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5:17 Naaman <05283> said <0559>, “If not <03808>, then please <04994> give <05414> your servant <05650> a load <04853> of dirt <0127>, enough for a pair <06776> of mules <06505> to carry, for <03588> your servant <05650> will never <03808> again <05750> offer <06213> a burnt offering <05930> or sacrifice <02077> to a god <0430> other <0312> than the Lord <03068>. 5:18 May the Lord <03068> forgive <05545> your servant <05650> for this <02088> one thing <01697>: When my master <0113> enters <0935> the temple <01004> of Rimmon <07417> to worship <07812>, and he <01931> leans <08172> on <05921> my arm <03027> and I bow down <07812> in the temple <01004> of Rimmon <07417>, may <04994> the Lord <03068> forgive <05545> your servant <05650> for this <02088>.” 5:19 Elisha said <0559> to him, “Go <01980> in peace <07965>.” When he had gone <01980> a short distance <03530>, 5:20 Gehazi <01522>, the prophet <0430> <0376> Elisha’s <0477> servant <05288>, thought <0559>, “Look <02009>, my master <0113> did not accept <03947> what this <02088> Syrian <0761> Naaman <05283> offered <0935> him. As certainly as <0834> the Lord <03068> lives <02416>, I will run <07323> after <0310> him and accept <03947> something <03972> from him.” 5:21 So Gehazi <01522> ran <07291> after <0310> Naaman <05283>. When Naaman <05283> saw <07200> someone running <07323> after <0310> him, he got down <05307> from <05921> his chariot <04818> to meet <07125> him and asked <0559>, “Is everything all right <07965>?” 5:22 He answered <0559>, “Everything is fine <07965>. My master <0113> sent <07971> me with this <02088> message, ‘Look <02009>, two <08147> servants <05288> of the prophets <05030> just <06258> arrived <0935> from <0413> the Ephraimite <0669> hill country <02022>. Please <04994> give <05414> them a talent <03603> of silver <03701> and two <08147> suits <02487> of clothes <0899>.’” 5:23 Naaman <05283> said <0559>, “Please <02974> accept <03947> two talents <03603> of silver. He insisted <06555>, and tied up <06887> two talents <03603> of silver <03701> in two <08147> bags <02754>, along with two <08147> suits <02487> of clothes <0899>. He gave <05414> them to <0413> two <08147> of his servants <05288> and they carried <05375> them for Gehazi <06440>. 5:24 When he arrived <0935> at <0413> the hill <06076>, he took <03947> them from the servants and put <06485> them in <06485> the house <01004>. Then he sent <07971> the men <0582> on their way <01980>. 5:25 When he <01931> came <0935> and stood <05975> before <0413> his master <0113>, Elisha <0477> asked <0559> him, “Where <0575> have you been, Gehazi <01522>?” He answered <0559>, “Your servant <05650> hasn’t <0575> <0575> <03808> been <01980> anywhere <0575> <0575>.” 5:26 Elisha replied <0559>, “I was there in spirit when <0834> a man <0376> turned <02015> and got down <01980> from <05921> his chariot <04818> to meet <07125> you. This is not <03808> the proper time <06256> to accept <03947> silver <03701> or to accept <03947> clothes <0899>, olive groves <02132>, vineyards <03754>, sheep <06629>, cattle <01241>, and male <05650> and female <08198> servants <08198> <05650>. 5:27 Therefore Naaman’s <05283> skin disease <06883> will afflict <01692> you and your descendants <02233> forever <05769>!” When Gehazi went out <03318> from his presence <06440>, his skin <06879> was as white as snow <07950>.

• 2Ki 5:1-27 -- Elisha Heals a Syrian General

• Weights

  [ebd] Reduced to English troy-weight, the Hebrew weights were: (1.) The gerah (Lev. 27:25; Num. 3:47), a Hebrew word, meaning a grain or kernel, and hence a small weight. It was the twentieth part of a shekel, and equal to 12 grai...
  

• Servant

  [nave] SERVANT Distinguished as bond servant, who was a slave, and hired servant. Bond Laws of Moses concerning, Ex. 21:1-11, 20, 21, 26, 27, 32; Lev. 19:20-22; 25:6, 10, 35-55; Deut. 15:12, 14, 18; 24:7. Kidnapping forbidden, D...
  

• Prophet

  [ebd] (Heb. nabi, from a root meaning "to bubble forth, as from a fountain," hence "to utter", comp. Ps. 45:1). This Hebrew word is the first and the most generally used for a prophet. In the time of Samuel another word, ro'eh, "s...
  

• OPHEL

  [ebd] hill; mound, the long, narrow, rounded promontory on the southern slope of the temple hill, between the Tyropoeon and the Kedron valley (2 Chr. 27:3; 33:14; Neh. 3:26, 27). It was surrounded by a separate wall, and was occup...
  [isbe] OPHEL - o'-fel (ha-`ophel (2 Ch 27:3; 33:14; Neh 3:26 f; 11:21; and without article, Isa 32:14 and Mic 4:8; also 2 Ki 5:24)): 1. Meaning of Name: There has been considerable divergence of opinion with regard to the meaning o...
  

• LIE; LYING

  [isbe] LIE; LYING - li, (sheqer (usually, e.g. Isa 9:15; Zec 13:3), or kazabh verb (Job 34:6; Mic 2:11); pseudos (Jn 8:44; Rev 21:27), "to speak falsely," "to fabricate," "to make a false statement"; pseudomai, in Acts 5:3,1): 1. L...
  

• Joram

  [nave] JORAM 1. A son of Toi, 2 Sam. 8:9, 10. Called Hadoram, 1 Chr. 18:10. 2. Called also Jehoram. King of Israel, 2 Kin. 1:17; 3:1. King of Syria sends Naaman to, that he may be healed of his leprosy, 2 Kin. 5:1-27. Has war w...
  

• Greed

  [nave] GREED. Ex. 18:21; Ex. 20:17 Deut. 5:21. Neh. 5:7; Job 20:15; Job 31:24, 25, 28; Psa. 10:3; Psa. 119:36; Prov. 1:19; Prov. 11:24, 26; Prov. 15:27; Prov. 21:25, 26; Prov. 22:16; Prov. 23:4, 5; Prov. 30:8, 9; Eccl. 1:8 vs. 2-8...
  

• Gift

  [ebd] (1.) An gratuity (Prov. 19:6) to secure favour (18:16; 21:14), a thank-offering (Num. 18:11), or a dowry (Gen. 34:12). (2.) An oblation or proppitatory gift (2Sa 8:2,6; 1Ch 18:2,6; 2Ch 26:8; Ps. 45:12; 72:10). (3.) A bribe t...
  

• Gehazi

  [ebd] valley of vision, Elisha's trusted servant (2 Kings 4:31; 5:25; 8:4, 5). He appears in connection with the history of the Shunammite (2 Kings 4:14, 31) and of Naaman the Syrian. On this latter occasion he was guilty of dupli...
  [isbe] GEHAZI - ge-ha'-zi (gechazi, except in 2 Ki 4:31; 5:25; 8:4,5, where it is gechazi, perhaps "valley of vision"): The confidential servant of Elisha. Various words are used to denote his relation to his master. He is generall...
  [nave] GEHAZI Servant of Elisha, 2 Kin. 4:12, 29, 31. Greed of, and the judgment of leprosy upon, 2 Kin. 5:20-27. Mentions to King Jehoram the miracles of Elisha, his master, 2 Kin. 8:4, 5.
  

• Earth

  [ebd] (1.) In the sense of soil or ground, the translation of the word adamah'. In Gen. 9:20 "husbandman" is literally "man of the ground or earth." Altars were to be built of earth (Ex. 20:24). Naaman asked for two mules' burden ...
  

• Crisping-pin

  [ebd] (Isa. 3:22; R.V., "satchel"), some kind of female ornament, probably like the modern reticule. The Hebrew word harit properly signifies pouch or casket or purse. It is rendered "bag" in 2 Kings 5:23.
  

• Changes of raiment

  [ebd] were reckoned among the treasures of rich men (Gen. 45:22; Judg. 14:12, 13; 2 Kings 5:22, 23).
  

• COVETOUSNESS

  [isbe] COVETOUSNESS - kuv'-et-us-nes: Has a variety of shades of meaning determined largely by the nature of the particular word used, or the context, or both. Following are some of the uses: (1) To gain dishonestly (batsa`), e.g. ...
  

• Bowing

  [ebd] a mode of showing respect. Abraham "bowed himself to the people of the land" (Gen. 23:7); so Jacob to Esau (Gen. 33:3); and the brethren of Joseph before him as the governor of the land (Gen. 43:28). Bowing is also frequentl...
  

• Ben-hadad

  [nave] BEN-HADAD 1. King of Syria, 1 Kin. 15:18-20; 2 Chr. 16:2-4. 2. A king of Syria, who reigned in the time of Ahab, son of Ben-hadad I, 1 Kin. 20; 2 Kin. 5; 6; 7; 8:7-15. 3. Son of Hazael and king of Syria, 2 Kin. 13:3, 24, 2...
  

• BURDEN

  [isbe] BURDEN - bur'-dn. 1. In the Old Testament: In the Old Testament more than one word is rendered "burden." (1) massa', from a root nasa' "he lifted up." Thus literally any load is called massa' (Ex 23:5; Nu 4:15,24,27 ff; 2 Ki...
  

• BENHADAD

  [isbe] BENHADAD - ben-ha'-dad (ben-hadhadh; Septuagint huios Hader): The Name I. BENHADAD I 1. The Kingdom of Syria Founded 2. Syria and Judah 3. Shortsightedness of Asa II. BENHADAD II 1. Hadad-'idri of the Monuments 2. Expedition...
  

• BAG

  [ebd] (1.) A pocket of a cone-like shape in which Naaman bound two pieces of silver for Gehazi (2 Kings 5:23). The same Hebrew word occurs elsewhere only in Isa. 3:22, where it is rendered "crisping-pins," but denotes the reticule...
  [isbe] BAG - Bags of various kinds are mentioned in the English Bible, but often in a way to obscure rather than tr the original. (1) "Bag" is used for a Hebrew word which means a shepherd's "bag," rendered "wallet" in the Revised ...
  [smith] is the rendering of several words in the Old and New Testaments. Charitim , the "bags" in which Naaman bound up the two talents of silver for Gehazi. (2 Kings 5:23) They were long cone-like bags of the size to hold a prec...
  

• ALTAR

  [isbe] ALTAR - ol'-ter (mizbeach, literally, "place of slaughter or sacrifice," from zabhach, which is found in both senses; bomos, (only in Acts 17:23), thusiasterion): I. CLASSIFICATION OF HEBREW ALTARS Importance of the Distinct...
  

• ADORATION

  [isbe] ADORATION - ad-o-ra'-shun: Though this word never occurs in English Versions, it represents aspects of worship which are very prominent in the Bible. I. Etymology. The word is derived from Latin adorare = (1) "to speak to," ...
  

• Elisha and Naaman

  

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