Bible Dictionary

Gehazi

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 occasi…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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 terrible doom that the leprosy of Naaman would cleave to him and his for ever (5:20-27). He afterwards appeared before king Joram, to whom he recounted the great deeds of his master (2 Kings 8:1-6).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(valley of vision), the servant or boy of Elisha. He was sent as the prophet’s messenger on two occasions to the good Shunammite, (2 Kings 4:1) ... C. 889-887); obtained fraudulently money and garments from Naaman, was miraculously smitten with incurable leprosy, and was dismissed from the prophet’s service. (2 Kings 5:1) ... Later in the history he is mentioned as being engaged in relating to King Joram all the great things which Elisha had done.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

GEHA'ZI (valley of vision), the servant and constant attendant of Elisha. On three occasions he comes into prominence in connection with the Shunammite, 2 Kgs 4:12-37;2 Kgs 8:4, and later he was guilty of deception in the matter of Naaman the Syrian, and in punishment was made a leper. 2 Kgs 5:20-27. See Elisha.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

valley of sight