Song of Solomon 6
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.
2My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
3I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
4Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
5Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
6Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
7As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
8There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
9My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
10Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
11I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
12Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.
13Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.
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
- שׁוּבshûwbH77254× in this chapter
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
- הוּאhûwʼH19313× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- יָפֶהyâphehH33033× in this chapter
beautiful (literally or figuratively)
- רָאָהrâʼâhH72003× in this chapter
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- בַּרbarH12492× in this chapter
beloved; also pure, empty
- גַּןganH15882× in this chapter
a garden (as fenced)
- דָּגַלdâgalH17132× in this chapter
to flaunt, i.e. raise a flag; figuratively, to be conspicuous
- הֵםhêmH19922× in this chapter
they (only used when emphatic)
- חָזָהchâzâhH23722× in this chapter
to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have avision of
- אֶחָדʼechâdH2592× in this chapter
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
- יָרַדyâradH33812× in this chapter
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
- אָיֹםʼâyômH3662× in this chapter
frightful
- אַיִןʼayinH3692× in this chapter
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
- מַלְכָּהmalkâhH44362× in this chapter
a queen
- מִןminH44802× in this chapter
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
- עֵדֶרʻêderH57392× in this chapter
an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)
- אָןʼânH5752× in this chapter
where?; hence, whither?, when?; also hither and thither
- פִּילֶגֶשׁpîylegeshH63702× in this chapter
a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour
- רִמּוֹןrimmôwnH74162× in this chapter
a pomegranate, the tree (from its upright growth) or the fruit (also an artificial ornament)
- רָעָהrâʻâhH74622× 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)
- שׁוּלַמִּיתShûwlammîythH77592× in this chapter
peaceful (with the article always prefixed, making it a pet name); the Shulammith, an epithet of Solomon's queen
- שׁוּשַׁןshûwshanH77992× in this chapter
a lily (from its whiteness), as aflower of architectural ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape)
- בְּעַדbᵉʻadH11571× in this chapter
in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.
- בָּקַשׁbâqashH12451× in this chapter
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
- בֶּשֶׂםbesemH13141× in this chapter
fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant
- בַּתbathH13231× in this chapter
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
- גִּלְעָדGilʻâdH15681× in this chapter
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
- גָּלַשׁgâlashH15701× in this chapter
probably to caper (as a goat)
- גִּנָּהginnâhH15941× in this chapter
{a garden}
- גֶּפֶןgephenH16121× in this chapter
a vine (as twining), especially the grape
- הָלַךְhâlakH19801× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- הָלַלhâlalH19841× in this chapter
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
- זֹאתzôʼthH20631× in this chapter
this (often used adverb)
- חַמָּהchammâhH25351× in this chapter
heat; by implication, the sun
- אֵבʼêbH31× in this chapter
a green plant
- 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.)
- יוֹנָהyôwnâhH31231× in this chapter
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
- יָלַדyâladH32051× in this chapter
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
- יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaimH33891× in this chapter
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine