2 Kings 2:8
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֵלִיָּה
ʼÊlîyâh
Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
אֶדֶר
ʼeder
amplitude, i.e. (concrete) a mantle; also (figuratively) splendor
גֹּלֶם
gôlem
a wrapped (and unformed mass, i.e. as the embryo)
יַחַד
yachad
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
חָלַק
châlaq
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
הֵנָּה
hênnâh
hither or thither (but used both of place and time)
אָן
ʼân
where?; hence, whither?, when?; also hither and thither
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
אֶדֶר ʼeder
amplitude, i.e. (concrete) a mantle; also (figuratively) splendor
Study H145 →אֵלִיָּה ʼÊlîyâh
Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites
Study H452 →חָלַק châlaq
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
Study H2505 →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 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 Elish...
By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over drysho...
And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou...
And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
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