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2 Kings 4

2 Kings 4:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And when she came
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
to the 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
to the hill
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
, she caught
chazaq (Hebrew #2388)
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
KJV usage: aid, amend, X calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
Pronounce: khaw-zak'
Origin: a primitive root
him κby the feet
regel (Hebrew #7272)
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphem. the pudenda
KJV usage: X be able to endure, X according as, X after, X coming, X follow, ((broken-))foot((-ed, -stool)), X great toe, X haunt, X journey, leg, + piss, + possession, time.
Pronounce: reh'-gel
Origin: from 7270
: but 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'}
came near
nagash (Hebrew #5066)
to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; relig. to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back
KJV usage: (make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.
Pronounce: naw-gash'
Origin: a primitive root
to thrust her away
Hadaph (Hebrew #1920)
to push away or down
KJV usage: cast away (out), drive, expel, thrust (away).
Pronounce: haw-daf'
Origin: a prim root
v. And the 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
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
, Let her alone
raphah (Hebrew #7503)
to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See 7495.
Pronounce: raw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root
; for her soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
is λvexed
marar (Hebrew #4843)
properly, to trickle (see 4752); but used only as a denominative from 4751; to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, - ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved(-eth), provoke, vex.
Pronounce: maw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
within her: and the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
hath hid
`alam (Hebrew #5956)
to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X any ways, blind, dissembler, hide (self), secret (thing).
Pronounce: aw-lam'
Origin: a primitive root
w it from me, and hath not told
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
me.
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by his feet,
Matt. 28:9• 9And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. (Matt. 28:9)
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Matt. 20:31• 31And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. (Matt. 20:31)
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bitter,
1 Sam. 1:10• 10And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore. (1 Sam. 1:10)
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Gen. 18:17• 17And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; (Gen. 18:17)

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Gehazi,
God,
Soul; Spirit

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Ministry on This Verse

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him by the feet.
Heb. by his feet.
Matt. 28:9• 9And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. (Matt. 28:9)
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Luke 7:38• 38And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. (Luke 7:38)
thrust.
Matt. 15:23• 23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. (Matt. 15:23)
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Matt. 20:31• 31And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. (Matt. 20:31)
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Mark 10:13• 13And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. (Mark 10:13)
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John 4:27• 27And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? (John 4:27)
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John 12:4‑6• 4Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,
 5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
 6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. (John 12:4‑6)
Let her alone.
Mark 14:6• 6And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. (Mark 14:6)
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John 12:7• 7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. (John 12:7)
vexed.
Heb. bitter.
1 Sam. 1:10• 10And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore. (1 Sam. 1:10)
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Job 10:1• 1My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. (Job 10:1)
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Prov. 14:10• 10The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. (Prov. 14:10)
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Prov. 18:14• 14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? (Prov. 18:14)
hid it from me.
2 Kings 6:12• 12And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber. (2 Kings 6:12)
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Gen. 18:17• 17And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; (Gen. 18:17)
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2 Sam. 7:3• 3And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the Lord is with thee. (2 Sam. 7:3)
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Amos 3:7• 7Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. (Amos 3:7)
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John 15:15• 15Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. (John 15:15)
• Any stopping is critical; a moment lost may compromise everything; this woman can find no rest until she has “caught” the man of God “by the feet.” (“The Shunammite: 2 Kings 4:8-37” by H.L. Rossier)
• If Elisha had known the danger, the Shunammite would not “have seen the glory of God” who raises the dead. A third reason for hiding this event from the prophet was that the Shunammite’s faith might thoroughly be put to the test. (“The Shunammite: 2 Kings 4:8-37” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And she came to the man of God to the mountain, and caught him by the feet; and Gehazi drew near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her, and Jehovah has hidden it from me, and has not told me.