How many times is lily mentioned in the Bible?
The word lily appears 5 times in the King James Version, in 5 verses. Counting every form (lily, lilies), it appears 15 times in 15 verses across 6 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses lily 7 times (15 with every form).
Lily in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of lily counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| lily | 5 | 7 |
| lilies | 10 | 8 |
| Total | 15 | 15 |
Which books mention lily most
Lily appears in 6 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Song of Solomon has the most (8), then 1 Kings (3) and 2 Chronicles (1).
First and last mention of lily
And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Verses with lily on our topic pages
2 verses that use lily in the World English Bible are in our topic collections.
Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,
On: Provision, Thanksgiving, Nature
My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
Common questions
How many times is lily in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 13 of the 15 uses are in the Old Testament and 2 in the New Testament. Lily appears in 6 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Song of Solomon has the most (8), then 1 Kings (3) and 2 Chronicles (1).
Where is lily first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is 1 Kings 7:19: "And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits." The last is Luke 12:27.
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-24.