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2 Kings 4

2 Kings 4:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And when thou art come in
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
, thou shalt shut
cagar (Hebrew #5462)
to shut up; figuratively, to surrender
KJV usage: close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, X pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, X straitly.
Pronounce: saw-gar'
Origin: a primitive root
the door
deleth (Hebrew #1817)
something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door
KJV usage: door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (In Psa. 141:3, dal, irreg.).
Pronounce: deh'-leth
Origin: from 1802
upon thee and upon thy sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
, andv shalt pour out
yatsaq (Hebrew #3332)
properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard
KJV usage: cast, cleave fast, be (as) firm, grow, be hard, lay out, molten, overflow, pour (out), run out, set down, stedfast.
Pronounce: yaw-tsak'
Origin: a primitive root
into all those vessels
kliy (Hebrew #3627)
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
KJV usage: armour ((-bearer)), artillery, bag, carriage, + furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, X one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, + psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, + whatsoever.
Pronounce: kel-ee'
Origin: from 3615
, and thou shalt set aside
naca` (Hebrew #5265)
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey
KJV usage: cause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), X still, be on his (go their) way.
Pronounce: naw-sah'
Origin: a primitive root
that which is full
male' (Hebrew #4392)
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
KJV usage: X she that was with child, fill(-ed, -ed with), full(-ly), multitude, as is worth.
Pronounce: maw-lay'
Origin: from 4390
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Mark 6:37‑44• 37But he answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
 38{i}A{/i}nd he saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? Go [and] see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
 39{i}And he ordered them to make them all sit down by companies on the green grass.{/i}
 40{i}And they sat down in ranks by hundreds and by fifties.{/i}
 41{i}And{/i} when he had taken the five loaves and two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke the loaves, and kept giving them to his disciples to set before them. And the two fishes he divided among all.
 42And they all ate and were satisfied.
 43And they took up twelve hand-baskets full of the fragments and of the fishes.
 44And they that ate of the loaves were five thousand men. (Mark 6:37‑44)
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Mark 8:5‑9• 5{i}And he asked them,{/i} How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
 6{i}And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. And having taken the seven loaves, he gave thanks, and broke [them] and gave [them] to his disciples, that they might set [them] before [them]; and they set [them] before the crowd.{/i}
 7{i}And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed them, he desired these also to be set before [them].{/i}
 8{i}And{/i} they ate and were satisfied, and they took up of the fragments that remained seven hampers.
 9And they that had eaten were about four thousand, and he sent them away. (Mark 8:5‑9)
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John 2:7‑9• 7Jesus saith to them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
 8And he saith to them, Draw now and carry to the master of the feast. And they carried.
 9But when the master of the feast tasted the water that had become wine (and he knew not whence it was, but the servants that had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast calleth the bridegroom (John 2:7‑9)
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Eph. 3:20• 20Now to him that is able to do above all things far exceedingly above what we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, (Eph. 3:20)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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thou shalt shut.
2 Kings 4:32‑33• 32And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
 33He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto Jehovah. (2 Kings 4:32‑33)
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1 Kings 17:19‑20• 19{i}And he said to her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the upper chamber where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.{/i}
 20{i}And he cried to Jehovah and said, Jehovah, my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?{/i} (1 Kings 17:19‑20)
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Isa. 26:20• 20Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be past. (Isa. 26:20)
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Matt. 6:6• 6But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father that is in secret, and thy Father that seeth in secret will repay to thee. (Matt. 6:6)
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Mark 5:40• 40{i}And they derided him. But he, having put [them] all out, takes with [him] the father of the child, and the mother, and those that were with him, and enters in where the child was lying.{/i} (Mark 5:40)
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Acts 9:40• 40But Peter, putting them all forth and kneeling down, prayed; and turning unto the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and seeing Peter, she sat up. (Acts 9:40)
and shalt pour.
Mark 6:37‑44• 37But he answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
 38{i}A{/i}nd he saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? Go [and] see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
 39{i}And he ordered them to make them all sit down by companies on the green grass.{/i}
 40{i}And they sat down in ranks by hundreds and by fifties.{/i}
 41{i}And{/i} when he had taken the five loaves and two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke the loaves, and kept giving them to his disciples to set before them. And the two fishes he divided among all.
 42And they all ate and were satisfied.
 43And they took up twelve hand-baskets full of the fragments and of the fishes.
 44And they that ate of the loaves were five thousand men. (Mark 6:37‑44)
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Mark 8:5‑9• 5{i}And he asked them,{/i} How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
 6{i}And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. And having taken the seven loaves, he gave thanks, and broke [them] and gave [them] to his disciples, that they might set [them] before [them]; and they set [them] before the crowd.{/i}
 7{i}And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed them, he desired these also to be set before [them].{/i}
 8{i}And{/i} they ate and were satisfied, and they took up of the fragments that remained seven hampers.
 9And they that had eaten were about four thousand, and he sent them away. (Mark 8:5‑9)
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John 2:7‑9• 7Jesus saith to them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
 8And he saith to them, Draw now and carry to the master of the feast. And they carried.
 9But when the master of the feast tasted the water that had become wine (and he knew not whence it was, but the servants that had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast calleth the bridegroom (John 2:7‑9)
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John 6:11• 11Jesus then took the loaves and, having given thanks, distributed to those that were set down, and likewise also of the fishes as much as they would. (John 6:11)
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Eph. 3:20• 20Now to him that is able to do above all things far exceedingly above what we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, (Eph. 3:20)
• It is an intimate scene in which the apostate nation is in no wise called upon to take part. Three times in this chapter (2 Kings 4:4,21,33) the door is shut, clearly indicating that these scenes have nothing to do with a public testimony such as that of Elisha’s great predecessor. (“The Prophet's Widow: 2 Kings 4:1-7” by H.L. Rossier)
• The daughter of the prophets and her children, already in possession of a little oil, did not have to procure new vessels in order to obtain a full measure. God avails Himself of the spiritual resources that He finds among His own, however little they may be. (“The Prophet's Widow: 2 Kings 4:1-7” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels, and set aside what is full.

W. Kelly Translation

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And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.