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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 spouse!{HR}How much better is thy love than wine,{HR}And the fragrance of thine ointment than all spices!
 12A garden shut up is my sister spouse,{HR}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 spouse;{HR}I have gathered my myrrh with my spice;{HR}I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;{HR}I have drunk my wine with my milk.{HR}Eat, O friends; drink, yea drink abundantly, beloved one.
 2I was asleep, but my heart waked.{HR}The voice of my beloved that knocketh [saying],{HR}Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, mine undefiled;{HR}For my head is filled with dew,{HR}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• 50{i}for whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in [the] heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.{/i} (Matt. 12:50)
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1 Cor. 9:5• 5have we not title to take about a sister wife, as also the other apostles and 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 those sanctified [are] all of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying,
 12I will declare thy name to my brethren, amidst the congregation will I sing thy praise.
 13And again, I will trust in him; and again, Behold, I and the little children which God gave to me.
 14Since then the little children are partakers of blood and flesh, he also in like manner took part of the same, that through death he might annul him that hath the might of death, that is, the devil; (Heb. 2:11‑14)
my spouse.
Song of Sol. 3:11• 11Go forth, daughters of Zion,{HR}And behold king Solomon{HR}With the crown wherewith his mother crowned him{HR}In the day of his espousals,{HR}And in the day of the gladness of his heart. (Song of Sol. 3:11)
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Psa. 45:9• 9Daughters of kings [are] among thine honourable women;{HR}At thy right hand hath stood the queen in fine gold of Ophir. (Psa. 45:9)
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Isa. 54:5• 5For thy Maker [is] thy husband: Jehovah 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, shall thy sons marry thee; and with the joy of the bridegroom over the bride shall thy God rejoice over thee. (Isa. 62:5)
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Ezek. 16:8• 8{i}And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, and behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness; and I swore unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine.{/i} (Ezek. 16:8)
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Hos. 2:19‑20• 19Yea, I will betroth thee to Myself in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness; and in mercies,
 20{i}and{/i} I will betroth thee to Myself in faithfulness; and thou shalt know Jehovah. (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 that standeth and heareth him rejoiceth with joy because of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy then is fulfilled. (John 3:29)
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2 Cor. 11:2• 2For I am jealous as to you with a jealousy of God; for I betrothed you to one husband to present 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 the glory to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
 8And to her it was granted that she should be clothed with fine linen bright [and] pure: for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints. (Rev. 19:7‑8)
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Rev. 21:2,9‑10• 2And the holy city, new Jerusalem, I saw coming down out of the heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
 9And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls 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 {i}the{/i} Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God, having the glory of God. (Rev. 21:2,9‑10)
thou hast.
Song of Sol. 6:12• 12Before I was aware,{HR}My soul set me [in] the chariots of my willing people. (Song of Sol. 6:12)
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Song of Sol. 7:5‑6,10• 5Thy head upon thee as Carmel,{HR}And the locks of thy head as purple—{HR}The king held captive in the tresses.
 6How fair and how pleasant [art] thou, love, in 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• 19A lovely hind and a, graceful doe, {sup}{HR}{/sup}Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times;{HR}With her love be ravished continually.
 20And why shouldest thou, my son,{HR}Be ravished with a strange woman,{HR}And embrace the bosom of a stranger? (Prov. 5:19‑20)
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Zeph. 3:17• 17Jehovah 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;{HR}Behold, thou [art] fair:{HR}Thine eyes [are as] doves'. (Song of Sol. 1:15)
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Song of Sol. 6:5• 5Turn away thine eyes from me,{HR}For they overcome me,{HR}Thy hair [is] as a flock of goats{HR}On the slopes of Gilead. (Song of Sol. 6:5)
one chain.
Song of Sol. 1:10• 10Thy cheeks [are] comely with plaits,{HR}Thy neck with jewel chains. (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.

W. Kelly Translation

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