Song of Solomon 3:6

Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?"

Word-by-Word Analysis

Who is this that

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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out of the

מִדְבָּר

midbâr

H4057

a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)

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דָּמָה

dâmâh

H1819

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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עַמּוּד

ʻammûwd

H5982

a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform

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of

עָשָׁן

ʻâshân

H6227

smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger)

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נוּף

nûwph

H5130

to quiver (i.e. vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinado...

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with

מֹר

môr

H4753

myrrh (as distilling in drops, and also as bitter)

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and

לְבוֹנָה

lᵉbôwnâh

H3828

frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke)

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with all

אֲבָקָה

ʼăbâqâh

H81

{light particles (as volatile)}

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of the

סָחַר

çâchar

H5503

to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate

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Key Terms in This Verse

powders H81

אֲבָקָה ʼăbâqâh

{light particles (as volatile)}

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perfumed H5130

נוּף nûwph

to quiver (i.e. vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinadoing, sawing, waving, etc.)

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merchant H5503

סָחַר çâchar

to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate

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myrrh H4753

מֹר môr

myrrh (as distilling in drops, and also as bitter)

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frankincense H3828

לְבוֹנָה lᵉbôwnâh

frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke)

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smoke H6227

עָשָׁן ʻâshân

smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger)

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pillars H5982

עַמּוּד ʻammûwd

a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform

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cometh H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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wilderness H4057

מִדְבָּר midbâr

a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)

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like H1819

דָּמָה dâmâh

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 8:5 cross-reference

Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

Revelation 12:14 cross-reference

And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serp...

Song of Solomon 1:13 cross-reference

A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

Song of Solomon 4:6 cross-reference

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

Isaiah 43:19 cross-reference

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Jeremiah 31:2 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

Song of Solomon 1:3 cross-reference

Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

Revelation 12:6 cross-reference

And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

Song of Solomon 5:5 cross-reference

I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

Jeremiah 2:2 cross-reference

Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that ...

Song of Solomon 5:13 cross-reference

His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

Deuteronomy 8:2 cross-reference

And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep ...

Revelation 5:8 cross-reference

And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

Philippians 4:18 cross-reference

But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

Exodus 30:34 cross-reference

And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:

Matthew 2:11 cross-reference

And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold,...

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