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noun(Old Testament) son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom (10th century BC)
Definition that contains solomon
- wisdom an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC
- proverbs an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon)
- guadalcanal a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth
- bathsheba (Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of king David; Solomon was her son by David (circa 10th century BC)
- ecclesiastes an Old Testament book consisting of reflections on the vanity of human life; is traditionally attributed to Solomon but probably was written about 250 BC
- canticles an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later
- bougainville the largest of the Solomon Islands; a province of Papua New Guinea
- temple of jerusalem any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that remains is the Wailing Wall
- solomon islands the southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth
- genus paphiopedilum horticulturally important genus of mainly terrestrial orchids including many hybrids; southeastern Asia and Indonesia to Philippines and Solomon Islands; Paphiopedilum species sometimes included in genus Cypripedium