Thematic Bible: The roe
Thematic Bible
The roe » Illustrative of » Christ
“Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away,
Return quickly, my beloved, and be like a gazelle
Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether [which separate us].” Cross references: Song of Solomon 2:6 : Deut 33:27; Matt 28:20 Song of Solomon 2:8 : John 10:27 Song of Solomon 2:16 : Matt 10:32; Acts 4:12 end of crossrefs
“My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Behold, he is standing behind our wall,
He is looking through the windows,
He is gazing through the lattice.
The roe » Illustrative of » The church
“Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle
Which feed among the lilies.
“Your two breasts are like two fawns,
The twins of a gazelle.
The roe » Clean and fit for food
the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope and the mountain sheep.
Verse Concepts
“However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your [city] gates, whatever you wish, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you [as His generous provision for daily life]. The [ceremonially] unclean and the clean may eat it, such as the gazelle and the deer.
Verse Concepts
The roe » Described as » Swift
Courageous men from the Gadites came over to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as gazelles on the mountains.
Verse Concepts
The roe » Inhabits the mountains
Courageous men from the Gadites came over to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as gazelles on the mountains.
Verse Concepts
The roe » Illustrative of » The swift of foot
Three sons of Zeruiah [the half sister of David] were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as light and swift-footed as one of the [wild] gazelles in the field.
Verse Concepts
The roe » Illustrative of » A good wife
Let her be as a loving hind and graceful doe,
Let her breasts refresh and satisfy you at all times;
Always be
The roe » Described as » Cheerful
Let her be as a loving hind and graceful doe,
Let her breasts refresh and satisfy you at all times;
Always be
The roe » Described as » Wild
Three sons of Zeruiah [the half sister of David] were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as light and swift-footed as one of the [wild] gazelles in the field.
Verse Concepts
The roe » Male of, called the roebuck
ten fat oxen, twenty pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep not counting fallow deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.
Verse Concepts
The roe » Often hunted by men
Tear yourself away like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.