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Song of Solomon 8

Song of Sol. 8:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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We have a little
qatan (Hebrew #6996)
from 6962; abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
KJV usage: least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).
Pronounce: kaw-tawn'
Origin: or qaton {kaw-tone'}
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
x, and she hath no breasts
shad (Hebrew #7699)
probably from 7736 (in its original sense) contracted; the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging)
KJV usage: breast, pap, teat.
Pronounce: shad
Origin: or shod {shode}
: what shall we do
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
for our 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
in the day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
when she shall be spoken for
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ezek. 23:33• 33Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, the cup of thy sister Samaria; (Ezek. 23:33)

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Ezek. 16:46,55‑56,61• 46And thine elder sister is Samaria that dwelleth at thy left hand, she and her daughters; and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
 55And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; thou also and thy daughters, ye shall return to your former estate.
 56Yea, Sodom thy sister was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,
 61And thou shalt remember thy ways, and be confounded, when thou shalt receive thy sisters who are older than thou, together with those who are younger than thou; for I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by virtue of thy covenant. (Ezek. 16:46,55‑56,61)
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Ezek. 23:33• 33Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, the cup of thy sister Samaria; (Ezek. 23:33)
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John 10:16• 16And I have other sheep which are not of this fold: those also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd. (John 10:16)
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Acts 15:14‑17• 14Simon has related how God first visited to take out of the nations a people for his name.
 15And with this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written:
 16After these things I will return, and will rebuild the tabernacle of David which is fallen, and will rebuild its ruins, and will set it up,
 17so that the residue of men may seek out the Lord, and all the nations on whom my name is invoked, saith the Lord, who does these things (Acts 15:14‑17)
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Rom. 15:9‑12• 9and that the nations should glorify God for mercy; according as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the nations, and will sing to thy name.
 10And again he says, Rejoice, nations, with his people.
 11And again, Praise the Lord, all ye nations, and let all the peoples laud him.
 12And again, Esaias says, There shall be the root of Jesse, and one that arises, to rule over the nations: in him shall the nations hope. (Rom. 15:9‑12)
she hath.
Song of Sol. 8:10• 10I am a wall, and my breasts like towers; Then was I in his eyes as one that findeth peace. (Song of Sol. 8:10)
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Song of Sol. 4:5• 5Thy two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, Which feed among the lilies. (Song of Sol. 4:5)
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Song of Sol. 7:3• 3Thy two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle; (Song of Sol. 7:3)
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Psa. 147:19‑20• 19He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
 20He hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah! (Psa. 147:19‑20)
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Acts 7:38• 38This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give to us; (Acts 7:38)
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Rom. 3:1‑2• 1What then is the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of circumcision?
 2Much every way: and first, indeed, that to them were entrusted the oracles of God. (Rom. 3:1‑2)
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Eph. 2:12• 12that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: (Eph. 2:12)
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Psa. 2:8• 8Ask of me, and I will give thee nations for an inheritance, and for thy possession the ends of the earth: (Psa. 2:8)
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Psa. 72:17‑19• 17His name shall endure for ever; his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall bless themselves in him; all nations shall call him blessed.
 18Blessed be Jehovah Elohim, the God of Israel, who alone doeth wondrous things!
 19And blessed be his glorious name for ever! and let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen, and Amen. (Psa. 72:17‑19)
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Isa. 49:6• 6--and he saith, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; I have even given thee for a light of the nations, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. (Isa. 49:6)
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Isa. 60:1‑5,10‑11• 1Arise, shine! for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.
 2For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen on thee.
 3And the nations shall walk by thy light, and kings by the brightness of thy rising.
 4Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons come from afar, and thy daughters are carried upon the side.
 5Then thou shalt see, and shalt be brightened, and thy heart shall throb, and be enlarged; for the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee.
 10And the sons of the alien shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee. For in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
 11And thy gates shall stand open continually: (they shall not be shut day nor night,) that the wealth of the nations may be brought unto thee, and that their kings may be led to thee. (Isa. 60:1‑5,10‑11)
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Acts 10:1‑48• 1But a certain man in Caesarea,--by name Cornelius, a centurion of the band called Italic,
 2pious, and fearing God with all his house, both giving much alms to the people, and supplicating God continually,
 3--saw plainly in a vision, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming unto him, and saying to him, Cornelius.
 4But he, having fixed his eyes upon him, and become full of fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thine alms have gone up for a memorial before God.
 5And now send men to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter.
 6He lodges with a certain Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.
 7And when the angel who was speaking to him had departed, having called two of his household and a pious soldier of those who were constantly with him,
 8and related all things to them, he sent them to Joppa.
 9And on the morrow, as these were journeying and drawing near to the city, Peter went up on the house to pray, about the sixth hour.
 10And he became hungry and desired to eat. But as they were making ready an ecstasy came upon him:
 11and he beholds the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet, bound by the four corners and let down to the earth;
 12in which were all the quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth, and the fowls of the heaven.
 13And there was a voice to him, Rise, Peter, slay and eat.
 14And Peter said, In no wise, Lord; for I have never eaten anything common or unclean.
 15And there was a voice again the second time to him, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common.
 16And this took place thrice, and the vessel was straightway taken up into heaven.
 17And as Peter doubted in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold also the men who were sent by Cornelius, having sought out the house of Simon, stood at the gate,
 18and having called some one, they inquired if Simon who was surnamed Peter was lodged there.
 19But as Peter continued pondering over the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, three men seek thee;
 20but rise up, go down, and go with them, nothing doubting, because *I* have sent them.
 21And Peter going down to the men said, Behold, *I* am he whom ye seek: what is the cause for which ye come?
 22And they said, Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man, and fearing God, and borne witness to by the whole nation of the Jews, has been divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for thee to his house, and hear words from thee.
 23Having therefore invited them in, he lodged them. And on the morrow, rising up he went away with them, and certain of the brethren from Joppa went with him.
 24And on the morrow they came to Caesarea. But Cornelius was looking for them, having called together his kinsmen and his intimate friends.
 25And when Peter was now coming in, Cornelius met him, and falling down did him homage.
 26But Peter made him rise, saying, Rise up: *I* myself also am a man.
 27And he went in, talking with him, and found many gathered together.
 28And he said to them, *Ye* know how it is unlawful for a Jew to be joined or come to one of a strange race, and to *me* God has shewn to call no man common or unclean.
 29Wherefore also, having been sent for, I came without saying anything against it. I inquire therefore for what reason ye have sent for me.
 30And Cornelius said, Four days ago I had been fasting unto this hour, and the ninth I was praying in my house, and lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
 31and said, Cornelius, thy prayer has been heard, and thy alms have come in remembrance before God.
 32Send therefore to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter; he lodges in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea who when he is come will speak to thee.
 33Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and *thou* hast well done in coming. Now therefore *we* are all present before God to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
 34And Peter opening his mouth said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,
 35but in every nation he that fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
 36The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, (*he* is Lord of all things,)
 37*ye* know; the testimony which has spread through the whole of Judaea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached--
 38Jesus who was of Nazareth: how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went through all quarters doing good, and healing all that were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
 39*We* also are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they also slew, having hanged him on a cross.
 40This man God raised up the third day and gave him to be openly seen,
 41not of all the people, but of witnesses who were chosen before of God, *us* who have eaten and drunk with him after he arose from among the dead.
 42And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that *he* it is who was determinately appointed of God to be judge of living and dead.
 43To him all the prophets bear witness that every one that believes on him will receive through his name remission of sins.
 44While Peter was yet speaking these words the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were hearing the word.
 45And the faithful of the circumcision were astonished, as many as came with Peter, that upon the nations also the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out:
 46for they heard them speaking with tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,
 47Can any one forbid water that these should not be baptised, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also did?
 48And he commanded them to be baptised in the name of the Lord. Then they begged him to stay some days. (Acts 10:1‑48)
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Acts 11:1‑18• 1And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God;
 2and when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision contended with him,
 3saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and hast eaten with them.
 4But Peter began and set forth the matter to them in order, saying,
 5I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in an ecstasy I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came even to me:
 6on which having fixed mine eyes, I considered, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven.
 7And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise up, Peter, slay and eat.
 8And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.
 9And a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common.
 10And this took place thrice, and again all was drawn up into heaven;
 11and lo, immediately three men were at the house in which I was, sent to me from Caesarea.
 12And the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting. And there went with me these six brethren also, and we entered into the house of the man,
 13and he related to us how he had seen the angel in his house, standing and saying to him, Send men to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter,
 14who shall speak words to thee whereby *thou* shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.
 15And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them even as upon us also at the beginning.
 16And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John baptised with water, but *ye* shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit.
 17If then God has given them the same gift as also to us when we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who indeed was *I* to be able to forbid God?
 18And when they heard these things they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then indeed God has to the nations also granted repentance to life. (Acts 11:1‑18)
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Acts 16:9• 9And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: There was a certain Macedonian man, standing and beseeching him, and saying, Pass over into Macedonia and help us. (Acts 16:9)
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Acts 22:21• 21And he said to me, Go, for *I* will send thee to the nations afar off. (Acts 22:21)
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Acts 26:17‑18• 17taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom *I* send thee,
 18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me. (Acts 26:17‑18)
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Rom. 10:12‑15• 12For there is no difference of Jew and Greek; for the same Lord of all is rich towards all that call upon him.
 13For every one whosoever, who shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved.
 14How then shall they call upon him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe on him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without one who preaches?
 15and how shall they preach unless they have been sent? according as it is written, How beautiful the feet of them that announce glad tidings of peace, of them that announce glad tidings of good things! (Rom. 10:12‑15)
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Eph. 2:13‑15,19‑22• 13but now in Christ Jesus *ye* who once were afar off are become nigh by the blood of the Christ.
 14For *he* is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of enclosure,
 15having annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might form the two in himself into one new man, making peace;
 19So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,
 20being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone,
 21in whom all the building fitted together increases to a holy temple in the Lord;
 22in whom *ye* also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit. (Eph. 2:13‑15,19‑22)
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Luke 19:44• 44and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children in thee; and shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone: because thou knewest not the season of thy visitation. (Luke 19:44)
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1 Peter 2:12• 12having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that as to that in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may through your good works, themselves witnessing them, glorify God in the day of visitation. (1 Peter 2:12)
• The “little sister” appears to me to be Ephraim, which has never had the same development that Judah received through the manifestation of Christ, and through all that took place after the captivity of the ten tribes. For all the moral affections of Judah were formed on their relationship to Christ, on His rejection, and on the sentiments which this produced when the Spirit caused it to be felt (Isa. 50-53). (“Song of Solomon 8” by J.N. Darby)
• Restored and happy in the love of the Bridegroom, the bride is free to think of the blessing of others. If, in the strict interpretation of the Song, the bride represents God's earthly people - the Jews - restored and brought into blessing under Christ, the "little sister" will probably represent Ephraim, or the ten tribes. (“Canticle 6: The Triumph of Love” by H. Smith)
• Restored and happy in the love of the Bridegroom, the bride is free to think of the blessing of others. If, in the strict interpretation of the Song, the bride represents God's earthly people - the Jews - restored and brought into blessing under Christ, the "little sister" will probably represent Ephraim, or the ten tribes. (“Matthew 13” by F.B. Hole)
• Ephraim, or the long-lost ten tribes, are referred to, we doubt not, by the " little sister." Their captivity had taken place before the birth of Christ; so that they know nothing of the exercise through which Judah, or the two tribes, have passed with reference to the birth, death, resurrection, and return of the Messiah. Nevertheless they come into the enjoyment of the blessed results of His first coming in grace, and of His second coming in glory. And they are instructed, built up, and established in the doctrine of Christ, by their more highly favored sister Judah. (“Matthew 13” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for?—