Song of Songs
noun phrase
: a collection of love poems forming a book in the canonical Jewish Scriptures and in the Roman Catholic canon of the Old Testament and corresponding to the Song of Solomon in the Protestant canon of the Old Testament see Bible Table
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Each of these passages from the New and Old Testaments speaks to married couples about their relationships, from its origins in Genesis to the oneness articulated in the gospels to the love poetry in Song of Songs.
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Ashley Leath, Country Living, 26 Aug. 2023
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Ashley Leath, Country Living, 26 Aug. 2023
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“Song of Songs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Song%20of%20Songs. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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