Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 559 [e] וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ way-yō-mə-rū so they answered Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 413 [e] אֵלָ֗יו ’ê-lāw, him Prep | 3ms 376 [e] אִ֚ישׁ ’îš a man N-msc 1167 [e] בַּ֣עַל ba-‘al owner N-msc 8181 [e] שֵׂעָ֔ר śê-‘ār, hairy N-ms 232 [e] וְאֵז֥וֹר wə-’ê-zō-wr and a belt Conj-w | N-msc 5785 [e] ע֖וֹר ‘ō-wr leather N-ms 247 [e] אָז֣וּר ’ā-zūr wearing V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms 4975 [e] בְּמָתְנָ֑יו bə-mā-ṯə-nāw; around his waist Prep-b | N-mdc | 3ms 559 [e] וַיֹּאמַ֕ר way-yō-mar And he said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 452 [e] אֵלִיָּ֥ה ’ê-lî-yāh Elijah N-proper-ms 8664 [e] הַתִּשְׁבִּ֖י hat-tiš-bî the Tishbite Art | N-proper-ms 1931 [e] הֽוּא׃ hū. it [is] Pro-3ms

New American Standard Bible
They answered him, "He was a hairy man with a leather girdle bound about his loins." And he said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite."

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They replied, "A hairy man with a leather belt around his waist." He said, "It's Elijah the Tishbite."

an hairy man That is, he wore a {rough garment}, either made of camel's hair as that of John Baptist, or of a skin, dressed with the {hair on}. Sir J. Chardin informs us, in a MS. note on this place, cited by Mr. Harmer, that the eastern dervishes and fakers are clothed just as Elijah was, with a {hairy} garment, girded with a leathern girdle.

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Revelation 11:3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy …

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