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2 Kings 4

2 Kings 4:16 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
, Aboutd this γseason
mow`ed (Hebrew #4150)
or (feminine) moweadah (2 Chronicles 8:13) {mo-aw-daw'}; from 3259; properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand)
KJV usage: appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).
Pronounce: mo-ade'
Origin: or moled {mo-ade'}
, according to the time
`eth (Hebrew #6256)
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
KJV usage: + after, (al-)ways, X certain, + continually, + evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-)tide, ((meal-)), what) time, when.
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: from 5703
of life
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
, thou shalt embrace
chabaq (Hebrew #2263)
to clasp (the hands or in embrace)
KJV usage: embrace, fold.
Pronounce: khaw-bak'
Origin: a primitive root
a son
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 she 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
, Nay, my lord
'adown (Hebrew #113)
from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
KJV usage: lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with "Adoni-".
Pronounce: aw-done'
Origin: or (shortened) adon {aw-done'}
, thou man
'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)
of God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, doe not lie
kazab (Hebrew #3576)
to lie (i.e. deceive), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: fail, (be found a, make a) liar, lie, lying, be in vain.
Pronounce: kaw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
unto thine handmaid
shiphchah (Hebrew #8198)
a female slave (as a member of the household)
KJV usage: (bond-, hand-)maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.
Pronounce: shif-khaw'
Origin: feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see 4940)
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Gen. 18:10,14• 10And he said, I will certainly return to thee at this time of the year, and behold, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah was listening at the tent-door, which was behind him.
 14Is any matter too wonderful for Jehovah? At the time appointed I will return to thee, at this time of the year, and Sarah shall have a son. (Gen. 18:10,14)
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set time.
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2 Kings 4:28• 28And she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? (2 Kings 4:28)

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God,
Handmaid; Handmaiden,
Life,
Lord

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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About this.
Gen. 17:21• 21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year. (Gen. 17:21)
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Gen. 18:10,14• 10And he said, I will certainly return to thee at this time of the year, and behold, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah was listening at the tent-door, which was behind him.
 14Is any matter too wonderful for Jehovah? At the time appointed I will return to thee, at this time of the year, and Sarah shall have a son. (Gen. 18:10,14)
season.
Heb. set time.
thou shalt.
Gen. 17:16‑17• 16And I will bless her, and I will give thee a son also of her; and I will bless her, and she shall become nations: kings of peoples shall be of her.
 17And 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? (Gen. 17:16‑17)
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Luke 1:13,30‑31• 13But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy supplication has been heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
 30And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;
 31and behold, thou shalt conceive in the womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus. (Luke 1:13,30‑31)
my lord.
2 Kings 2:19• 19And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold now, the situation of the city is good, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is barren. (2 Kings 2:19)
do not lie.
2 Kings 4:28• 28And she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? (2 Kings 4:28)
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2 Kings 5:10‑11• 10And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
 11And Naaman was wroth, and went away and said, Behold, I thought, He will certainly come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Jehovah his God, and wave his hand over the place, and cure the leper. (2 Kings 5:10‑11)
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Gen. 18:12‑15• 12And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am become old, shall I have pleasure, and my lord old?
 13And Jehovah said to Abraham, Why is this, that Sarah laughs, saying, Shall I indeed bear, when I am become old?
 14Is any matter too wonderful for Jehovah? At the time appointed I will return to thee, at this time of the year, and Sarah shall have a son.
 15And Sarah denied, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And he said, No; but thou didst laugh. (Gen. 18:12‑15)
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1 Kings 17:18• 18And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come to me to call mine iniquity to remembrance, and to slay my son? (1 Kings 17:18)
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1 Kings 18:9• 9And he said, What have I sinned, that thou givest thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to put me to death? (1 Kings 18:9)
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Psa. 116:11• 11I said in my haste, All men are liars. (Psa. 116:11)
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Luke 1:18‑20• 18And Zacharias said to the angel, How shall I know this, for *I* am an old man, and my wife advanced in years?
 19And the angel answering, said to him, *I* am Gabriel, who stand before God, and I have been sent to speak to thee, and to bring these glad tidings to thee;
 20and behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall take place, because thou hast not believed my words, the which shall be fulfilled in their time. (Luke 1:18‑20)
• He speaks the same words to her that the angel of the Lord had in former days announced as to Sarah: “At this appointed time, thy term is come, thou shalt embrace a son.” (cf. Gen. 18:10). (“The Shunammite: 2 Kings 4:8-37” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he said, At this appointed time, when thy term is comee, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, man of God, do not lie to thy handmaid.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "at [this] time of the year" [lit. "life"], as ver. 17; Gen. 18.14.