Song of Solomon 6:8

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Bible > Song of Solomon > Chapter 6 > Verse 8

Song of Solomon 6:8


← Song of Solomon 6:7 Song of Solomon 6:8 (KJV) Song of Solomon 6:9 →
As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

There are threescoreH8346 queensH4436, and fourscoreH8084 concubinesH6370, and virginsH5959 without numberH4557.


Original Hebrew

שִׁשִּׁים הֵמָּה מְּלָכֹות וּשְׁמֹנִים פִּילַגְשִׁים וַעֲלָמֹות אֵין מִסְפָּר׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
שִׁשִּׁ֥ים
shi.Shim H8346 HAcbpa (are) sixty
הֵ֨מָּה֙
he.mah H1992 HPp3mp they
מְּלָכ֔וֹת
me.la.Khot H4436 HNcfpa queens
וּ/שְׁמֹנִ֖ים
u./she.mo.Nim H8084 HC/Acbpa and/ eighty
פִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑ים
pi.lag.Shim H6370 HNcfpa concubines
וַ/עֲלָמ֖וֹת
va./'a.la.Mot H5959 HC/Ncfpa and/ young women
אֵ֥ין
'ein H369 HTn there not
מִסְפָּֽר
mis.Par H4557 HNcmsa (is) a number
Strong's References
  • H4436 — מַלְכָּה (malkâh, mal-kaw'): feminine of מֶלֶךְ (melek) H4428; a queen; queen.
  • H4557 — מִסְפָּר (miçpâr, mis-pawr'): from סָפַר (çâphar) H5608; a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration; [phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.
  • H5959 — עַלְמָה (ʻalmâh, al-maw'): feminine of עֶלֶם (ʻelem) H5958; a lass (as veiled or private); damsel, maid, virgin.
  • H6370 — פִּילֶגֶשׁ (pîylegesh, pee-leh'-ghesh): or פִּלֶגֶשׁ (pilegesh); of uncertain derivation; a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour; concubine, paramour.
  • H8084 — שְׁמֹנִים (shᵉmônîym, shem-o-neem'): or שְׁמוֹנִים (shᵉmôwnîym); multiple from שְׁמֹנֶה (shᵉmôneh) H8083; eighty, also eightieth; eighty(-ieth), fourscore.
  • H8346 — שִׁשִּׁים (shishshîym, shish-sheem'): multiple of שֵׁשׁ (shêsh) H8337; sixty; sixty, three score.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן (ʼayin) H370.
  • H1992 — הֵם (hêm, haym): or (prolonged) הֵמָּה (hêmmâh); masculine plural from הֲלַךְ (hălak) H1981; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.
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