2 Kings 8:1

Old Testament • 22 words with Strong's data

"Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Then

דָבַר

dâbar

H1696

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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אֱלִישָׁע

ʼĔlîyshâʻ

H477

Elisha, the famous prophet

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unto the

אִשָּׁה

ʼishshâh

H802

a woman

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אֲשֶׁר

ʼăsher

H834

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

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בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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he had

שׁוּב

shûwb

H7725

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...

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to

חַי

chay

H2416

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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קוּם

qûwm

H6965

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

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and

יָלַךְ

yâlak

H3212

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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thou and thine

בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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and

גּוּר

gûwr

H1481

properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); a...

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כֹּל

kôl

H3606

{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}

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thou

יָכֹל

yâkôl

H3201

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

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גּוּר

gûwr

H1481

properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); a...

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for the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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hath

קָרָא

qârâʼ

H7121

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

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for a

רָעָב

râʻâb

H7458

hunger (more or less extensive)

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and it shall also

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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upon the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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שֶׁבַע

shebaʻ

H7651

seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number

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שָׁנֶה

shâneh

H8141

a year (as a revolution of time)

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Key Terms in This Verse

wheresoever H3606

כֹּל kôl

{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}

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restored H7725

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

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sojourn H1481

גּוּר gûwr

properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)

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sojourn H1481

גּוּר gûwr

properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)

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canst H3201

יָכֹל yâkôl

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

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Elisha H477

אֱלִישָׁע ʼĔlîyshâʻ

Elisha, the famous prophet

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household H1004

בַּיִת bayith

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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famine H7458

רָעָב râʻâb

hunger (more or less extensive)

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Arise H6965

קוּם qûwm

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

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whose H834

אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

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Cross References

Ruth 1:1 cross-reference

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two so...

Psalm 105:16 cross-reference

Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.

Haggai 1:11 cross-reference

And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon catt...

2 Kings 4:18 cross-reference

And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

Genesis 12:10 cross-reference

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

1 Kings 18:2 cross-reference

And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.

Leviticus 26:26 cross-reference

And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

Luke 4:25 cross-reference

But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

1 Kings 17:1 cross-reference

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my w...

Luke 21:22 cross-reference

For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

Genesis 26:1 cross-reference

And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

Luke 21:11 cross-reference

And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Psalm 107:34 cross-reference

A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Genesis 47:4 cross-reference

They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, l...

Acts 11:28 cross-reference

And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.

2 Samuel 24:13 cross-reference

So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that ther...

2 Samuel 21:1 cross-reference

Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonit...

Genesis 41:32 cross-reference

And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

Genesis 41:25 cross-reference

And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.

Jeremiah 25:29 cross-reference

For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the eart...

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