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NOSE
Several expressions in Scripture grew out of the fact that anger often shows itself by distended nostrils, hard breathing, and in animals by snorting, 2Sa 22:9 Job 39:20 Psa 18:8 . Gold rings hung in the cartilage of the nose, or the left nostril, were favorite ornaments of eastern women, Pro 11:22 Eze 16:12 . Rings were inserted in the noses of animals, to guide and control them; and according to the recently discovered tablets at Nineveh, captives among the Assyrians were sometimes treated in the same way, 2Ki 19:28 Eze 38:4 . See NINEVEH.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Nose
(), properly breathing-place, or the member by which we breathe (Num 11:20); also in the dual (), the two nostrils. The same word likewise signifies anger (Pro 22:24), as often shown in the breathing; and the face (Gen 3:19), so called from its most prominent feature; and in 1Sa 1:5 for two persons; a portion for two faces, i.e. a double portion (see Gesenius, s.v.). SEE NOSTRIL.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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The church is compared by our Lord to various things in nature beautiful and lovely, and her several features Jesus draws a resemblance between them and the most engaging objects around. Among the rest he saith, “her nose is as the tower of Lebanon, which looketh towards Damascus.” (Son 7:4) It is a beautiful metaphor, intimating the quickness of discernment by smell of all that is fragrant in Jesus, and his redemption in mount Lebanon, his gospel church. And not only the discoveries, by the smell of his garments, of righteousness, like the myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, but the looking towards Damascus, implying the extent of that longing for Christ which, like the tower, or an high mountain, may be seen from afar off; so the church is always on the look-out for Jesus, when coming over the mountains of spices and hills of frankincense.
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
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Jewels for
Pro 11:22; Isa 3:21; Eze 16:12
Mutilated
Eze 23:25
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
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Lev 21:18; 2Ki 19:28; Psa 115:6
Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
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Lev 21:18 (c) This organ is the organ of discernment by which one can tell whether any substance is spoiled or good, whether an animal is alive or dead, whether anything is sweet or sour. One whose nose is broken has difficulty in discerning by smelling any of these things. In the spiritual sense, it represents one who cannot discern between what has come from GOD, and what is the product of man’s brain. He does not discern that which comes from Satan and that which comes from GOD. He does not know what is good for the soul, and what is evil. Such a person cannot possibly be a leader of GOD’s people, for he cannot discern right from wrong.
2Ki 19:28 (b) In this graphic way the Lord is describing His control over the King of Assyria as when the farmer controls the bull by putting a ring in his nose. GOD is assuring His people that He will lead the King of Assyria away, back to his own land, and will save Israel from the invader. (See Isa 37:29).
Son 7:4 (a) Solomon is exalting the Person of CHRIST in some Scriptures and in others He is exalting the Church. In this passage he evidently is talking about the Bride, the Church, and indicates that she has great powers of discernment, able to discern GOD’s ways, and able to judge well the things that are for GOD’s glory, and those that are not.
Isa 65:5 (b) This figure represents the delicate feelings of GOD against those who are proud and self-sufficient. They are an offense to GOD. He has no pleasure in them.
Eze 8:17 (b) Our Lord noticed the actions of His enemies. This act of putting the branch of a bush or the twig of a tree to the nose was an expression of contempt, derision and hatred against GOD. It is the oriental equivalent to the more modern method of thumbing the nose. It also has the same thought as is expressed by Paul in Gal 6:7. One of the commentators on this Scripture is: “GOD will not let you turn up your nose at Him.”
Eze 23:25 (a) The Lord is telling us in this passage that the Assyrians will invade Israel and will destroy their ability to serve acceptably, or to hear effectively, or to be of any blessing whatever in their land, or to each other.