What does Song of Solomon 1:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee."
Verse Song of Solomon 1:3. _THY NAME_ IS AS _OINTMENT POURED FORTH_] Ointments and perfumes were, and still are, in great request among the Asiatics. They occur constantly in their entertainments. Thy...
the prologue. - The Song commences with two stanzas in praise of the king (now absent) by a chorus of virgins belonging to the royal household. Expositors, Jewish and Christian, interpret the whole as...
ANNOTATIONS SONG OF SONGS In studying this Love Song the primary application to the remnant of Israel must not be lost sight of. It is to be kept in mind that we are on Jewish ground and that the pe...
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1. Superscription by the collector or a later editor describing the whole book as the noblest or the most beautiful of Solomon's songs (1 Kings 4:32). SONG OF SOLOMON 1:2. A brief...
BECAUSE OF THE SAVOUR. Sweet is the odour. THY NAME. thou (emph.) Name put for the person. See note on Psalms 20:1. VIRGINS. damsels. Hebrew. _'alamoth,_ not _bethuloth_ (virgins)....
_Because of the savour of thy good ointments_ Lit. -For fragrance thy ointments are good," i.e. as R.V. THINE OINTMENTS HAVE A GOODLY FRAGRANCE. This clause is a continuance of the praise begun in Son...
DISCOURSE: 848 THE CHURCH’S LOVE TO CHRIST Song of Solomon 1:3. _Thy name is as ointment poured forth; therefore do the virgins love thee. Draw me: we will run after thee_. THIS divine song was admit...
BECAUSE OF THE SAVOUR, &C.— The eastern nations, and indeed the ancients in general, dealt much in unguents, which in the hot countries are necessary to brace and close up the pores of the body: fragr...
TEXT 1:2-4 _FIRST SCENEThe King's Palace_ SHULAMMITE: SOLILOQUY 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for thy love is better than wine. 3 Thine oils leave a goodly fragrance; thy name...
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. BECAUSE OF - rather, 'As regards lª- the savour of thy ointments, it is good'...
THE ARDENT AFFECTION OF THE LOVERS 2-7. Songs of the bride: her enquiry and his answers....
The couple continue their happy conversation. But the subject changes. The couple talk about special plants that grow among wild plants. A beautiful wild flower could grow among *thorns. A fruit tree...
BECAUSE OF THE SAVOUR. — The general sense of this verse is plain, though grammatical difficulties render the literal translation doubtful. It should be divided into three clauses, not into two only,...
לְ רֵ֨יחַ֙ שְׁמָנֶ֣יךָ טֹובִ֔ים שֶׁ֖מֶן תּוּרַ֣ק שְׁמֶ֑ךָ עַל ־כֵּ֖ן עֲלָמֹ֥ות אֲהֵבֽוּךָ׃...
TRUE LOVE TESTED SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1; Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of Solomon 4:1; Song of Solomon 5:1 THE poem opens with a scene in Solomon's palace. A country maiden has just been...
No Book has been provocative of more controversy than this. The question at issue is as to its place and value in Holy Scripture. While there are different varieties of each, the interpretations may b...
Because of the (b) savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the (c) virgins love thee. (b) The feeling of your great benefits. (c) They that are pure in hear...
To, &c., is in the Septuagint; but not in Hebrew or Complutensian. (Calmet) --- Grace must draw, and then people will run, John vi. 44., and xii. 32., and Philippians iii. 12. (St. Ambrose) (Bossuet)...
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. It is the Church which is here addressing herself to Jesus. And the substance of w...
Chapter 1 presents in the most clear and simple manner the assurance of the full enjoyment of blessing; but still, though affection be there, all is more characterised by desire than by peace. And aft...
BECAUSE OF THE SAVOUR OF THY GOOD OINTMENTS,.... It was usual for lovers to anoint themselves, their hair, garments, c. to commend themselves to each other and it was common to commend each other's oi...
_Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee._ Ver. 3. _Because of the savour of thy good ointments._] Or, To smell to, thy...
_Because of the savour of thy good ointments_ Because of those excellent gifts and graces of God's Spirit wherewith thou art replenished; _thy name_ Thy fame or report, the very mention of thee, and a...
THE SONG OF SOLOMON CHAPTER 1. The Church's Longing for Christ....
2-6 The church, or rather the believer, speaks here in the character of the spouse of the King, the Messiah. The kisses of his mouth mean those assurances of pardon with which believers are favoured,...
BECAUSE OF THE SAVOUR OF THY GOOD OINTMENTS; because of those excellent gifts and graces of God's Spirit wherewith thou art replenished, and which flow from thee upon thy members, THY NAME; either, 1...
Song of Solomon 1:3 fragrance H7381 good H2896 ointments H8081 name H8034 ointment H8081 forth H7324 (H8714) virgins H5959 love H157 (H8804) the savour - Song of Solomon 3:6, Song of Solomon 4:10, So...
_ “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth.” “For your love is better than wine. Your oils have a goodly fragrance. Your name is as oil poured forth. That is why the virgins love you. Draw me. We...
SONG OF SONG OF SOLOMON 1 I. Though written very possibly by Solomon with reference to the daughter of Pharaoh, this Song seems evidently to have had a deep symbolical meaning from the very beginning...
Now, concerning our love to him, let us read a few verses of the Song of Solomon, first chapter. You have been introduced to the Beloved, red with his own blood, but never so lovely as in his passion....
CONTENTS: The Bride and Bridegroom in joyful communion. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: Those who are full of Christ earnestly desire the manifestations of His love to their...
Song of Solomon 1:1. _The Song of songs, which is Solomon's._ Here our version varies from the Hebrew. The particle prefixed to the noun Solomon is rendered in the genitive, instead of the dative case...
_Because of the savour of Thy good ointments, Thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love Thee._ THE PRECIOUSNESS OF CHRIST In Christ are contained all those attractive beaut...
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:2 The Lovers Yearn for Each Other. The two main characters, apparently betrothed, are introduced as they sing of their desire for each other. On the difference between betrothal and...
PART FIRST The Meeting of the Betrothed CHAPTER Song of Solomon 1:2, TO CHAPTER Song of Solomon 2:7 SCENE FIRST. PLACE: _The Palace of Jerusalem_. SPEAKERS: _Shulamite, or the Bride; and the Daughte...
EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1 THE SONG OF SONGS, WHICH IS SOLOMON'S. This is certainly the title of the book which follows, although in our present Hebrew Bible it is the first verse of the book pre...
Tonight we want to look at the Song of Songs which is Solomon's. By the title it indicates that Solomon felt that this was the finest of the one thousand and five songs that he wrote. This is the exce...
2 Corinthians 11:2; 2 Corinthians 2:14; Ecclesiastes 7:1; Exodus 30:23; Exodus 33:12; Exodus 33:19; Exodus 34:5; Isaiah 61:3; Isaiah 9:6;...
Ointments — Because of those excellent gifts and graces of God's Spirit wherewith thou art replenished. Thy name — Thy report, the very mention of thee, and all those things by which thou makest thyse...