2 Kings 6:4
Strong's Lexicon
So [Elisha] went
וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: 1) to go, walk, come 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away 1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to walk 1b2) to walk (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to traverse 1c2) to walk about 1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk

with them,
אִתָּ֑ם (’it·tām)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 854: 1) with, near, together with 1a) with, together with 1b) with (of relationship) 1c) near (of place) 1d) with (poss.) 1e) from...with, from (with other prep)

and when they came
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to enter, come in 1a2) to come 1a2a) to come with 1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy) 1a2c) to come to pass 1a3) to attain to 1a4) to be enumerated 1a5) to go 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lead in 1b2) to carry in 1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon 1b4) to bring to pass 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought, brought in 1c2) to be introduced, be put

to the Jordan,
הַיַּרְדֵּ֔נָה (hay·yar·dê·nāh)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3383: Jordan = 'descender' 1) the river of Palestine running from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the Dead Sea a distance of approx 200 miles (320 km)

they began to cut down
וַֽיִּגְזְר֖וּ (way·yiḡ·zə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1504: 1) to cut, divide, cut down, cut off, cut in two, snatch, decree 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cut in two, divide 1a2) to cut down 1a3) to cut off, destroy, exterminate 1a4) to decree 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be cut off, separated, excluded 1b2) to be destroyed, cut off 1b3) to be decreed

some trees.
הָעֵצִֽים׃ (hā·‘ê·ṣîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6086: 1) tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows 1a) tree, trees 1b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees.

Young's Literal Translation
And he goeth with them, and they come in to the Jordan, and cut down the trees,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So he went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.

New American Standard Bible
So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.

King James Bible
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
And he went with them. They went to the Jordan and began to cut down trees.

New Living Translation
So he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they began cutting down trees.

English Standard Version
So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.

New American Standard Bible
So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.

King James Bible
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So he went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.

International Standard Version
So he accompanied them, and when they came to the Jordan River, they cut down some trees.

NET Bible
So he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they started cutting down trees.

American Standard Version
So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.

English Revised Version
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

Young's Literal Translation
And he goeth with them, and they come in to the Jordan, and cut down the trees,
















Cross References
2 Kings 6:3
And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

2 Kings 6:5
But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

2 Kings 1:1
Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

2 Kings 6:2
Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

2 Kings 6:1
And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

2 Kings 6:6
And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.

2 Kings 6:7
Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
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