Lily is a flowering plant with a stem that stands straight and long narrow leaves. It grows up to 1.5 meters high, with beautiful cone-shaped flowers.
About Lily
A plant with large, colorful, trumpet-shaped flowers. The lily is one of the most well-known plants mentioned in the Bible. But, scholars disagree about exactly which plants the Bible means when it talks about lilies. It is likely that several different kinds of plants (perhaps five or six) are called "lilies" in the King James Version of the Bible.
Most experts believe that the "lily of the field" mentioned in Matthew 6:28, is the Palestine anemone or wind flower, Anemone coronaria. Jesus said these lilies were more beautiful than King Solomon in all his glory. These flowers grow abundantly throughout Israel and the surrounding areas. They are most commonly scarlet (red) or yellow. The Palestine anemone can also be blue, purple, rose, or white. The flower can grow up to 7 centimeters (two and three-quarter inches) across.
Key References
And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.
His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.
All Scripture References (17)
1 Kings (3)
And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.
And the tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work of the pillars was completed.
It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.
2 Chronicles (1)
It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.
Psalms (4)
My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
Song of Solomon (8)
I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
Hosea (1)
His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.