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Song of Solomon 3

Song of Sol. 3:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They all hold
'achaz (Hebrew #270)
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
KJV usage: + be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).
Pronounce: aw-khaz'
Origin: a primitive root
swords
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
, being expert
lamad (Hebrew #3925)
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
KJV usage: (un-) accustomed, X diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er, - ing).
Pronounce: law-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
in war
milchamah (Hebrew #4421)
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Pronounce: mil-khaw-maw'
Origin: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting)
: every man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
hath his sword
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
upon his thigh
yarek (Hebrew #3409)
the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphem. the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
KJV usage: X body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.
Pronounce: yaw-rake'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be soft
x because of fear
pachad (Hebrew #6343)
a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)
KJV usage: dread(-ful), fear, (thing) great (fear, -ly feared), terror.
Pronounce: pakh'-ad
Origin: from 6342
in they night
layil (Hebrew #3915)
also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV usage: ((mid-))night (season).
Pronounce: lah'-yil
Origin: or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}
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Psa. 45:3• 3Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. (Psa. 45:3)
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Isa. 27:3• 3I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. (Isa. 27:3)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 45:3• 3Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. (Psa. 45:3)
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Psa. 149:5‑9• 5Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
 6Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
 7To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
 8To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
 9To execute upon them the judgment written: this honor have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord. (Psa. 149:5‑9)
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Isa. 27:3• 3I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. (Isa. 27:3)
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Eph. 6:16‑18• 16Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
 17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
 18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; (Eph. 6:16‑18)
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Neh. 4:21‑22• 21So we labored in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
 22Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labor on the day. (Neh. 4:21‑22)
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1 Thess. 5:6‑8• 6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
 7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
 8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. (1 Thess. 5:6‑8)
• Every man with "his sword upon his thigh." It was so in Nehemiah's day. "Every man had his sword girded by his side, and so builded" (Neh. 4:18). The moment of attack will give no time for girding on the sword. We must be ready to "preach the Word… in season, [and] out of season” (2 Tim. 4:2). (“Canticle 3: The Communion of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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They all hold the sword, Experts in war; Each hath his sword upon his thigh Because of alarm in the nights.