2 KINGS 5:14

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.”

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2 Kings 5:14 Translation & Meaning

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Then went he down, וַיֵּ֗רֶד To descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) Then down
and dipped וַיִּטְבֹּ֤ל To dip, to immerse dipped
himself seven שֶׁ֣בַע Seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number himself seven
times פְּעָמִ֔ים A stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow) times
in Jordan, בַּיַּרְדֵּן֙ Jarden, the principal river of Palestine Jordan
according to the saying כִּדְבַ֖ר A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause according saying
of the man אִ֣ישׁ 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) man
of God: הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים 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 deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
and his flesh בְּשָׂר֗וֹ Flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man flesh
came again וַיָּ֣שָׁב 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 came again
like unto the flesh כִּבְשַׂ֛ר Flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man like flesh
of a little קָטֹ֖ן Abbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance) little
child, נַ֥עַר (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age) child
and he was clean. וַיִּטְהָֽר׃ To be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy) clean

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  • 12  Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

  • 13  And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

  • 14  Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

  • 15  And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.

  • 16  But he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.




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