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2 Kings 8:1

Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”

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ASV

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

KJV

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.

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26 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וֶאֱלִישָׁ֡עve.'e.li.Sha'and ElishaH477 →
דִּבֶּ֣רdi.Berhe spokeH1696 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הָאִשָּׁה֩ha.'i.Shahthe womanH802 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whomH834 →
הֶחֱיָ֨הhe.che.Yahhe had restored to lifeH2421 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בְּנָ֜הּbe.Nahson herH1121 →
לֵאמֹ֗רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
ק֤וּמִיKu.miariseH6965 →
וּלְכִי֙u.le.Khiand goH1980 →
אַ֣תְּ'a.tiyouH859 →
וּבֵיתֵ֔ךְu.vei.Tekhand household yourH1004 →
וְג֖וּרִיve.Gu.riand sojournH1481 →
בַּאֲשֶׁ֣רba.'a.Sherin whereH834 →
תָּג֑וּרִיta.Gu.riyou will sojournH1481 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
קָרָ֤אka.Ra'he has calledH7121 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לָֽרָעָ֔בla.ra.'Avfor <the> famineH7458 →
וְגַם־ve.gam-and alsoH1571 →
בָּ֥אba'it will comeH935 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
שֶׁ֥בַעShe.va'sevenH7651 →
שָׁנִֽים׃sha.NimyearsH8141 →

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Genesis 41:27Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.Ruth 1:1In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.Psalms 105:16He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.Haggai 1:11I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”2 Kings 4:31–35Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”2 Kings 4:38When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”Genesis 12:10Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.2 Kings 4:18And the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters.1 Kings 18:2So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”Genesis 41:27–28Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.Leviticus 26:26When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.Luke 4:25But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.2 Chronicles 6:28When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,2 Kings 4:35Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.Deuteronomy 28:22–24The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.Genesis 41:32Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.Psalms 107:34and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

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Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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