Dictionary of Bible Themes » 4000 Creation » 4400 Vegetation and food » 4446 flowers
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
