2 Kings 2:13
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
אֶדֶר
ʼeder
amplitude, i.e. (concrete) a mantle; also (figuratively) splendor
אֵלִיָּה
ʼÊlîyâh
Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
יַרְדֵּן
Yardên
Jarden, the principal river of Palestine
Key Terms in This Verse
אֶדֶר ʼeder
amplitude, i.e. (concrete) a mantle; also (figuratively) splendor
Study H145 →שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →אֵלִיָּה ʼÊlîyâh
Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites
Study H452 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
And 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.
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