The Meaning of 2 Kings 4:18 Explained

2 Kings 4:18

KJV: And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

YLT: And the lad groweth, and the day cometh that he goeth out unto his father, unto the reapers,

Darby: And the child grew, and it came to pass one day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

ASV: And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when the child  was grown,  it fell on a day,  that he went out  to his father  to the reapers. 

What does 2 Kings 4:18 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 4:18 mean?

And grew the child and it came to pass one day that he went out to his father the reapers
וַיִּגְדַּ֖ל הַיָּ֑לֶד וַיְהִ֣י הַיּ֔וֹם וַיֵּצֵ֥א אֶל־ אָבִ֖יו הַקֹּצְרִֽים

וַיִּגְדַּ֖ל  And  grew 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּדַל  
Sense: to grow, become great or important, promote, make powerful, praise, magnify, do great things.
הַיָּ֑לֶד  the  child 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יֶלֶד  
Sense: child, son, boy, offspring, youth.
וַיְהִ֣י  and  it  came  to  pass 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
הַיּ֔וֹם  one  day 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
וַיֵּצֵ֥א  that  he  went  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
אָבִ֖יו  his  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
הַקֹּצְרִֽים  the  reapers 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: קָצוּר 
Sense: to be short, be impatient, be vexed, be grieved.

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