King James Version
2 Kings 5:27 in the King James Version says “The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a ...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.”
2 Kings 5:27 · KJV
But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither. no whither: Heb. not hither or thither
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shall cleave”
H1692properly, to impinge, i.e., cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
“unto thee and unto thy seed”
H2233seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
“for ever”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
“And he went out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“from his presence”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“a leper”
H6879to scourge, i.e., (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy
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