Song of Solomon 1
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
3Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
4Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
5I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
6Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
7Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
8If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
9I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
10Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
11We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
12While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
13A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
14My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
15Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.
16Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
17The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- דּוֹדdôwdH17305× in this chapter
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
- יָפֶהyâphehH33034× in this chapter
beautiful (literally or figuratively)
- אָהַבʼâhabH1573× in this chapter
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- הֵןhênH20053× in this chapter
lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
- כֶּרֶםkeremH37543× in this chapter
a garden or vineyard
- עַלʻalH59213× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- רָעָהrâʻâhH74623× in this chapter
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
- טוֹבṭôwbH28962× in this chapter
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
- יַיִןyayinH31962× in this chapter
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
- אֵיךְʼêykH3492× in this chapter
how? or how!; also where
- לֹאlôʼH38082× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- מֶלֶךְmelekH44282× in this chapter
a king
- נָטַרnâṭarH52012× in this chapter
to guard; figuratively, to cherish (anger)
- עֵין גֶּדִיʻÊyn GedîyH58722× in this chapter
En-Gedi, a place in Palestine
- אֲנִיʼănîyH5892× in this chapter
I
- אַףʼaphH6372× in this chapter
meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
- רֵיחַrêyachH73812× in this chapter
odor (as if blown)
- רַעְיָהraʻyâhH74742× in this chapter
a female associate
- שִׁירshîyrH78922× in this chapter
a song; abstractly, singing
- שְׁלֹמֹהShᵉlômôhH80102× in this chapter
Shelomah, David's successor
- שֶׁמֶןshemenH80812× in this chapter
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
- תּוֹרtôwrH84472× in this chapter
a succession, i.e. a string or (abstractly) order
- אֵתʼêthH8532× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בַּיִתbayithH10041× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- בֵּןbênH11211× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- בְּרוֹתbᵉrôwthH12661× in this chapter
the cypress (or some elastic tree)
- בַּתbathH13231× in this chapter
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
- גְּדִיָּהgᵉdîyâhH14291× in this chapter
a young female goat
- גִּילgîylH15231× in this chapter
properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear
- אֹהֶלʼôhelH1681× in this chapter
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
- דָּמָהdâmâhH18191× in this chapter
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
- הָיָהhâyâhH19611× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- זָהָבzâhâbH20911× in this chapter
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
- זָכַרzâkarH21421× in this chapter
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
- חָבֵרchâbêrH22701× in this chapter
an associate
- חֶדֶרchederH23151× in this chapter
an apartment (usually literal)
- חָרָהchârâhH27341× in this chapter
to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
- חָרוּזchârûwzH27371× in this chapter
properly, pierced, i.e. a bead of pearl, gems or jewels (as strung)
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30451× in this chapter
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- אַחַרʼacharH3101× in this chapter
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)