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Lexicon :: Strong's G4692 - speudō

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σπεύδω
Transliteration
speudō (Key)
Pronunciation
spyoo'-do
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably strengthened from πούς (G4228)
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Strong’s Definitions

σπεύδω speúdō, spyoo'-do; probably strengthened from G4228; to "speed" ("study"), i.e. urge on (diligently or earnestly); by implication, to await eagerly:—(make, with) haste unto.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G4692 in the following manner: make haste (3x), haste (1x), haste unto (1x), with haste (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G4692 in the following manner: make haste (3x), haste (1x), haste unto (1x), with haste (1x).
  1. to haste, make haste

  2. to desire earnestly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σπεύδω speúdō, spyoo'-do; probably strengthened from G4228; to "speed" ("study"), i.e. urge on (diligently or earnestly); by implication, to await eagerly:—(make, with) haste unto.
STRONGS G4692:
σπεύδω; imperfect ἔσπευδον; 1 aorist ἔσπευσα; (cognate with German sich sputen (cf. English speed, Latinstudeo; Vanicek, p. 1163; Fick 4:279)); from Homer down; the Sept. for מִהַר, also for בִּהֵל, etc.;
1. intransitive, (cf. Winers Grammar, § 38, 1; Buttmann, 130, 4), to hasten: as often in the Greek writings, followed by an infinitive Acts 20:16; ἦλθον σπεύσαντες, they came with haste, Luke 2:16; σπεύσας κατάβηθι (A. V. make haste and come down), κατέβη, Luke 19:5, 6; σπεῦσον καί ἔξελθε (A. V. make haste and get thee quickly out), Acts 22:18.
2. to desire earnestly: τί, 2 Peter 3:12; (Isaiah 16:5; examples from Greek authors are given by Passow, under the word, 2 vol. ii., p. 1501; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II.)).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
16:5
Luke
2:16; 19:5; 19:6
Acts
20:16; 22:18
2 Peter
3:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4692 matches the Greek σπεύδω (speudō),
which occurs 47 times in 45 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “[fn]Hurry, prepare [fn]three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and make bread cakes.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22 - “Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called [fn]Zoar.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:18 - And she said, “Drink, my lord”; and she quickly lowered her jar to her hand and gave him a drink.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:20 - So she hurried and emptied her jar into the watering channel and ran again to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:46 - “Then she hurried and lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will also give water to your camels to drink’; so I drank, and she also gave water to the camels to drink.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:11 - Then they hurried, each man brought his sack down to the ground, and each man opened his sack.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - “Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, “God has set me as lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:15 -

“Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed;

The leaders of Moab, trembling seizes them;

All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:8 - And Moses made haste [fn]to bow low toward the earth and worship.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:10 - Now the priests who carried the ark were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything was completed that Yahweh had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. And the people hurried and crossed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - Now it happened that when the king of Ai saw it, the men of the city hurried and rose up early and went out to meet Israel in battle, he and all his people at the appointed place before the desert plain. But he did not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:19 - Then the men in ambush rose quickly from their place, and when he had stretched out his hand, they ran and entered the city and captured it, and they quickly set the city on fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:41 - Then the men of Israel turned around again, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that [fn]calamity had [fn]reached them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:14 - Then Eli heard the noise of the outcry, and he said, “What does the noise of this commotion mean?” So the man came hurriedly and told Eli.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:16 - And the man said to Eli, “I am the one who came from the battle line. Indeed, I fled from the battle line today.” And he said, “How did things go, my son?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38 - And Jonathan called after the young man, “Hurry, be quick, do not stay!” And Jonathan’s young man gathered up the arrow and came to his master.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:27 - But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18 -

Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread and two [fn]jugs of wine and five sheep already prepared and [fn]five seahs of roasted grain and one hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23 -

Then Abigail saw David; so she hurried and dismounted from her donkey and fell on her face [fn]before David and bowed herself to the ground.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - “Nevertheless, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there would not have been left to Nabal until the morning light as much as one [fn]male.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:20 -

Then Saul quickly fell full length upon the ground and was very afraid because of the words of Samuel; also there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no [fn]food all day and all night.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21 - And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was terrified and said to him, “Behold, your servant-woman has listened to your voice, and I have [fn]taken my life in my hand and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24 - And the woman had a fattened calf in the house, and she quickly sacrificed it; and she took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread from it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:4 -

Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the report of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled. And it happened that in her hurry to flee, he fell and became lame. And his name was [fn]Mephibosheth.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - “So now, send quickly and inform David, saying, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means cross over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:7 -

Now it happened that as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah [fn]met him, and he recognized him and fell on his face and said, “Is this you, Elijah my master?”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:33 - Now the men interpreted this as an omen, and hastily [fn]catching his word said, “Your brother Ben-hadad.” Then he said, “Go, bring him.” Then Ben-hadad came out to him, and he [fn]took him up into the chariot.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:41 - Then he hastily took the bandage away from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him, that he was of the prophets.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:13 - Then they hurried and each man took his garment and placed it under him on the bare steps, and blew the trumpet, saying, “Jehu is king!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the forced labor, and the sons of Israel [fn]stoned him and he died. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:5 - And he gathered the priests and Levites and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and gather money from all Israel to [fn]repair the house of your God [fn]annually, and you shall do the matter quickly.” But the Levites did not act quickly.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:20 - And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and behold, he was leprous on his forehead; and they hurried him out of there, and he himself also hastened to get out because Yahweh had smitten him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:9 - And the young lady was good in his eyes, and she advanced in lovingkindness before him. So he hurried to give her cosmetics and portions of food to her, and to give to her seven choice young women from the king’s [fn]house. And he transferred her and her young women to the best place in the harem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - The couriers went out, hastened by the word of the king. And the law was given at the citadel in Susa. Now the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:14 - The couriers, hurried and hastened by the king’s word, went out, riding on the royal steeds; and the law was given out at the citadel in Susa.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 -

Until an arrow pierces through his liver;

As a bird hastens to the snare,

And he does not know that it will cost him his [fn]soul.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:22 -

A man with an evil eye hurries after wealth

And does not know that want will come upon him.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2 - [fn]Do not be hasty with your mouth or [fn]impulsive in your heart to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven but you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:9 -

Do not be [fn]eager in your spirit to be vexed,

For vexation rests in the bosom of fools.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:5 -

And a throne will be established in lovingkindness,

And a judge will sit on it in truth in the tent of David;

Moreover, he will seek justice

And be prompt in righteousness.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:6 -

“Lift up a standard toward Zion!

Seek safety, do not stand still,

For I am bringing evil from the north,

And great destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:20 -

“Is Ephraim My dear son?

Is he a delightful child?

Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him,

I certainly still remember him;

Therefore My [fn]inmost being yearns for him;

I will surely have compassion on him,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:9 -

“On that day messengers will go forth from Me in ships to frighten secure [fn]Ethiopia; and anguish will be on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it is coming!”

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:1 -

Now it will be that in the last days

The mountain of the house of Yahweh

Will be established [fn]as the head of the mountains,

And will be lifted up above the hills,

And the peoples will stream to it.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:5 -

He remembers his mighty ones;

They stumble in their march;

They hurry to her wall,

And the [fn]mantelet is set up.

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