2 Kings 1:8
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But they said: A hairy man, with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said: It is Elias, the Thesbite.

Isaiah 20:2 At that same time the Lord spoke by the hand of Isaiah the son of Amos, saying Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and take off thy shoes from thy feet. And he did so, and went naked, and barefoot.

Zechariah 13:4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be confounded, every one by his own vision, when he shall prophesy, neither shall they be clad with a garment of sackcloth, to deceive:

Matthew 3:4 And the same John had his garment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

Matthew 11:8 But what went you out to see? a man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of kings.

Luke 1:17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias: that he may turn the hearts of the fathers unto the children and the incredulous to the wisdom of the just, to prepare unto the Lord a perfect people.

Revelation 11:3 And I will give unto my two witnesses: and they shall prophesy, a thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

Context
Elijah Denounces Ahaziah
7And he said to them: What manner of man was he who met you, and spoke these words? 8But they said: A hairy man, with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said: It is Elias, the Thesbite.9And he sent to him a captain of fifty, and the fifty men that were under him. And he went up to him, and as he was sitting on the top of a hill, he said to him: Man of God, the king hath commanded that thou come down.…
Cross References
Matthew 3:4
And the same John had his garment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

Mark 1:6
And John was clothed camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and he ate locusts and wild honey.

2 Kings 1:7
And he said to them: What manner of man was he who met you, and spoke these words?

Zechariah 13:4
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be confounded, every one by his own vision, when he shall prophesy, neither shall they be clad with a garment of sackcloth, to deceive:

Lexicon
“[He was] a hairy
שֵׂעָ֔ר (śê·‘ār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8181: Hair

man,”
אִ֚ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

they answered,
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“with a leather
ע֖וֹר (‘ō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5785: Skin, hide, leather

belt
וְאֵז֥וֹר (wə·’ê·zō·wr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 232: Something girt, a belt, a band

around his waist.”
בְּמָתְנָ֑יו (bə·mā·ṯə·nāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - mdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4975: The waist, small of the back, the loins

“It is
הֽוּא׃ (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

Elijah
אֵלִיָּ֥ה (’ê·lî·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 452: Elijah -- 'Yah is God', a well-known prophet of Israel, also three other Israelites

the Tishbite,”
הַתִּשְׁבִּ֖י (hat·tiš·bî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8664: A Tishbite

said [the king].
וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (way·yō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say


Additional Translations
“He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It is Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.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.

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.

And they said to him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a leathern girdle about his loins. And he said, This is Eliu the Thesbite.

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

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.

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.

They answered him, "He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist." He said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite."

And they say unto him, 'A man -- hairy, and a girdle of skin girt about his loins;' and he saith, 'He is Elijah the Tishbite.'
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