2 Kings 5:20
Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data
"But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him."
Word-by-Word Analysis
גֵּיחֲזִי
Gêychăzîy
Gechazi, the servant of Elisha
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
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)
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
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...
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
אָדוֹן
ʼâdôwn
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
חָשַׂךְ
châsak
to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
נַעֲמִי
Naʻămîy
a Naamanite, or descendant of Naaman (collectively)
ἀπολαμβάνω
apolambánō
to receive (specially, in full, or as a host); also to take aside
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
רוּץ
rûwts
to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Key Terms in This Verse
ἀπολαμβάνω apolambánō
to receive (specially, in full, or as a host); also to take aside
Study G618 →חָשַׂךְ châsak
to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
Study H2820 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →חַי chay
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
Study H2416 →Cross References
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not a...
For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;
And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
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