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2 Kings 1:12

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Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.	And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I [be] a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.	And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Elijah^H452 answered^H6030 and said^H1696 unto them, If I be a man^H376 of God^H430, let fire^H784 come down^H3381 from heaven^H8064, and consume^H398 thee and thy fifty^H2572. And the fire^H784 of God^H430 came down^H3381 from heaven^H8064, and consumed^H398 him and his fifty^H2572.

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Original Hebrew

וַיַּעַן אֵלִיָּה וַיְדַבֵּר אֲלֵיהֶם אִם־אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים אָנִי תֵּרֶד אֵשׁ מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם וְתֹאכַל אֹתְךָ וְאֶת־חֲמִשֶּׁיךָ וַתֵּרֶד אֵשׁ־אֱלֹהִים מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם וַתֹּאכַל אֹתֹו וְאֶת־חֲמִשָּׁיו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יַּ֣עַן	va/i.Ya.'an	H6030	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he answered
אֵלִיָּה֮	'e.li.Yah	H452	HNp	Elijah
וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר	va/y.da.Ber	H1696	HC/Vpw3ms	and/ he spoke
אֲלֵי/הֶם֒	'a.lei./Hem	H413	HR/Sp3mp	to/ them
אִם	'im-	H518	HC	if
אִ֤ישׁ	'ish	H376	HNcmsc	(am) (the) man of
הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙	ha./'E.lo.Him	H430	HTd/Ncmpa	(the)/ God
אָ֔נִי	'A.ni	H589	HPp1cs	I
תֵּ֤רֶד	Te.red	H3381	HVqj3fs	let it come down
אֵשׁ֙	'esh	H784	HNcbsa	fire
מִן	min-	H4480	HR	from
הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם	ha./sha.Ma.yim	H8064	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ heavens
וְ/תֹאכַ֥ל	ve./to.Khal	H398	HC/Vqi3fs	and/ let it consume
אֹתְ/ךָ֖	'o.te./Kha	H853	HTo/Sp2ms	(obj.)/ you
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
חֲמִשֶּׁ֑י/ךָ	cha.mi.Shei./kha	H2572	HAcbpc/Sp2ms	fifty (men)/ your
וַ/תֵּ֤רֶד	va./Te.red	H3381	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ it came down
אֵשׁ	'esh-	H784	HNcbsc	(the) fire of
אֱלֹהִים֙	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	God
מִן	min-	H4480	HR	from
הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם	ha./sha.Ma.yim	H8064	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ heavens
וַ/תֹּ֥אכַל	va./To.khal	H398	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ it consumed
אֹת֖/וֹ	'o.T/o	H853	HTo/Sp3ms	(obj.)/ him
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
חֲמִשָּֽׁי/ו	cha.mi.Sha/v	H2572	HAcbpc/Sp3ms	fifty (men)/ his

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); 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); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H452 — אֵלִיָּה (ʼÊlîyâh, ay-lee-yaw'): or prolonged אֵלִיָּהוּ; from אֵל and יָהּ; God of Jehovah; Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites; Elijah, Eliah.
• H784 — אֵשׁ (ʼêsh, aysh): a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively); burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
• H1696 — דָבַר (dâbar, daw-bar'): a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.
• H2572 — חֲמִשִּׁים (chămishshîym, kham-ish-sheem'): multiple of חָמֵשׁ; fifty; fifty.
• H3381 — יָרַד (yârad, yaw-rad'): a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications); [idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
• H6030 — עָנָה (ʻânâh, aw-naw'): a primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce; give account, afflict (by mistake for עָנָה), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for עָנָה), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also בֵּית עֲנוֹת, בֵּית עֲנָת.
• H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
• H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (5): Leviticus 10:2, Numbers 11:1, 1 Kings 18:38, 1 Kings 22:28, Job 1:16

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: ELIJAH
• Nave’s: ELIJAH, FIRE, METEOROLOGY AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA, MIRACLES, PROPHECY, PROPHETS

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