Difference between revisions of "Jesses Rosasharon!"
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* '''Jesse:''' In the Bible, the father of King David and (in New Testament genealogies, an ancestor of Jesus. | * '''Jesse:''' In the Bible, the father of King David and (in New Testament genealogies, an ancestor of Jesus. | ||
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| + | *'''jesen:''' (''Slavonic'') autumn (motif here, note previous entry + “ripe” implying harvest | ||
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[[Category: Old Testament]] | [[Category: Old Testament]] | ||
[[Category: Songs and lyrics]] | [[Category: Songs and lyrics]] | ||
Revision as of 07:46, 18 January 2021
- rose of Sharon: a name that applies to several different flowering plants (none of them roses). The name based on a reference in the Song of Solomon. The name now refers to either a flowering shrub of the St. John's wort family with yellow flowers or a kind of hibiscus with pink flowers. The Biblical flower may be a crocus, a tulip, or a lily.
- "I am the rose of Sharon, The lily of the valleys:” Song of Solomon, 2.1
- Jesus as the rose of Sharon: the identification comes from a typological reading of the Song of Solomon as being not about the bride of Solomon but about the Church and Christ as bridegroom/bride.
- Jesus Rose of Sharon: a gospel song written by American composer Charles Gabriel (1921)
- Jesse: In the Bible, the father of King David and (in New Testament genealogies, an ancestor of Jesus.
- jesen: (Slavonic) autumn (motif here, note previous entry + “ripe” implying harvest
