2 Kings 7:3
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
צָרַע
tsâraʻ
to scourge, i.e. (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
פֶּתַח
pethach
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
אַחֵר
ʼachêr
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
עַד
ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
Key Terms in This Verse
צָרַע tsâraʻ
to scourge, i.e. (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy
Study H6879 →פֶּתַח pethach
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
Study H6607 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →עַד ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
Study H5705 →Cross References
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And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.
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Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but...
And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
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