Song Of Solomon 1:12

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

¶ While the king [sitteth] at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

Complete Jewish Bible:

[She] As the king reclines at table, my nard gives forth its perfume:

Berean Standard Bible:

While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.

American Standard Version:

While the king sat at his table, My spikenard sent forth its fragrance.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

While the king{H4428} sitteth at his table{H4524}, my spikenard{H5373} sendeth forth{H5414} the smell{H7381} thereof.

Cross-References (KJV):

John 12:3

  • Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

Revelation 3:20

  • Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Mark 14:3

  • And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured [it] on his head.

Matthew 22:4

  • Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and [my] fatlings [are] killed, and all things [are] ready: come unto the marriage.

Matthew 22:11

  • And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

Revelation 8:3

  • And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer [it] with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

Revelation 8:4

  • And the smoke of the incense, [which came] with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.

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Commentary for Song Of Solomon 1:12

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H4428
    There are 1922 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מֶלֶךְ
    Transliteration: melek
    Pronunciation: meh'-lek
    Description: from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
  2. Strong's Number: H4524
    There are 5 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מֵסַב
    Transliteration: mêçab
    Pronunciation: may-sab'
    Description: plural masculine מְסִבִּים; or feminine מְסִבּוֹת; from סָבַב; a divan (as enclosing the room); abstractly (adverbial) around; that compass about, (place) round about, at table.
  3. Strong's Number: H5373
    There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נֵרְדְּ
    Transliteration: nêrd
    Pronunciation: nayrd
    Description: of foreign origin; nard, an aromatic; spikenard.
  4. Strong's Number: H5414
    There are 1816 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נָתַן
    Transliteration: nâthan
    Pronunciation: naw-than'
    Description: a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
  5. Strong's Number: H7381
    There are 55 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רֵיחַ
    Transliteration: rêyach
    Pronunciation: ray'-akh
    Description: from רוּחַ; odor (as if blown); savour, scent, smell.