NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon And there were four'arba` (ar-bah') four -- four. leprous tsara` (tsaw-rah') to scourge, i.e. (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy -- leper, leprous. men 'enowsh (en-oshe') a mortal; hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. at the entering in pethach (peh'-thakh) an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way -- door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place. of the gate sha`ar (shah'-ar) an opening, i.e. door or gate -- city, door, gate, port (-er). and they said 'amar (aw-mar') to say (used with great latitude) one 'iysh (eesh) a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) to another rea` (ray'-ah) an associate (more or less close) -- brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, (an-)other. Why sit yashab (yaw-shab') to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry we here until we die muwth (mooth) causatively, to kill Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, "Why do we sit here until we die? King James Bible And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? Holman Christian Standard Bible Four men with a skin disease were at the entrance to the gate. They said to each other, "Why just sit here until we die? International Standard Version Now there happened to be four lepers who were at that very moment at the entrance to the city gate. As they were talking with one another, they said, "Why are we sitting here waiting to die? NET Bible Now four men with a skin disease were sitting at the entrance of the city gate. They said to one another, "Why are we just sitting here waiting to die? GOD'S WORD® Translation Four men with skin diseases were at the entrance of the city gate. One of them asked, "Why are we sitting here waiting to die? King James 2000 Bible And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? Links 2 Kings 7:32 Kings 7:3 NIV 2 Kings 7:3 NLT 2 Kings 7:3 ESV 2 Kings 7:3 NASB 2 Kings 7:3 KJV |