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2 Kings 5

2 Kings 5:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Are not θAbana
'Amanah (Hebrew #549)
Amanah, a mountain near Damascus
KJV usage: Amana.
Pronounce: am-aw-naw'
Origin: the same as 548
'Abanah (Hebrew #71)
stony; Abanah, a river near Damascus
KJV usage: Abana. Compare 549.
Pronounce: ab-aw-naw'
Origin: perhaps feminine of 68
and Pharpar
Parpar (Hebrew #6554)
rapid; Parpar, a river of Syria
KJV usage: Pharpar.
Pronounce: par-par'
Origin: probably from 6565 in the sense of rushing
, rivers
nahar (Hebrew #5104)
a stream (including the sea; expec. the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
KJV usage: flood, river.
Pronounce: naw-hawr'
Origin: from 5102
of Damascus
Dammeseq (Hebrew #1834)
or Darmeseq {dar-meh'-sek}; of foreign origin; Damascus, a city of Syria
KJV usage: Damascus.
Pronounce: dam-meh'-sek
Origin: or Duwmeseq {doo-meh'-sek}
, better
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
than all the waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
? may I not wash
rachats (Hebrew #7364)
to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)
KJV usage: bathe (self), wash (self).
Pronounce: raw-khats'
Origin: a primitive root
in them, and be clean
taher (Hebrew #2891)
properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication) to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
KJV usage: be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).
Pronounce: taw-hare'
Origin: a primitive root
? So he turned
panah (Hebrew #6437)
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
KJV usage: appear, at (even-)tide, behold, cast out, come on, X corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-)turn (aside, away, back, face, self), X right (early).
Pronounce: paw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
and went away
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
in a rage
chemah (Hebrew #2534)
from 3179; heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
KJV usage: anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(- ful). See 2529.
Pronounce: khay-maw'
Origin: or (Dan. 11:44) chemaC {khay-maw'}
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or, Amana.

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Abana,
Damascus,
Israel,
Pharpar,
River,
Washing

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Abana and Pharpar.
or, Amana.This river is evidently the Barrada, or Barda, as the Arabic renders, the Chrysorrhoas of the Greeks, which taking its rise in Antilibanus, runs eastward towards Damascus, where it is divided into three streams, one of which passes through the city, and the other two through the gardens; which reuniting at the east of the city, forms a lake about five or six leagues to the south-east, called Behairat el Marj, or, Lake of the Meadow.
Pharpar was probably one of the branches.better.
2 Kings 5:17• 17And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord. (2 Kings 5:17)
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2 Kings 2:8,14• 8And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
 14And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. (2 Kings 2:8,14)
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Josh. 3:15‑17• 15And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
 16That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
 17And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan. (Josh. 3:15‑17)
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Ezek. 47:1‑8• 1Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
 2Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
 3And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.
 4Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.
 5Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.
 6And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.
 7Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
 8Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. (Ezek. 47:1‑8)
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Zech. 13:1• 1In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. (Zech. 13:1)
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Zech. 14:8• 8And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. (Zech. 14:8)
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Mark 1:9• 9And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. (Mark 1:9)
• Death! —but, says Naaman, there are the rivers of Damascus, the Abanah and the Pharpar; are they not better than the Jordan? No, death which does not flow in the land of God’s promises is powerless to purify the sinner. (“Naaman: 2 Kings 5” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Are not the Abanahc and the Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them and be clean? And he turned and went away in a rage.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "the Amanah."