Song of Solomon 2:5 KJV

Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

Words Then and Now

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Matthew Henry

Cross References

  • Song of Solomon 5:8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
  • 2 Samuel 6:19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.
  • Hosea 3:1 Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
  • 2 Samuel 13:1–2 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. …
  • 1 Chronicles 16:3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.

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Topics

  • Apple A fruit
  • Song Impersonation of the church (?)

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Stay סַמְּכוּנִי sammĕkûnî סָמַךְ Verb · piel imperative, second person masculine plural · with suffix: first person common singular
  • me with flagons בָּאֲשִׁישׁוֹת bāʾăšîšôt אֲשִׁישָׁה Noun · feminine plural · with preposition with the
  • comfort רַפְּדוּנִי rappĕdûnî רָפַד Verb · piel imperative, second person masculine plural · with suffix: first person common singular
  • me with apples בַּתַּפּוּחִים battappûḥîm תַּפּוּחַ Noun · masculine plural · with preposition with the
  • for I am sick כִּי kî Conjunction חוֹלַת ḥôlat חָלָה Verb · qal active participle, feminine singular construct אָנִי ʾānî Pronoun · first person common singular
  • of love אַהֲבָה ʾahăbâ אַהֲבָה Noun · feminine singular

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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