Gehazi
And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had
restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose
son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house
and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this [is]
the woman, and this [is] her son, whom Elisha restored to
life....
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Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff
in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute
him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay
my staff upon the face of the child....
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And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he
called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take
up thy son....
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Gehazi, Geichazi, or Giezi (Douay-Rheims) (Hebrew: גֵּיחֲזִי;
Tiberian: Gêḥăzî; Standard: Geẖazi; "valley of vision") is a
figure found in the Tanakh Books of Kings. He was Elisha's
servant. He appears in connection with the history of the
Shunammite[1] and of Naaman the Syrian. On this latter
occasion, Gehazi, overcome with avarice, solicited...
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ge-ha'-zi (gechazi, except in 2 Ki 4:31; 5:25; 8:4,5, where
it is gechazi, perhaps "valley of vision"): The confidential
servant of Elisha. Various words are used to denote his
relation to his master. He is generally called Elisha's
"boy" (na`ar), servant or personal attendant; he calls
himself (5:25) his master's servant or slave (`ebhedh), a...
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Servant of Elisha
2Ki 4:12,29,31
-Covetousness of, and the judgment of leprosy upon
2Ki 5:20-27
-Mentions to King Jehoram the miracles of Elisha, his master
2Ki 8:4,5...
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(valley of vision), the servant or boy of Elisha. He was sent
as the prophet's messenger on two occasions to the good
Shunammite, 2Ki 4:1 ... (B.C. 889-887); obtained fraudulently
money and garments from Naaman, was miraculously smitten with
incurable leprosy, and was dismissed from the prophet's
service. 2Ki 5:1 ... Later in the history he is...
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valley of vision, Elisha's trusted servant (2 Kings 4:31;
5:25;
8:4, 5). He appears in connection with the history of
the
Shunammite (2 Kings 4:14, 31) and of Naaman the
Syrian. On this
latter occasion he was guilty of duplicity and
dishonesty of
conduct, causing Elisha to denounce his crime with
righteous
sternness, and pass on him the t...
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Elisha's servant. His messenger to the Shunammite woman (2
Kings 4); suggested the obtaining of a son from the Lord for
her, as a meet reward for her kindness to the prophet.
Trusted by Elisha with his staff to lay on the face of the
lifeless youth. But reanimation was not effected until
Elisha himself came: typifying that Moses the messenger,...
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