bride journeys through the wilderness is provided by the King. In like manner the Christian has not to travel at his own charges, or according to his own thoughts, but in the way that God has provided. (“Canticle 3: The Communion of Love” by H. Smith)
• The wilderness journey, while developing Christian graces, also calls for Christian warfare. For this we need the "valiant men." (“Canticle 3: The Communion of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold his couch, Solomon’s own: Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty of Israel.