Song of Solomon 8:6

Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data

"Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame."

Word-by-Word Analysis

שׂוּם

sûwm

H7760

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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me as a

חָתַם

châtham

H2856

to close up; especially to seal

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upon thine

לֵב

lêb

H3820

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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as a

חָתַם

châtham

H2856

to close up; especially to seal

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upon thine

זְרוֹעַ

zᵉrôwaʻ

H2220

the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force

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for

אָהַב

ʼâhab

H157

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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is

חָזָק

châzâq

H2389

strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)

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as

מָוֶת

mâveth

H4194

death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

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קִנְאָה

qinʼâh

H7068

jealousy or envy

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is

קָשֶׁה

qâsheh

H7186

severe (in various applications)

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as the

שְׁאוֹל

shᵉʼôwl

H7585

Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates

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the

גֶּחֶל

gechel

H1513

an ember

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חָלַל

châlal

H2490

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...

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are

גֶּחֶל

gechel

H1513

an ember

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of

אֵשׁ

ʼêsh

H784

fire (literally or figuratively)

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which hath a most

חֲרִישִׁי

chărîyshîy

H2759

quiet, i.e. sultry (as feminine noun, the sirocco or hot east wind)

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לֶהָבָה

lehâbâh

H3852

{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}

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Key Terms in This Verse

vehement H2759

חֲרִישִׁי chărîyshîy

quiet, i.e. sultry (as feminine noun, the sirocco or hot east wind)

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cruel H7186

קָשֶׁה qâsheh

severe (in various applications)

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seal H2856

חָתַם châtham

to close up; especially to seal

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seal H2856

חָתַם châtham

to close up; especially to seal

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coals H1513

גֶּחֶל gechel

an ember

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coals H1513

גֶּחֶל gechel

an ember

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jealousy H7068

קִנְאָה qinʼâh

jealousy or envy

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flame H3852

לֶהָבָה lehâbâh

{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}

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arm H2220

זְרוֹעַ zᵉrôwaʻ

the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force

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grave H7585

שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl

Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates

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Cross References

Revelation 12:11 cross-reference

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Isaiah 49:16 cross-reference

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

Jeremiah 22:24 cross-reference

As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;

Song of Solomon 5:8 cross-reference

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

Proverbs 6:34 cross-reference

For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

Haggai 2:23 cross-reference

In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.

Psalm 84:2 cross-reference

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

Numbers 5:14 cross-reference

And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:

Psalm 120:4 cross-reference

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

Acts 21:13 cross-reference

Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Deuteronomy 32:21 cross-reference

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them t...

2 Corinthians 11:2 cross-reference

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Zechariah 3:9 cross-reference

For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that lan...

Numbers 25:11 cross-reference

Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israe...

Acts 20:24 cross-reference

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel ...

Proverbs 25:22 cross-reference

For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

Exodus 28:21 cross-reference

And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribe...

Romans 12:20 cross-reference

Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

2 Timothy 2:19 cross-reference

Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

Psalm 63:1 cross-reference

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

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