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Song of Songs

(Encyclopedia)Song of Songs: see Song of Solomon. ...

pitta

(Encyclopedia)pitta pĭtˈə [key], name used to refer to a genus (Pitta) of small, plump, brightly colored birds. The genus, including some twenty-three species, constitutes the whole of the family Pittidae. Known...

Canticles

(Encyclopedia)Canticles, another name for the Song of Solomon. ...

Elihoreph

(Encyclopedia)Elihoreph ĕlˌīhōˈrĕf [key], in the Bible, scribe of Solomon. ...

Basmath

(Encyclopedia)Basmath băsˈmăth [key], in the Bible, daughter of Solomon. ...

Ahinadab

(Encyclopedia)Ahinadab əhĭnˈədăb [key], in the Bible, one of Solomon's stewards. ...

Taphath

(Encyclopedia)Taphath tāˈfăth [key], in the Bible, Solomon's daughter who married one of his officers. ...

Baal-hamon

(Encyclopedia)Baal-hamon bāˈəl-hāˈmŏn [key], in the Bible, location of Solomon's vineyard. ...

Aruboth

(Encyclopedia)Aruboth ărˈyo͞obŏth [key], in the Bible, part of Solomon's kingdom. Arubboth RSV. ...

Rezon

(Encyclopedia)Rezon rēˈzŏn [key], in the Bible, founder of a dynasty in Damascus and adversary of Solomon. ...

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