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Lexicon :: Strong's H2363 - ḥûš

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חוּשׁ
Transliteration
ḥûš
Pronunciation
koosh
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 631

Strong’s Definitions

חוּשׁ chûwsh, koosh; a primitive root; to hurry; figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment:—(make) haste(-n), ready.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H2363 in the following manner: haste (19x), ready (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H2363 in the following manner: haste (19x), ready (1x).
  1. to haste, make haste, hurry

    1. (Qal) to make haste

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to show haste, act quickly, hasten, come quickly

      2. to enjoy, be excited

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חוּשׁ chûwsh, koosh; a primitive root; to hurry; figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment:—(make) haste(-n), ready.
STRONGS H2363: Abbreviations
† I. חוּשׁ verb haste, make haste (Assyrian ḫâšu, DlPr 180, Ethiopic ሖለ፡; on this verb see NöZMG 1883, 538) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular חָשׁ Deuteronomy 32:35 (or Participle, but see Di), 1st person singular חַשְׁתִּי Psalm 119:60; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular וַתַּ֫חַשׁ (sic!) Job 31:5 Ges§ 72 R. 9; Imperative חוּ֫שָׁה 1 Samuel 20:38 + 6 times Psalms, + [H2439 Psalm 71:12] Qr (Kt חישׁה); Infinitive suffix חוּשִׁי Job 20:2; Participle active חָשׁ Habakkuk 1:8 + Isaiah 8:1, 3in proper name; passive חֻשִׁיּם Numbers 32:17; but see below: — make haste Deuteronomy 32:35 (|| קרוב), Psalm 119:60; in prophetic proper name מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז֑ Isaiah 8:1, 3; of eagle (in simile of Chaldean army) נשׁר חשׁ לאכול Habakkuk 1:8; Job 31:5 subject רנל, followed by עלמֿרמה; חוּ֫שִׁי בּי Job 20:2 my haste in me, i.e. my inward excitement — especially Imperative 1 Samuel 20:38 (|| מהרה), and in Psalms: followed by לְעַזְרָתִי Psalm 22:20; Psalm 38:23; Psalm 40:14; Psalm 70:2; Psalm 71:12 (Qr); followed by לִי Psalm 70:6; Psalm 141:1; passive participle נֵחָלֵץ חֻשִׁים Numbers 32:17, but probably for חֲמֻשִׁים (Kn Di compare Exodus 13:18 etc.); BaNB 180 retains חוּשִׁים and regards it as active (intransitive) = hastening.
Hiph. Perfect הֵחִישׁוּ Judges 20:27; Imperfect יָחִישׁ Isaiah 28:16; יָחִ֫ישָׁה cohortive Isaiah 5:19 (Ges§ 48. 3); אָחִ֫ישָׁה cohortive Psalm 55:9; suffix אֲחִישֶׁנָּה Isaiah 60:22; —
1. shew haste, act quickly Judges 20:37; hasten, come quickly Isaiah 5:19 (subject מַעֲשֵׂהוּ, || יְמַהֵר; others: let him hasten on his work), יָחִישׁ Isaiah 28:16 hasten away (flee), or hasten about distractedly (si vera lectio; Che Guthe read ימישׁ yield, give way).
2. transitive with suffix Isaiah 60:22 I will hasten it; with accusative Psalm 55:9 I would hasten (= secure quickly) my escape.

† II. [חוּשׁ] verb feel, enjoy (with the senses) (Now compares Arabic حَسَّ feel, perceive by senses; Late Hebrew חוּשׁ feel pain; Aramaic wxo, חוּשׁ, feel pain; Ethiopic ሕዋለ፡: perception) — only
Qal Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָחוּשׁ וּמִי יאֹכַל מִי Ecclesiastes 2:25 who can eat and who can feel (i.e. enjoy pleasure)?
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

13:18

Numbers

32:17; 32:17

Deuteronomy

32:35; 32:35

Judges

20:27; 20:37

1 Samuel

20:38; 20:38

Job

20:2; 20:2; 31:5; 31:5

Psalms

22:20; 40:14; 55:9; 55:9; 70:2; 71:12; 119:60; 119:60; 141:1

Ecclesiastes

2:25

Isaiah

5:19; 5:19; 8:1; 8:1; 8:3; 8:3; 28:16; 28:16; 60:22; 60:22

Habakkuk

1:8; 1:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2363 matches the Hebrew חוּשׁ (ḥûš),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:17 - but we will be armed and ready to go to war before the [other tribes of the] Israelites, until we have brought them to their place, while our children live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:35 -

‘Vengeance is Mine, and retribution,

In due time their foot will slip;

For the day of their disaster is at hand,

And their doom hurries to meet them.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:37 - Then the men in ambush quickly rushed and attacked Gibeah; and the men in ambush also deployed and struck the entire city with the edge of the sword.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38 - And Jonathan called out after the boy, “Hurry, be quick, do not stay!” So Jonathan’s boy picked up the arrow and came back to his master.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:2 -

“Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me answer,

Because of the uneasiness that is within me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:5 -

“If I have walked with falsehood,

Or if my foot has chased after deceit,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:19 -

But You, O LORD, do not be far from me;

O You my help, come quickly to my assistance.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:22 -

Make haste to help me,

O Lord, my Salvation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:13 -

Be pleased, O LORD, to save me;

O LORD, make haste to help me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:8 -

“I would hurry to my refuge [my tranquil shelter far away]

From the stormy wind and from the tempest.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:1 -

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.

O God, come quickly to save me;

O LORD, come quickly to help me!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:5 -

But I am afflicted and needy;

Come quickly to me, O God!

You are my help and my rescuer;

O LORD, do not delay.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:12 -

O God, do not be far from me;

O my God, come quickly to help me!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:60 -

I hurried and did not delay

To keep Your commandments.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:1 -

A Psalm of David.

LORD, I call upon You; hurry to me.

Listen to my voice when I call to You.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:25 - For who can eat and who can have enjoyment without Him?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:19 -

Who say, “Let Him move speedily, let Him expedite His work [His promised vengeance], so that we may see it;

And let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel approach

And come to pass, so that we may know it!”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:16 -

Therefore the Lord GOD says this,

“Listen carefully, I am laying in Zion a Stone, a tested Stone,

A precious Cornerstone for the [secure] foundation, firmly placed.

He who believes [who trusts in, relies on, and adheres to that Stone] will not [fn]be disturbed or give way [in sudden panic].

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:22 -

“The smallest one will become a thousand (a clan),

And the least one a mighty nation.

I, the LORD, will quicken it in its [appointed] time.”

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:8 -

“Their horses are swifter than leopards

And keener than [hungry] wolves in the evening,

Their horsemen come galloping,

Their horsemen come from far away;

They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour.

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