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Song of Solomon 4

Song of Sol. 4:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thy neck
tsavva'r (Hebrew #6677)
or tsavvaron (Song of Solomon 4:9) {tsav-vaw-rone'}; or (feminine) tsavva.rah (Micah 2:3) {tsav-vaw-raw'}; intensively from 6696 in the sense of binding; the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
KJV usage: neck.
Pronounce: tsav-vawr'
Origin: or tsavvar (Nehemiah 3:5) {tsav-vawr'}
is like the tower
migdal (Hebrew #4026)
from 1431; a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
KJV usage: castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.
Pronounce: mig-dawl'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine migdalah {mig-daw- law'}
of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
builded
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
for an armory
talpiyah (Hebrew #8530)
something tall, i.e. (plural collective) slenderness
KJV usage: armoury.
Pronounce: tal-pee-yaw'
Origin: feminine from an unused root meaning to tower
, whereon there hang
talah (Hebrew #8518)
to suspend (especially to gibbet)
KJV usage: hang (up).
Pronounce: taw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
a thousand
'eleph (Hebrew #505)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV usage: thousand.
Pronounce: eh'-lef
Origin: prop, the same as 504
bucklers
magen (Hebrew #4043)
from 1598; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
KJV usage: X armed, buckler, defence, ruler, + scale, shield.
Pronounce: maw-gane'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine mginnah {meg-in-naw'}
, all shields
shelet (Hebrew #7982)
probably a shield (as controlling, i.e. protecting the person)
KJV usage: shield.
Pronounce: sheh'-let
Origin: from 7980
of mighty men
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'}
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Armory,
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Shield,
Tower of David

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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neck.
Song of Sol. 1:10• 10Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. (Song of Sol. 1:10)
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Song of Sol. 7:4• 4Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. (Song of Sol. 7:4)
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2 Sam. 22:51• 51He is the tower of salvation for his king: and showeth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore. (2 Sam. 22:51)
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Eph. 4:15‑16• 15But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
 16From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. (Eph. 4:15‑16)
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Col. 2:19• 19And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. (Col. 2:19)
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1 Peter 1:5• 5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (1 Peter 1:5)
an armoury.
Neh. 3:19• 19And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armory at the turning of the wall. (Neh. 3:19)
a thousand.
2 Chron. 9:15‑16• 15And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
 16And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. (2 Chron. 9:15‑16)
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2 Chron. 12:9‑11• 9So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
 10Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house.
 11And when the king entered into the house of the Lord, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber. (2 Chron. 12:9‑11)
• But what were these, compared with the victories of King Messiah? The entire book of God may be considered as the record of the victories of Christ. But the tower-like neck of the bride, adorned with many jewels, symbolizes the trophies He has won within the land of Judah. We read of Israel as a stiff-necked {Acts 7:51 } people-as wreathed about the neck with the yoke of transgression-and as walking wantonly with stretched forth necks....Isa. 52:1-2. (“Song of Solomon 4” by A. Miller)
• The King viewing the neck of the bride adorned with precious jewels likens it to the tower of David adorned with a thousand shields that spoke of David's victories. So too Christ is going to be glorified in His saints and admired in all them that believe. (“Canticle 3: The Communion of Love” by H. Smith)
• Joseph had a gold chain put around his neck by Pharaoh (Gen. 41:42). The Medes, Persians, Babylonians, and other ancient nations, followed the same custom. See Daniel 5:7,16,29. Neck chains are also referred to in Song of Solomon 4:9; Ezekiel 16:11. (“476. Jewels - Necklaces” by J.M. Freeman)
• David’s tower, you see, is the place of defense, the place of strength, and the bride here is one of those who can stand up straight and boldly look the world in the face, assured of the love and protection of her matchless bridegroom. And so we are called upon to be “strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might.” The head won’t be hanging down like a bulrush when our hearts are taken up with Him. There will be a boldness that is never known when out of communion with Him. (“Song of Solomon 4:1-11” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thy neck is like the tower of David, Built for an armoury: A thousand bucklers hang thereon, All shields of mighty men.