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2 Kings

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Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
and Pharpar Pharpar Noun H6554 וּפַרְפַּ֜ר u·far·par
rivers flood Noun H5104 נַהֲרֹ֣ות na·ha·ro·vt
of Damascus Damascus Noun H1834 דַּמֶּ֗שֶׂק dam·me·sek
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better beautiful Adjective H2896 טֹוב֩ to·vv
all all manner Noun H3605 מִכֹּל֙ mik·kol
than all the waters waste Noun H4325 מֵימֵ֣י mei·mei
Israel Israel Noun H3478 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל yis·ra·'el,
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bathe bathe Verb H7364 אֶרְחַ֥ץ er·chatz
in them and be clean be make Verb H2891 וְטָהָ֑רְתִּי ve·ta·ha·re·ti;
? So he turned appear Verb H6437 וַיִּ֖פֶן vai·yi·fen
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and went along Verb H1980 וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ vai·ye·lech
in a rage anger Noun H2534 בְּחֵמָֽה׃ be·che·mah.

Locations

Damascus

DAMASCUSda-mas'-kus:1. The Name2. Situation and Natural Features3. The City Itself4. Its History(1) The Early Period (to circa 950 B.C.)(2) The Aramean Kingdom (circa 950-732 B.C.)(3) The Middle Period (732 B.C.-650 A.D.)(4) Under Islam1. Name:The English name is the same as the Greek Damaskos. The Hebrew name is Dammeseq, but the Aramaic form Darmeseq, occu... View Details

Israel

ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF" I. THE FIRST PERIOD1. The Two Kingdoms2. The Ist Dynasty3. The IInd Dynasty4. Civil WarII. PERIOD OF THE SYRIAN WARS1. The IIIrd Dynasty2. World-Politics3. Battle of Karkar4. Loss of Territory5. Reform of Religion6. Revolution7. The IVth Dynasty8. Renewed Prosperity9. AnarchyIII. DECLINE AND FALL1. Loss of Independence2. Decline3. Extinct... View Details

Pharpar (Pharpar River)

PHARPARfar'-par (parpar; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Apharpha; Codex Alexandrinus Pharphara): A river of Damascus, mentioned in 2 Kings 5:12, along with the Abana or Amana.e and James, Psalms of Solomon. xlivff;; Nicolas. Doctrines religieuses des juifs, 48;. See ABANAH.

Abana River

ABANAH ab'-a-na, a-ba'-na ('abhanah (Kethibh, Septuagint, Vulgate)), or AMANA a-ma'-na ('amanah (Qere, Peshitta, Targum); the King James Version Abana (American Standard Revised Version, margin Amana), the Revised Version (British and American) ABANAH (Revised Version, margin Amanah)): Mentioned in 2 Kings 5:12, along with the PHARPAR... View Details

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King James Bible Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
Hebrew Greek English Are "Are not Abana Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may Could I not wash in them, them and be clean? clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage.
New American Standard Bible 1995 Are "Are not Abana Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may Could I not wash in them, them and be clean? clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage.