Roman, and German myths, as well as the Bible, mention the flower. Historically, the lily of the valley has represented chastity, humility, motherhood, sweetness, and purity. The lily of the valley is sometimes called the May lily and is the birth flower for this month since this is ...
In Serbia, Lily-of-the-valley is picked on St. George’s feast day, and people decorate their homes with the flowers to bring about good luck and prosperity. The flower is mentioned numerous times in the bible and has also been associated with Christ’s second coming. Thomas Jefferson reco...
The name "Lily of the Valley" is also used in some English translations of the Bible in Song of Songs 2:1, although whether the Hebrew word "shoshana" (usually denoting a rose) originally used there refers to this species or not is uncertain. The meaning of this flower is "You will ...
39:14). The purple flowers of the khob, or wild artichoke, which abounds in the plain north of Tabor and in the valley of Esdraelon, have been thought by some to be the 'lilies of the field' alluded to in Mt 6:28 (Wilson, Lands of the Bible, 2:110). A recent traveler ...
“Fiat Lux” is Latin for “Let there be light,” a quote from the book of Genesis, the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. My alma mater, University of California, takes “Fiat Lux” as its school motto, implying its duty of bringing new knowledge to light...