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Song of Solomon 4

Song of Sol. 4:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Spikenard
nerd (Hebrew #5373)
nard, an aromatic
KJV usage: spikenard.
Pronounce: nayrd
Origin: of foreign origin
and saffron
karkom (Hebrew #3750)
the crocus
KJV usage: saffron.
Pronounce: kar-kome'
Origin: probably of foreign origin
; calamus
qaneh (Hebrew #7070)
a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
KJV usage: balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed, X spearman, stalk.
Pronounce: kaw-neh'
Origin: from 7069
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)
, with all trees
`ets (Hebrew #6086)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
KJV usage: + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
Pronounce: ates
Origin: from 6095
of frankincense
lbownah (Hebrew #3828)
or lbonah {leb-o-naw'}; from 3836; frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke): -(frank-)incense.
Pronounce: leb-o-naw'
; myrrh
more (Hebrew #4753)
from 4843; myrrh (as distilling in drops, and also as bitter)
KJV usage: myrrh.
Pronounce: mor
Origin: or mowr {more}
r and 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)
, with all the chief
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
spices
besem (Hebrew #1314)
from the same as 1313; fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant
KJV usage: smell, spice, sweet (odour).
Pronounce: beh'-sem
Origin: or bosem {bo'-sem}
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Song of Sol. 5:1• 1I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, beloved ones! (Song of Sol. 5:1)

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Aloes; Lign-Aloes,
Calamus,
Cinnamon,
Frankincense,
Myrrh,
saffron,
Spices,
Spikenard

Cross References

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calamus.
Ex. 30:23• 23And thou, take best spices--of liquid myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon the half--two hundred and fifty, and of sweet myrtle two hundred and fifty, (Ex. 30:23)
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Ezek. 27:19• 19Vedan and Javan of Uzal traded in thy markets: wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were in thy traffic. (Ezek. 27:19)
cinnamon.
Prov. 7:17• 17I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. (Prov. 7:17)
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Rev. 18:13• 13and cinnamon, and amomum, and incense, and unguent, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and of horses, and of chariots, and of bodies, and souls of men. (Rev. 18:13)
trees.
Song of Sol. 4:6• 6Until the day dawn, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense. (Song of Sol. 4:6)
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Song of Sol. 5:1• 1I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, beloved ones! (Song of Sol. 5:1)
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Num. 24:6• 6Like valleys are they spread forth, like gardens by the river side, Like aloe-trees which Jehovah hath planted, like cedars beside the waters. (Num. 24:6)
the chief.
Song of Sol. 6:2• 2My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens and to gather lilies. (Song of Sol. 6:2)
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Gen. 43:11• 11And their father Israel said to them, If it is then so, do this: take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a gift: a little balsam and a little honey, tragacanth and ladanum, pistacia-nuts and almonds. (Gen. 43:11)
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1 Kings 10:10• 10And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in very great abundance, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as those which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. (1 Kings 10:10)
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2 Chron. 9:9• 9And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in very great abundance, and precious stones; neither was there any such spice as that which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. (2 Chron. 9:9)
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Mark 16:1• 1And the sabbath being now past, Mary of Magdala, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought aromatic spices that they might come and embalm him. (Mark 16:1)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Spikenard and saffron; Calamusb and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

JND Translation Notes

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As "sweet cane"; Jer. 6.20.