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2 Kings 4

2 Kings 4:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, What then is to be done
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
for her? And Gehazi
Geychaziy (Hebrew #1522)
apparently from 1516 and 2372; valley of a visionary; Gechazi, the servant of Elisha
KJV usage: Gehazi.
Pronounce: gay-khah-zee'
Origin: or Gechaziy {gay-khah-zee'}
answered
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Verily
'abal (Hebrew #61)
nay, i.e. truly or yet
KJV usage: but, indeed, nevertheless, verily.
Pronounce: ab-awl'
Origin: apparently from 56 through the idea of negation
she hath no child
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
, and her husband
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
is old
zaqen (Hebrew #2204)
to be old
KJV usage: aged man, be (wax) old (man).
Pronounce: zaw-kane'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ministry on This Verse

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she hath no child.
Gen. 15:2‑3• 2{i}And Abram said,{/i} Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless? and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
 3And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. (Gen. 15:2‑3)
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Gen. 17:17• 17{i}And Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?{/i} (Gen. 17:17)
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Gen. 18:10‑14• 10{i}And he said,{/i} I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. {i}and Sarah was listening at the tent-door, which was behind him.{/i}
 11{i}Now Abraham and Sarah were old and advanced in age: it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.{/i}
 12{i}And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am become old, shall I have pleasure, and my lord old?{/i}
 13{i}And{/i} Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
 14Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. (Gen. 18:10‑14)
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Gen. 25:21• 21And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she [was] barren; and Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebecca his wife conceived. (Gen. 25:21)
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Gen. 30:1• 1And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. (Gen. 30:1)
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Judg. 13:2• 2There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, {i}and his name was Manoah. And{/i} his wife was barren, and bare not. (Judg. 13:2)
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1 Sam. 1:2,8• 2{i}And he had two wives: the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.{/i}
 8{i}And Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? Am not I better to thee than ten sons?{/i} (1 Sam. 1:2,8)
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Luke 1:7• 7And they had no child, because Elisabeth was barren; and they were both advanced in years. (Luke 1:7)
• The prophet’s servant was able to discern that she lacked something with which her happiness would forever remain incomplete. (“The Shunammite: 2 Kings 4:8-37” by H.L. Rossier)
• We continually find this barrenness, modified according to the individual circumstances, among the pious women of Israel....For their faithful hearts this was the greatest trial possible. Their holy ambition was, not merely to have posterity, but to be introduced by childbearing, whether in a direct or indirect way, to the person or lineage of the Messiah. To these women a son was the supreme good. (“The Shunammite: 2 Kings 4:8-37” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi said, Verily, she has no son, and her husband is old.

W. Kelly Translation

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He said to Gehazi, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child and her husband is old.