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2 Kings 4

2 R. 4:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the woman
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
conceived
harah (Hebrew #2029)
to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: been, be with child, conceive, progenitor.
Pronounce: haw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
f, and bare
yalad (Hebrew #3205)
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
KJV usage: bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
Pronounce: yaw-lad'
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}
at that season
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'}
that Elisha
'Eliysha` (Hebrew #477)
Elisha, the famous prophet
KJV usage: Elisha.
Pronounce: el-ee-shaw'
Origin: contracted for 474.
had said
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto her, 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
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Sal. 113:9• 9El hace habitar en familia á la estéril, Gozosa en ser madre de hijos. Aleluya. (Sal. 113:9)
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Lc. 1:36• 36Y he aquí, Elisabet tu parienta, también ella ha concebido hijo en su vejez; y este es el sexto mes á ella que es llamada la estéril: (Lc. 1:36)

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Elisha,
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Ministry on This Verse

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Gn. 21:1• 1Y visitó Jehová á Sara, como había dicho, é hizo Jehová con Sara como había hablado. (Gn. 21:1)
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1 S. 1:19‑20• 19Y levantándose de mañana, adoraron delante de Jehová, y volviéronse, y vinieron á su casa en Ramatha. Y Elcana conoció á Anna su mujer, y Jehová se acordó de ella.
 20Y fué que corrido el tiempo, después de haber concebido Anna, parió un hijo, y púsole por nombre Samuel, diciendo: Por cuanto lo demandé á Jehová. (1 S. 1:19‑20)
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Sal. 113:9• 9El hace habitar en familia á la estéril, Gozosa en ser madre de hijos. Aleluya. (Sal. 113:9)
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Lc. 1:24‑25,36• 24Y después de aquellos días concibió su mujer Elisabet, y se encubrió por cinco meses, diciendo:
 25Porque el Señor me ha hecho así en los días en que miró para quitar mi afrenta entre los hombres.
 36Y he aquí, Elisabet tu parienta, también ella ha concebido hijo en su vejez; y este es el sexto mes á ella que es llamada la estéril: (Lc. 1:24‑25,36)
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He. 11:11• 11Por la fe también la misma Sara, siendo estéril, recibió fuerza para concebir simiente; y parió aun fuera del tiempo de la edad, porque creyó ser fiel el que lo había prometido. (He. 11:11)
• The Lord through Elisha grants a son to this woman just as the Holy Spirit through the Word brings us Jesus and makes Him to abide in us-Christ, the hope of glory. (“The Shunammite: 2 Kings 4:8-37” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that appointed time in the next year as Elisha had said to her.