Song of Solomon 4:14
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
חֲבַצֶּלֶת
chăbatstseleth
probably meadow-saffron
קָנֶה
qâneh
a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
קִנָּמוֹן
qinnâmôwn
cinnamon bark (as in upright rolls)
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
לְבוֹנָה
lᵉbôwnâh
frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke)
מֹר
môr
myrrh (as distilling in drops, and also as bitter)
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
בֶּשֶׂם
besem
fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant
Key Terms in This Verse
קָנֶה qâneh
a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
Study H7070 →לְבוֹנָה lᵉbôwnâh
frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke)
Study H3828 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →Cross References
Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekel...
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to ...
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices,...
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink ab...
As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
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