Bible Verse Dictionary
Song of Solomon 5:13 - Spices
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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His cheeks | H3895 | לְחִי |
[Noun Masculine] the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence the jaw bone |
are as a bed | H6170 | עֲרוּגָה |
[Noun Feminine] something piled up (as if (figuratively) raised by mental {aspiration}) that {is} a parterre |
of spices | H1314 | בֶּשֶׂם |
[Noun Masculine] fragrance; by implication spicery; also the balsam plant |
as sweet | H4840 | מֶרְקָח |
[Noun Masculine] a spicy herb |
flowers | H4026 | מִגְדָּל |
[Noun Masculine] a tower (from its size or height); by analogy a rostrum; figuratively a (pyramidal) bed of flowers |
his lips | H8193 | שָׂפָה |
[Noun Feminine] Probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication language; by analogy a margin (of a {vessel} {water} {cloth} etc.) |
like lilies | H7799 | שׁוּשַׁן |
[Noun Masculine] a lily (from its {whiteness }) as a flower or architectural ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape) |
dropping | H5197 | נָטַף |
[Verb] to {ooze} that {is} distil gradually; by implication to fall in drops; figuratively to speak by inspiration |
sweet | H4840 | מֶרְקָח |
[Noun Masculine] a spicy herb |
smelling | H5674 | עָבַר |
[Verb] to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literally or figuratively; {transitively} {intransitively} intensively or causatively); specifically to cover (in copulation) |
myrrh | H4753 | מֹר |
[Noun Masculine] myrrh (as distilling in {drops} and also as bitter) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.