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2 Kings 1:8

And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

KJV

At illi dixerunt : Vir pilosus, et zona pellicea accinctus renibus. Qui ait : Elias Thesbites est.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπον πρὸς αὐτόν Ἀνὴρ δασὺς καὶ ζώνην δερματίνην περιεζωσμένος τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ· καὶ εἶπεν Ἠλειοὺ ὁ Θεσβείτης οὗτός ἐστιν.

LXX

And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

ASV

וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗י/ו אִ֚ישׁ בַּ֣עַל שֵׂעָ֔ר וְ/אֵז֥וֹר ע֖וֹר אָז֣וּר בְּ/מָתְנָ֑י/ו וַ/יֹּאמַ֕ר אֵלִיָּ֥ה הַ/תִּשְׁבִּ֖י הֽוּא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֵז֣וֹר
'zvr
noun · 14×
אֵלִיָּֽהוּ
'lyhv
proper_noun · 70×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
ו
v
noun · 83×
ו
v
noun · 47×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
נִי
ny
verb · 16×
ע֔וֹר
'vr
noun · 98×
שֵׂעָ֣ר
sh'r
noun · 28×
תִּשְׁבִּ֖י
tshby
noun · 6×

Typology

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

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Cross-references

  • Heb 11:37 — They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
  • Mark 1:6 — And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
  • Mark 1:6 — And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
  • Matt 3:4 — And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
  • Matt 3:4 — And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
  • Matt 11:8 — But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.
  • Zech 13:4 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
  • Zech 13:4 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: