King James Version
2 Kings 4:18 in the King James Version says “And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.”
2 Kings 4:18 · KJV
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid. season: Heb. set time
And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“was grown”
H1431to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“it fell on a day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“that he went out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“to his father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“to the reapers”
H7114to dock off, i.e., curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
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