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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.)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22 - Make haste, escape there; for I can do nothing till you arrive there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zo'ar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:18 - She said, "Drink, my lord"; and she quickly let down her jar upon her hand, and gave him a drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:20 - So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:46 - She quickly let down her jar from her shoulder, and said, 'Drink, and I will give your camels drink also.' So I drank, and she gave the camels drink also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:11 - Then every man quickly lowered his sack to the ground, and every man opened his sack.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - Make haste and go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not tarry;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:15 - Now are the chiefs of Edom dismayed; the leaders of Moab, trembling seizes them; all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:8 - And Moses made haste to bow his head toward the earth, and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:10 - For the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to tell the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people passed over in haste;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - And when the king of Ai saw this he and all his people, the men of the city, made haste and went out early to the descent toward the Arabah to meet Israel in battle; but he did not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:19 - And the ambush rose quickly out of their place, and as soon as he had stretched out his hand, they ran and entered the city and took it; and they made haste to set the city on fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:41 - Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:14 - When Eli heard the sound of the outcry, he said, "What is this uproar?" Then the man hastened and came and told Eli.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:16 - And the man said to Eli, "I am he who has come from the battle; I fled from the battle today." And he said, "How did it go, my son?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38 - And Jonathan called after the lad, "Hurry, make haste, stay not." So Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:27 - when a messenger came to Saul, saying, "Make haste and come; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18 - Then Ab'igail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two skins of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23 - When Ab'igail saw David, she made haste, and alighted from the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - For as surely as the LORD the God of Israel lives, who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had made haste and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:20 - Then Saul fell at once full length upon the ground, filled with fear because of the words of Samuel; and there was no strength in him, for he had eaten nothing all day and all night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21 - And the woman came to Saul, and when she saw that he was terrified, she said to him, "Behold, your handmaid has hearkened to you; I have taken my life in my hand, and have hearkened to what you have said to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24 - Now the woman had a fatted calf in the house, and she quickly killed it, and she took flour, and kneaded it and baked unleavened bread of it,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:4 - Jonathan, the son of Saul, had a son who was crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and fled; and, as she fled in her haste, he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephib'osheth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - Now therefore send quickly and tell David, 'Do not lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:7 - And as Obadi'ah was on the way, behold, Eli'jah met him; and Obadi'ah recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, "Is it you, my lord Eli'jah?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:33 - Now the men were watching for an omen, and they quickly took it up from him and said, "Yes, your brother Ben-ha'dad." Then he said, "Go and bring him." Then Ben-ha'dad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:41 - Then he made haste to take the bandage away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:13 - Then in haste every man of them took his garment, and put it under him on the bare steps, and they blew the trumpet, and proclaimed, "Jehu is king."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - Then King Rehobo'am sent Hador'am, who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and the people of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehobo'am made haste to mount his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:5 - And he gathered the priests and the Levites, and said to them, "Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year; and see that you hasten the matter." But the Levites did not hasten it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:20 - And Azari'ah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked at him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead! And they thrust him out quickly, and he himself hastened to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:9 - And the maiden pleased him and won his favor; and he quickly provided her with her ointments and her portion of food, and with seven chosen maids from the king's palace, and advanced her and her maids to the best place in the harem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - The couriers went in haste by order of the king, and the decree was issued in Susa the capital. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Susa was perplexed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:14 - So the couriers, mounted on their swift horses that were used in the king's service, rode out in haste, urged by the king's command; and the decree was issued in Susa the capital.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 - till an arrow pierces its entrails; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:22 - A miserly man hastens after wealth, and does not know that want will come upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2 - Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven, and you upon earth; therefore let your words be few.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:9 - Be not quick to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:5 - then a throne will be established in steadfast love and on it will sit in faithfulness in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:6 - Raise a standard toward Zion, flee for safety, stay not, for I bring evil from the north, and great destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:20 - Is E'phraim my dear son? Is he my darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do remember him still. Therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:9 - "On that day swift messengers shall go forth from me to terrify the unsuspecting Ethiopians; and anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt's doom; for, lo, it comes!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:1 - It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised up above the hills; and peoples shall flow to it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:5 - The officers are summoned, they stumble as they go, they hasten to the wall, the mantelet is set up.
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