The Meaning of 2 Kings 4:17 Explained

2 Kings 4:17

KJV: And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.

YLT: And the woman conceiveth and beareth a son, at this season, according to the time of life, that Elisha spake of unto her.

Darby: And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that appointed time in the next year as Elisha had said to her.

ASV: And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said unto her.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 2 Kings 4:17?

MEANING: What does 2 Kings 4:17 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 2 Kings 4:17 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in 2 Kings 4:17?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the woman  conceived,  and bare  a son  at that season  that Elisha  had said  unto her, according to the time  of life. 

What does 2 Kings 4:17 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 4:8-24 - Entertaining A Prophet
The real man needs a very small supply of outward comfort, because his life is hid in God. It does not consist in the abundance of things that he possesses, but in faith, love, and hope. What a noble testimony it would be to our character, if people who saw us going to and fro became convinced that "this is an holy man of God," 2 Kings 4:9!
Sunstroke in the tropics is a frequent cause of death, Psalms 121:6. When a child is taken sick, it is the mother who is the best comforter; but there are limits to a mother's power to help. This woman of Shunem must be referred to in Hebrews 11:35. She was so sure of the life-restoring prayers of the great prophet that she did not feel it necessary to tell her husband what had befallen. Why should she grieve him, when the child would soon be given back to them! In noble confidence she dared to say that all would be well, and God did not disappoint nor fail. Shunem was fifteen miles from Carmel, and there was not an inch of the road which was not covered by the mother's splendid faith that God would make all-grace abound toward her. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Kings 4

1  Elisha multiplies the widow's oil
8  He obtains a son for the good Shunammite
18  He restores her son when dead
38  At Gilgal he heals the deadly pottage
42  He satisfies a hundred men with twenty loaves

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 4:17 mean?

But conceived the woman and bore a son when appointed this the time had come of life Of which had told her Elisha
וַתַּ֥הַר הָאִשָּׁ֖ה וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן לַמּוֹעֵ֤ד הַזֶּה֙ כָּעֵ֣ת חַיָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־ דִּבֶּ֥ר אֵלֶ֖יהָ אֱלִישָֽׁע

וַתַּ֥הַר  But  conceived 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: הֹור 
Sense: to conceive, become pregnant, bear, be with child, be conceived, progenitor.
הָאִשָּׁ֖ה  the  woman 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
וַתֵּ֣לֶד  and  bore 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
בֵּ֑ן  a  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
לַמּוֹעֵ֤ד  when  appointed 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֹועֵד  
Sense: appointed place, appointed time, meeting.
הַזֶּה֙  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
כָּעֵ֣ת  the  time  had  come 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: עֵת  
Sense: time.
חַיָּ֔ה  of  life 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
אֲשֶׁר־  Of  which 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
דִּבֶּ֥ר  had  told 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
אֵלֶ֖יהָ  her 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
אֱלִישָֽׁע  Elisha 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱלִישָׁע  
Sense: the great prophet who succeeded Elijah.

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