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Lexicon :: Strong's H4116 - māhar

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מָהַר
Transliteration
māhar
Pronunciation
maw-har'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1152

Strong’s Definitions

מָהַר mâhar, maw-har'; a primitive root; properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly:—be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) × quickly, rash, × shortly, (be so) × soon, make speed, × speedily, × straightway, × suddenly, swift.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x

The KJV translates Strong's H4116 in the following manner: haste (42x), swift (3x), quickly (3x), hastily (2x), hasty (2x), soon (2x), speed (2x), headlong (1x), rash (1x), fearful (1x), ready (1x), shortly (1x), speedily (1x), straightway (1x), suddenly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x
The KJV translates Strong's H4116 in the following manner: haste (42x), swift (3x), quickly (3x), hastily (2x), hasty (2x), soon (2x), speed (2x), headlong (1x), rash (1x), fearful (1x), ready (1x), shortly (1x), speedily (1x), straightway (1x), suddenly (1x).

  1. (Qal) to hasten

    1. (Niphal) to be hurried, be anxious

      1. hasty, precipitate, impetuous

    2. (Piel)

      1. to hasten, make haste

      2. hasten (used as adverb with another verb)

      3. to hasten, prepare quickly, do quickly, bring quickly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָהַר mâhar, maw-har'; a primitive root; properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly:—be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) × quickly, rash, × shortly, (be so) × soon, make speed, × speedily, × straightway, × suddenly, swift.
STRONGS H4116: Abbreviations
† I. [מָהַר] verb hasten (Late Hebrew Pi.,and derivatives; Arabic bdb055404 be practised, skilled (with Assyrian mâru, send, order, govern, compare II. מהר); Ethiopic bdb055405 train teach; Syriac bdb055406 Pa. id.; compare also Egyptian māhar, trained warrior Bondi57); —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נִמְהָ֑רָה Job 5:13; Participle נִמְהָר Habakkuk 1:6; plural נִמְהָרִים Isaiah 32:4; construct נִמְהֲרֵי Isaiah 35:4; — be hurried = anxious, disturbed נְמְהֲרֵילֵֿב Isaiah 35:4; hasty, precipitate, subject עֵצָה Job 5:13; so participle as substantive Isaiah 32:4; impetuous, of Chaldeans, Habakkuk 1:6 (|| מַר).
Pi. Perfect מִהַר 1 Samuel 4:14; Isaiah 51:14; 3rd person feminine singular מִהֲרָה Jeremiah 48:16 etc.; Imperfect יְמַהֵר Isaiah 5:19 + 2 times; וַיְמַהֵר Genesis 18:6 + 8 times (1 Samuel 28:30 see below); 3rd person feminine plural תְּמַהֵרְנָה Jeremiah 9:17 etc.; Imperative masculine singular מַהֵר Genesis 19:22 +; מַהֲרָה 1 Samuel 23:27; 1 Kings 22:9, etc.; Infinitive construct מַהֵר Proverbs 7:23 +; Participle מְמַהֵר Genesis 41:32; Malachi 3:5 (on מַהֵר Zephaniah 1:14 [1 Samuel 23:22] compare Köi. 268 SchwZAW x. 1890, 176 see I. מַהֵר), feminine plural מְמַהֲרוֺת Proverbs 6:18; —
1. hasten, make haste, = go or come quickly Genesis 18:6; 1 Samuel 9:12 (but strike out Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Kit Bu HPS), Nahum 2:6; Isaiah 49:17; 1 Chronicles 12:9; = go eagerly, (followed by Infinitive of purpose) Proverbs 1:16; Isaiah 59:7; Participle = swift, prompt Malachi 3:5; of bird Proverbs 7:23; figurative of calamity Isaiah 5:19 (|| חוּשׁ) Jeremiah 48:16, מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז Isaiah 8:1, 3, below.
2. hasten + verb, (מ׳ having really adverbial force): followed by Infinitive Genesis 18:7 (מִהַר לַעֲשׂת); compare Genesis 27:20; Genesis 41:32 (subject God), Exodus 2:18; Exodus 10:16; Exodus 12:33; 2 Samuel 15:14; Isaiah 32:4; Isaiah 51:14; Proverbs 6:18; Ecclesiastes 5:1; more often followed by verb with ו Genesis 24:18, 20, 46; Genesis 44:11 (all J), Genesis 45:9, 13 (E), probably Genesis 43:30 (J), also Exodus 34:8 (J), Joshua 4:10; Joshua 8:14, 19 (all J E), Judges 13:10; 1 Samuel 4:14; 1 Samuel 17:48; 1 Samuel 23:27; 1 Samuel 25:18, 23, 34 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 28:24; 2 Samuel 15:14; 2 Samuel 19:17; 1 Kings 20:33, 41; 2 Kings 9:13; Jeremiah 9:17; so even when active is not wholly voluntary 1 Samuel 28:20 (but read probably וַיִּבָּהֵל Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Kit Bu); also, ו omitted, Psalm 106:13; especially with Imperative Genesis 19:22 (J), Judges 9:48; Esther 6:10; so also מַהֵר עֲנֵנִי Psalm 69:18; Psalm 102:3; Psalm 143:7; compare Psalm 79:8 (see Olon the passage).
3. transitive hasten, = prepare quickly Genesis 18:6; = bring quickly 1 Kings 22:9 2 Chronicles 18:8; Esther 5:5; = do quickly 2 Chronicles 24:5 (twice in verse).

I. מַהֵר adjective hastening, speedy, swift (strictly Pi. Participle for מְמַהֵר see below מהר); — of יוֺם י׳, מְאד קָרוֺב וּמ׳ Zephaniah 1:14; read also feminine הַמְּהֵרָה (רַגְלוֺ) 1 Samuel 23:22 his swift foot (for MT רָאָהוּ מִ׳ ר׳) Th We Dr Bu; deeper corruption assumed by HPS.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:6; 18:6; 18:6; 18:7; 19:22; 19:22; 24:18; 24:20; 24:46; 27:20; 41:32; 41:32; 43:30; 44:11; 45:9; 45:13

Exodus

2:18; 10:16; 12:33; 34:8

Joshua

4:10; 8:14; 8:19

Judges

9:48; 13:10

1 Samuel

4:14; 4:14; 9:12; 17:48; 23:22; 23:22; 23:27; 23:27; 25:18; 25:23; 25:34; 28:20; 28:24

2 Samuel

15:14; 15:14; 19:17

1 Kings

20:33; 20:41; 22:9; 22:9

2 Kings

9:13

1 Chronicles

12:9

2 Chronicles

18:8; 24:5

Esther

5:5; 6:10

Job

5:13; 5:13

Psalms

69:18; 79:8; 102:3; 106:13; 143:7

Proverbs

1:16; 6:18; 6:18; 7:23; 7:23

Ecclesiastes

5:1

Isaiah

5:19; 5:19; 8:1; 8:3; 32:4; 32:4; 32:4; 35:4; 35:4; 49:17; 51:14; 51:14; 59:7

Jeremiah

9:17; 9:17; 48:16; 48:16

Nahum

2:6

Habakkuk

1:6; 1:6

Zephaniah

1:14; 1:14

Malachi

3:5; 3:5

H4116

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Strong's Number H4116 matches the Hebrew מָהַר (māhar),
which occurs 64 times in 60 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 18:6–Isa 5:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - And Abraam hasted to the tent to Sarrha, and said to her, Hasten, and knead three measures of fine flour, and make cakes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:7 - And Abraam ran to the kine, and took a young calf, tender and good, and gave it to his servant, and he hasted to dress it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22 - Hasten therefore to escape thither, for I shall not be able to do anything until thou art come thither; therefore he called the name of that city, Segor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:18 - and she said, Drink, Sir; and she hasted, and let down the pitcher upon her arm, and gave him to drink, till he ceased drinking.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:20 - And she hasted, and emptied the water-pot into the trough, and ran to the well to draw again, and drew water for all the camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:46 - And she hasted and let down her pitcher on her arm [fn]from her head, and said, Drink thou, and I will give thy camels drink; and I drank, and she gave the camels drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:20 - And Isaac said to his son, What is this which thou hast quickly found? And he said, That which the Lord thy God presented before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:32 - And concerning the repetition of the dream to Pharao twice, it is because the saying which is from God shall be true, and God will hasten to accomplish it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:30 - And Joseph was troubled, for his bowels yearned over his brother, and he sought to weep; and he went into his chamber, and wept there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:11 - And they hasted, and took down every man his sack on the ground, and they opened every man his sack.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - Hasten, therefore, and go up to my father, and say to him, These things saith thy son Joseph; God has made me lord of all the land of Egypt; come down therefore to me, and tarry not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:13 - Report, therefore, to my father all my glory in Egypt, and all things that ye have seen, and make haste and bring down my father hither.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:18 - And they came to Raguel their father; and he said to them, Why have ye come so quickly to-day?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:16 - And Pharao hasted to call Moses and Aaron, saying, I have sinned before the Lord your God, and against you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:33 - And the Egyptians constrained the people, so that they cast them out of the land with haste, for they said, We all shall die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:8 - And Moses hasted, and bowed to the earth and worshipped;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:10 - And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant stood in Jordan, until Joshua had finished all that the Lord commanded him to report to the people; and the people hasted and passed over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - And it came to pass when the king of Gai saw it, he hasted and went out to meet them direct to the battle, he and all the people that were with him: and he knew not that there was an ambuscade formed against him behind the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:19 - And Joshua stretched out his hand and his spear toward the city, and the ambuscade rose up quickly out of their place; and they came forth when he stretched out his hand; and they entered into the city, and took it; and they hasted and [fn]burnt the city with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:48 - And Abimelech went up to the mount of Selmon, and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took [fn]an axe in his hand, and cut down a branch of a tree, and took it, and laid it on his shoulders; and said to the people that were with him, What ye see me doing, do quickly as I.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:10 - And the woman hasted, and ran, and brought word to her husband, and said to him, Behold the man who came in the other day to me has appeared to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:14 - And Heli heard the sound of the cry, and said, What is the voice of this cry? and the man hasted and went in, and reported to Heli.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:12 - And the virgins answered them, and they say to them, He is: behold, he is before you: now he is coming to the city, because of the day, for to-day there is a sacrifice for the people in Bama.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:48 - And the Philistine arose and went to meet David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:27 - And there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come hither, for the Philistines have invaded the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18 - And Abigaia hasted, and took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five ephahs of fine flour, and one homer of dried grapes, and two hundred cakes of figs, and put them upon asses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23 - And Abigaia saw David, and she hasted, and alighted from her ass; and she fell before David on her face, and did obeisance to him, bowing to the ground

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - But surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who hindered me this day from doing thee harm, if thou hadst not hasted and come to meet me, then I said, There shall surely not be left to Nabal till the morning one male.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:42 - And Abigaia arose, and mounted her ass, and five damsels followed her: and she went after the servants of David, and became his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:20 - And Saul [fn]instantly fell at his full length upon the earth, and was greatly afraid because of the words of Samuel; and there was no longer any strength in him, for he had [fn]eaten no bread all that day, and all that night.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24 - And the woman had a fat heifer in the house; and she hasted and slew it; and she took meal and kneaded it, and baked unleavened cakes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - And David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, Rise, and let us flee, for we have no refuge from Abessalom: make haste and go, lest he overtake us speedily, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:16 - (LXX 19:17) And Semei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Baurim, hasted and went down with [fn]the men of Juda to meet king David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:33 - (LXX 21:33) And the men divined, and offered [fn]drink-offerings; and they caught the word out of his mouth, and said, Thy brother the son of Ader. And he said, Go ye in and fetch him. And the son of Ader went out to him, and they cause him to go up to him [fn]into the chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:41 - (LXX 21:41) And he hasted, and took away the bandage from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognised him, that he was one of the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:9 - And the king of Israel called a eunuch and said, Bring hither quickly Michaias son of Jemblaa.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:13 - And when they heard it, they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the [fn]top of the stairs, and blew with the trumpet, and said, Ju [fn]is king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 - (LXX 12:9) And from Gad these separated themselves to David from the wilderness, strong mighty men of war, bearing shields and spears, and their faces were as the face of a lion, and they were nimble as roes upon the mountains in speed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:8 - And the king called an eunuch, and said, Fetch quickly Michaias the son of Jembla.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:5 - And he gathered the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out into the cities of Juda, and collect money of all Israel to repair the house of the Lord from year to year, and make haste to speak of it. But the Levites hasted not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:5 - And the king said, Hasten Aman hither, that we may perform the word of Esther. So they both come to the feast of which Esther had spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10 - Then the king said to Aman, Thou hast well said: so do to Mardochæus the Jew, who waits in the palace, and let not a word of what thou hast spoken be neglected.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13 - who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:4 - (LXX 15:4) Their weaknesses have been multiplied; afterward they hasted. I will by no means assemble their bloody meetings, neither will I make mention of their names with my lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:13 - (LXX 105:13) They made haste, they forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18 - and a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil,—are hateful to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 - and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2 - (LXX 5:1) Be not hasty with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be swift to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven above, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:19 - who say, Let him speedily hasten what he will do, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it.

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