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2 Kings 5

2 Kings 5:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass, when thea king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
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'
had read
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
the letter
cepher (Hebrew #5612)
from 5608; properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
KJV usage: bill, book, evidence, X learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.
Pronounce: say'-fer
Origin: or (feminine) ciphrah (Psa. 56:8 (9)) {sif-raw'}
, that he rent
qara` (Hebrew #7167)
to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
KJV usage: cut out, rend, X surely, tear.
Pronounce: kaw-rah'
Origin: a primitive root
his clothes
beged (Hebrew #899)
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
KJV usage: apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, X very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
Pronounce: behg'-ed
Origin: from 898
, and 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
, Am Ib 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 kill
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
c and to make alive
chayah (Hebrew #2421)
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
KJV usage: keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole.
Pronounce: khaw-yaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2331, 2421)
, that this man
zeh (Hebrew #2088)
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
KJV usage: he, X hence, X here, it(-self), X now, X of him, the one...the other, X than the other, (X out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, X thus, very, which. Compare 2063, 2090, 2097, 2098.
Pronounce: zeh
Origin: a primitive word
doth send
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
unto me to recover
'acaph (Hebrew #622)
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
KJV usage: assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), X generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, X surely, take (away, into, up), X utterly, withdraw.
Pronounce: aw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
a 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 his leprosy
tsara`ath (Hebrew #6883)
leprosy
KJV usage: leprosy.
Pronounce: tsaw-rah'-ath
Origin: from 6879
? wherefore
'ak (Hebrew #389)
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
KJV usage: also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, + wherefore, yet (but).
Pronounce: ak
Origin: akin to 403
consider
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
, I pray you, and see
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
how he seekethe a quarrel
'anah (Hebrew #579)
to approach; hence, to meet in various senses
KJV usage: befall, deliver, happen, seek a quarrel.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root (perhaps rather identical with 578 through the idea of contraction in anguish)
against me.
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Isa. 37:14• 14And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up into the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah. (Isa. 37:14)
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Gen. 30:2• 2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? (Gen. 30:2)
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Deut. 32:39• 39See now that I, I am HE, And there is no god with me; I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal, And there is none that delivereth out of my hand, (Deut. 32:39)
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1 Sam. 2:6• 6Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive; he bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up. (1 Sam. 2:6)
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1 Kings 20:7• 7And the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not. (1 Kings 20:7)
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Luke 11:54• 54watching him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. (Luke 11:54)

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that he rent.
2 Kings 11:14• 14And she looked, and behold, the king stood on the dais, according to the custom, and the princes and the trumpeters were by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets. And Athaliah rent her garments and cried, Conspiracy! Conspiracy! (2 Kings 11:14)
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2 Kings 18:37• 37And Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the chronicler, came to Hezekiah with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh. (2 Kings 18:37)
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2 Kings 19:1• 1And it came to pass when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his garments, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Jehovah. (2 Kings 19:1)
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Num. 14:6• 6And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of them that searched out the land, rent their garments. (Num. 14:6)
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Jer. 36:24• 24And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king nor any of his servants that heard all these words. (Jer. 36:24)
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Matt. 26:65• 65Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He has blasphemed: what need have we any more of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard the blasphemy. (Matt. 26:65)
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Acts 14:14• 14But the apostles Barnabas and Paul, having heard it, rent their garments, and rushed out to the crowd, crying (Acts 14:14)
Am I God.
Gen. 30:2• 2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? (Gen. 30:2)
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Deut. 32:29• 29Oh that they had been wise! they would have understood this, They would have considered their latter end! (Deut. 32:29)
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1 Sam. 2:6• 6Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive; he bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up. (1 Sam. 2:6)
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Dan. 2:11• 11For the thing that the king demandeth is extraordinary, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh. (Dan. 2:11)
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Hos. 6:1• 1Come and let us return unto Jehovah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. (Hos. 6:1)
see how.
1 Kings 20:7• 7And the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not. (1 Kings 20:7)
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Luke 11:54• 54watching him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. (Luke 11:54)
• The proof that the Lord possessed both these powers had already been given in the midst of Israel: the Shunammite had come to know Him in these two characters by means of the great prophet Elisha. (“Naaman: 2 Kings 5” by H.L. Rossier)
• No more than the king of Syria, does this poor king of Israel know how to direct Naaman to the prophet who had done such great things in his own land. A little slave girl knows much more than he. She took an interest in Naaman, which Jehoram could not do; sympathizing with his miserable condition, to which the king was indifferent, she knew the resource, ignored by the king who nevertheless had it within his reach. (“Naaman: 2 Kings 5” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his garments, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks an occasion against me.