Strongs Number: H4116
- Hebrew Word
- מָהַר
- Transliteration
- mâhar
- Phonetic
- maw-har'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
properly to be liquid or flow {easily} that {is} (by implication); to hurry (in a good or bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially promptly
- BDB Definition
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1. (Qal) to hasten
a. (Niphal) to be hurried, be anxious
b. hasty, precipitate, impetuous
c. (Piel)
1. to hasten, make haste
2. hasten (used as adverb with another verb)
3. to hasten, prepare quickly, do quickly, bring quickly
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- be carried {headlong} {fearful} (cause to {make} {in} make) haste ({-n} {-ily} (be) {hasty} ({fetch} make ready) X-(idiom) {quickly} {rash} X-(idiom) {shortly} (be so) X-(idiom) {soon} make {speed} X-(idiom) {speedily} X-(idiom) {straightway} X-(idiom) {suddenly} swift.