4446 flowers
Dictionary of Bible Themes

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The blossoming part of plants and trees, from which the seeds or fruit develop. Often admired for their beauty, Scripture uses their fleeting existence as an illustration of the transience of human life.

Carvings of flowers

In the tabernacle

Exodus 25:31-36 pp Exodus 37:17-22

In the temple

1 Kings 6:18 See also 1 Kings 6:29,31-35; Kings 7:15-22,25-26 pp 2 Chronicles 4:4-5

Metaphorical depictions of people as flowers

Isaiah 28:1-6 See also Isaiah 5:18-25

Human existence is likened to the short life cycle of flowers

1 Peter 1:24-25 See also Isaiah 40:6-8; Job 14:1-2; Psalm 103:13-18; James 1:9-11

Flowers and the changing seasons

Songs 2:11-13 See also Isaiah 18:5-6

The lily

Its beauty

Luke 12:27-28 pp Matthew 6:28-30 See also Songs 2:1-2; Hosea 14:4-7

Lilies in psalm titles

Psalm 45:1 Title See also Psalm 60:1 Title; Psalm 69:1Title; Psalm 80:1Title

Their metaphorical use

Songs 4:5 See also Songs 2:16; Songs 5:13; Songs 6:2-3; Songs 7:2

The crocus

Isaiah 35:1-2

The rose

Songs 2:1

See also

4240  garden, natural
4402  plants
4466  herbs and spices
4468  horticulture
4472  lily
4528  trees
4540  weeds
7459  tabernacle, in OT
7467  temple, Solomon's



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