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Song of Solomon 2

Song of Sol. 2:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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As the lily
shuwshan (Hebrew #7799)
or shoshan {sho- shawn'}; and (feminine) showshannah {sho-shan-naw'}; from 7797; a lily (from its whiteness), as a flower of arch. ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape)
KJV usage: lily, Shoshannim.
Pronounce: shoo-shan'
Origin: or showshan {sho-shawn'}
among thorns
chowach (Hebrew #2336)
a thorn; by analogy, a ring for the nose
KJV usage: bramble, thistle, thorn.
Pronounce: kho'-akh
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to pierce
f, so is my love
ra`yah (Hebrew #7474)
a female associate
KJV usage: fellow, love.
Pronounce: rah-yaw'
Origin: feminine of 7453
among the daughters
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
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Matt. 10:16• 16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. (Matt. 10:16)
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Phil. 2:15• 15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; (Phil. 2:15)

More on:

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Daughter,
Lily,
Thorns; Thistles

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Isa. 55:13• 13Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. (Isa. 55:13)
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Matt. 6:28‑29• 28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
 29And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. (Matt. 6:28‑29)
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Matt. 10:16• 16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. (Matt. 10:16)
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Phil. 2:15‑16• 15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
 16Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain. (Phil. 2:15‑16)
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1 Peter 2:12• 12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. (1 Peter 2:12)
• The Bridegroom. (Vs. 2). (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)
• This is the response of the King. He affirms what the bride has said. She is the lily; but in the valley where the lily grows there are thorns which serve as a background to bring out the beauty of the lily. In the dark valley of this world there are those who have none of the beauty of Christ upon them, thorns for the burning, thorns that would only wound Him. (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)
• To have His lily Christ had to descend into the valley of the thorns. (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.