Song of Solomon 4:10
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!"
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָפֶה
yâpheh
beautiful (literally or figuratively)
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
אָחוֹת
ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
כַּלָּה
kallâh
a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
טוֹב
ṭôwb
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...
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
יַיִן
yayin
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
שֶׁמֶן
shemen
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
בֶּשֶׂם
besem
fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant
Key Terms in This Verse
שֶׁמֶן shemen
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
Study H8081 →אָחוֹת ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
Study H269 →טוֹב ṭôwb
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, goo...
Study H2896 →Cross References
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
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.
While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
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.
Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
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.
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