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Song of Solomon 4

Song of Sol. 4:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou hast βravished my heart
labab (Hebrew #3823)
properly, to be enclosed (as if with fat); by implication (as denominative from 3824) to unheart, i.e. (in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify; also (as denominative from 3834) to make cakes
KJV usage: make cakes, ravish, be wise.
Pronounce: law-bab'
Origin: a primitive root
, my sister
'achowth (Hebrew #269)
a sister (used very widely (like 250), literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (an-)other, sister, together.
Pronounce: aw-khoth'
Origin: irregular feminine of 251
, my spouse
kallah (Hebrew #3618)
a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
KJV usage: bride, daughter-in-law, spouse.
Pronounce: kal-law'
Origin: from 3634
; thou hast ravished my heart
labab (Hebrew #3823)
properly, to be enclosed (as if with fat); by implication (as denominative from 3824) to unheart, i.e. (in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify; also (as denominative from 3834) to make cakes
KJV usage: make cakes, ravish, be wise.
Pronounce: law-bab'
Origin: a primitive root
with one
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
of thine eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
, with one
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
chain
`anaq (Hebrew #6060)
a necklace (as if strangling)
KJV usage: chain.
Pronounce: aw-nawk'
Origin: from 6059
of 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'}
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or, taken away.

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ravished.
or, taken away, etc.
my sister.
Song of Sol. 4:10,12• 10How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
 12A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. (Song of Sol. 4:10,12)
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Song of Sol. 5:1‑2• 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, O beloved.
 2I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. (Song of Sol. 5:1‑2)
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Gen. 20:12• 12And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. (Gen. 20:12)
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Matt. 12:50• 50For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. (Matt. 12:50)
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1 Cor. 9:5• 5Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? (1 Cor. 9:5)
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Heb. 2:11‑14• 11For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
 12Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
 13And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
 14Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; (Heb. 2:11‑14)
my spouse.
Song of Sol. 3:11• 11Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. (Song of Sol. 3:11)
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Psa. 45:9• 9Kings' daughters were among thy honorable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. (Psa. 45:9)
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Isa. 54:5• 5For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. (Isa. 54:5)
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Isa. 62:5• 5For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. (Isa. 62:5)
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Ezek. 16:8• 8Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine. (Ezek. 16:8)
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Hos. 2:19‑20• 19And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
 20I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord. (Hos. 2:19‑20)
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John 3:29• 29He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. (John 3:29)
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2 Cor. 11:2• 2For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. (2 Cor. 11:2)
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Rev. 19:7‑8• 7Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
 8And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. (Rev. 19:7‑8)
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Rev. 21:2,9‑10• 2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
 9And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
 10And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, (Rev. 21:2,9‑10)
thou hast.
Song of Sol. 6:12• 12Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib. (Song of Sol. 6:12)
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Song of Sol. 7:5‑6,10• 5Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
 6How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
 10I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. (Song of Sol. 7:5‑6,10)
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Prov. 5:19‑20• 19Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
 20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? (Prov. 5:19‑20)
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Zeph. 3:17• 17The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. (Zeph. 3:17)
with one of.
Song of Sol. 1:15• 15Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. (Song of Sol. 1:15)
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Song of Sol. 6:5• 5Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. (Song of Sol. 6:5)
one chain.
Song of Sol. 1:10• 10Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. (Song of Sol. 1:10)
• The eye and the heart of the Bridegroom turn from the contemplation of them all, to admire the loved one by His side. He sees in her what He can see nowhere else-the feelings and affections of His heart, reflecting back on Himself from hers. (“Song of Solomon 4” by A. Miller)
• "Thou hast ravished my heart;" in the margin it is, "taken away." Amazing truth! The heart of Christ ravished-taken away! And by what-by whom? By the attractions of a sinner saved by grace-by one who has been washed in His own precious blood, and adorned with His own peerless excellencies. (“Song of Solomon 4” by A. Miller)
• What the Lord here means by the words "one of thine eyes, one chain of thy neck," may be difficult to determine. He may refer to His appreciation of each single grace, and each spiritual ornament in the believer; or, of His delight in each believer, individually, as well as in His people collectively. The least of all saints can never be overlooked by Him, or undistinguished from others, either in time or in eternity. We are loved as individuals, saved and glorified as individuals. This truth is clearly taught in Luke 15, and John also speaks much of our individual blessing, the family of God being his principal theme. (“Song of Solomon 4” by A. Miller)
• Twice he repeats, "Thou hast taken away, [or "ravished"] My heart." It is well for us to have our affections delighting in Christ, but nothing so establishes the heart and fills it with adoring joy as the realization of the delight that Christ finds in His people. (“Canticle 3: The Communion of Love” by H. Smith)
• Little wonder if our hearts were ravished with Christ, but that His heart should be ravished by His people is indeed a world's wonder. (“Canticle 3: The Communion of Love” by H. Smith)
• It was but a glance of the eye and a chain of the neck. But that look was a look of love, and the chain spoke of the adorning that He Himself had put upon her. As we should say, "We love Him because He first loved us" (1 John 4:19). The glance of the eye speaks of the love of the heart, and the chain of the neck proclaims that the love of the heart is the fruit of His own love. (“Canticle 3: The Communion of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.