Glossary for Song of Songs - Kim Specker
Allegory - the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence; also: an instance (as in a story or painting) of such expression. Example: Chronicles of Narnia. : A symbolic representation: emblem Bride – or Beloved in SOS. Also known as the church in the book of Revelation in the Bible. Can be known as a person who seeks after a personal relationship with God. Also known as the female partner in marriage when reading SOS as a literal translation. (individual male or female, church )
Daughter of Jerusalem, maidens - young believers, those early in their journey or don’t the personal Jesus yet.
Lover - Known as Jesus in SOS. Can also be known as the husband in a marriage relationship when reading SOS as a literal translation. Could be referred to as Jesus or God synonymously with the Trinity. Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Bride’s inheritance in Christ – what the Bride receives from Jesus as she grows in her relationship with Him.
Christ’s inheritance in the Bride – what Jesus receives from the Bride as she matures in Him.
Divine Kiss - is a metaphor for the Word of God spoken from his mouth. Heavenly truth. This is NOT to be confused with physical touch of God’s lips.
Great Commission – The command given in Matthew 28:20 to make disciples.
Intercession - prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of another
Ministry – could be an act of service. Not necessarily just in the church but in the marketplace, neighborhood, family, friends and volunteering. Where talents, spiritual gifts and passions can be demonstrated.
Mature in ministry – advancing in the spiritual disciplines that lead to a deeper more personal relationship with Jesus. Being able to let go of self-desires and preferring what God desires for us.
Paradox –
a tenet contrary to received opinion : a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true b : a self-contradictory statement that at first seems true c : an argument that apparently derives self-contradictory conclusions by valid deduction from acceptable premises Prophetic , Prophetically -
foretelling events : predictive revelation – new understanding of spiritual truth or awareness of something about self that is divinely inspired
A personal relationship with Jesus that takes a life and makes something beautiful out of it.
righteousness –
acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin a: morally right or justifiable, a righteous decision b : arising from an outraged sense of justice or morality<righteous indignation> Supernatural Love – love that is greater than what the fleshly body can offer to others. It is the kind of love God has for his children. Incomparable or rare by earthly measurement.
Supernatural abilities – abilities given to God’s children when he needs to accomplish something or it would bring God glory. These abilities are unique to individual and circumstances.
Union of agreement – God’s acknowledgement of the bride’s obedience.
Vindication of the Bride - The Bride (individual and/or body of the church) is publically known as one whose sacrifice has been noticed by God and he wants others to see it. Sometimes he demonstrates favor over his children.
Song of Songs 1
1 Solomon’s Song of Songs.
She
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—
for your love is more delightful than wine.
3 Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;
your name is like perfume poured out.
No wonder the young women love you!
4 Take me away with you—let us hurry!
Let the king bring me into his chambers.
Friends
We rejoice and delight in you;
we will praise your love more than wine.
She
How right they are to adore you!
5 Dark am I, yet lovely,
daughters of Jerusalem,
dark like the tents of Kedar,
like the tent curtains of Solomon.
6 Do not stare at me because I am dark,
because I am darkened by the sun.
My mother’s sons were angry with me
and made me take care of the vineyards;
my own vineyard I had to neglect.
7 Tell me, you whom I love,
where you graze your flock
and where you rest your sheep at midday.
Why should I be like a veiled woman
beside the flocks of your friends?
Friends
8 If you do not know, most beautiful of women,
follow the tracks of the sheep
and graze your young goats
by the tents of the shepherds.
He
9 I liken you, my darling, to a mare
among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.
10 Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings,
your neck with strings of jewels.
11 We will make you earrings of gold,
studded with silver.
She
12 While the king was at his table,
my perfume spread its fragrance.
13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh
resting between my breasts.
14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
from the vineyards of En Gedi.
He
15 How beautiful you are, my darling!
Oh, how beautiful!
Your eyes are doves.
She
16 How handsome you are, my beloved!
Oh, how charming!
And our bed is verdant.
He
17 The beams of our house are cedars;
our rafters are firs.
Song of Songs 2
She
1 I am a rose of Sharon,
a lily of the valleys.
He
2 Like a lily among thorns
is my darling among the young women.
She
3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest
is my beloved among the young men.
I delight to sit in his shade,
and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
4 Let him lead me to the banquet hall,
and let his banner over me be love.
5 Strengthen me with raisins,
refresh me with apples,
for I am faint with love.
6 His left arm is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me.
7 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.
8 Listen! My beloved!
Look! Here he comes,
leaping across the mountains,
bounding over the hills.
9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Look! There he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.
10 My beloved spoke and said to me,
“Arise, my darling,
my beautiful one, come with me.
11 See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.
12 Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.
13 The fig tree forms its early fruit;
the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
my beautiful one, come with me.”
He
14 My dove in the clefts of the rock,
in the hiding places on the mountainside,
show me your face,
let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.
15 Catch for us the foxes,
the little foxes
that ruin the vineyards,
our vineyards that are in bloom.
She
16 My beloved is mine and I am his;
he browses among the lilies.
17 Until the day breaks
and the shadows flee,
turn, my beloved,
and be like a gazelle
or like a young stag
on the rugged hills.
