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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

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 Abraham hasteth towards the tent, unto Sarah, and saith, 'Hasten three measures of flour-meal, knead, and make cakes;'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:7 - and Abraham ran unto the herd, and taketh a son of the herd, tender and good, and giveth unto the young man, and he hasteth to prepare it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22 - haste, escape thither, for I am not able to do anything till thine entering thither;' therefore hath he calleth the name of the city Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:18 - and she saith, 'Drink, my lord;' and she hasteth, and letteth down her pitcher upon her hand, and giveth him drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:20 - and she hasteth, and emptieth her pitcher into the drinking-trough, and runneth again unto the well to draw, and draweth for all his camels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:46 - and she hasteth and letteth down her pitcher from off her and saith, Drink, and thy camels also I water; and I drink, and the camels also she hath watered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:20 - And Isaac saith unto his son, 'What is this thou hast hasted to find, my son?' and he saith, 'That which Jehovah thy God hath caused to come before me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:32 - 'And because of the repeating of the dream unto Pharaoh twice, surely the thing is established by God, and God is hastening to do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:30 - And Joseph hasteth, for his bowels have been moved for his brother, and he seeketh to weep, and entereth the inner chamber, and weepeth there;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:11 - and they hasten and take down each his bag to the earth, and each openeth his bag;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - 'Haste, and go up unto my father, then ye have said to him, Thus said Joseph thy son, God hath set me for lord to all Egypt; come down unto me, stay not,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:13 - and ye have declared to my father all my honour in Egypt, and all that ye have seen, and ye have hasted, and have brought down my father hither.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:18 - And they come in to Reuel their father, and he saith, 'Wherefore have ye hastened to come in to-day?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:16 - And Pharaoh hasteth to call for Moses and for Aaron, and saith, 'I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:33 - And the Egyptians are urgent on the people, hasting to send them away out of the land, for they said, 'We are all dead;'

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:8 - And Moses hasteth, and boweth to the earth, and doth obeisance,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:10 - And the priests bearing the ark are standing in the midst of the Jordan till the completion of the whole thing which Jehovah commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua, and the people haste and pass over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - And it cometh to pass, when the king of Ai seeth it, that hasten, and rise early, and go out do the men of the city to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people, at the appointed season, at the front of the plain, and he hath not known that an ambush is against him, on the rear of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:19 - and the ambush hath risen with haste, out of its place, and they run at the stretching out of his hand, and go into the city, and capture it, and hasten, and burn the city with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:48 - and Abimelech goeth up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people who are with him, and Abimelech taketh the great axe in his hand, and cutteth off a bough of the trees, and lifteth it up, and setteth it on his shoulder, and saith unto the people who are with him, 'What ye have seen I have done -- haste, do ye like it.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:10 - and the woman hasteth, and runneth, and declareth to her husband, and saith unto him, 'Lo, he hath appeared unto me -- the man who came on that day unto me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:14 - And Eli heareth the noise of the cry, and saith, 'What -- the noise of this tumult!' And the man hasted, and cometh in, and declareth to Eli.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:12 - And they answer them and say, 'He is; lo, before thee! haste, now, for to-day he hath come in to the city, for the people hath a stated sacrifice in a high place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:48 - And it hath come to pass, that the Philistine hath risen, and goeth, and draweth near to meet David, and David hasteth and runneth to the rank to meet the Philistine,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:27 - And a messenger hath come in unto Saul, saying, 'Haste, and come, for the Philistines have pushed against the land.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18 - And Abigail hasteth, and taketh two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep, prepared, and five measures of roasted corn, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred bunches of figs, and setteth them on the asses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23 - And Abigail seeth David, and hasteth and cometh down from off the ass, and falleth before David on her face, and boweth herself to the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - And yet, Jehovah liveth, God of Israel, who hath kept me back from doing evil with thee, for unless thou hadst hasted, and dost come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal till the light of the morning, of those sitting on the wall.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:42 - And Abigail hasteth and riseth, and rideth on the ass; and five of her young women who are going at her feet; and she goeth after the messengers of David, and is to him for a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:20 - And Saul hasteth and falleth -- the fulness of his stature -- to the earth, and feareth greatly because of the words of Samuel; also power was not in him, for he had not eaten bread all the day, and all the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24 - And the woman hath a calf of the stall in the house, and she hasteth and slaughtereth it, and taketh flour, and kneadeth, and baketh it unleavened things,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - And David saith to all his servants who are with him in Jerusalem, 'Rise, and we flee, for we have no escape from the face of Absalom; haste to go, lest he hasten, and have overtaken us, and forced on us evil, and smitten the city by the mouth of the sword.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:16 - and Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite, who is from Bahurim, hasteth, and cometh down with the men of Judah, to meet king David,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:33 - And the men observe diligently, and hasten, and catch it from him, and say, 'Thy brother Ben-Hadad;' and he saith, 'Go ye in, bring him;' and Ben-Hadad cometh out unto him, and he causeth him to come up on the chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:41 - And he hasteth and turneth aside the ashes from off his eyes, and the king of Israel discerneth him, that he is of the prophets,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:9 - And the king of Israel calleth unto a certain eunuch, and saith, 'Hasten Micaiah son of Imlah.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:13 - And they haste and take each his garment, and put it under him at the top of the stairs, and blow with a trumpet, and say, 'Reigned hath Jehu!'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 - And of the Gadite there have been separated unto David, to the fortress, to the wilderness, mighty of valour, men of the host for battle, setting in array target and buckler, and their faces the face of the lion, and as roes on the mountains for speed:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:8 - And the king of Israel calleth unto a certain officer, and saith, 'Hasten Micaiah son of Imlah.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:5 - and he gathereth the priests and the Levites, and saith to them, 'Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to strengthen the house of your God sufficiently year by year, and ye, ye do haste to the matter;' and the Levites have not hasted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:5 - and the king saith, 'Haste ye Haman -- to do the word of Esther;' and the king cometh in, and Haman, unto the banquet that Esther hath made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10 - And the king saith to Haman, 'Haste, take the clothing and the horse, as thou hast spoken, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting in the gate of the king; there doth not fall a thing of all that thou hast spoken.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13 - Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:4 - Multiplied are their griefs, Who have hastened backward; I pour not out their libations of blood, Nor do I take up their names on my lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:13 - They have hasted -- forgotten His works, They have not waited for His counsel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:16 - For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18 - A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 - Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it is for its life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2 - Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:19 - Who are saying, 'Let Him hurry, Let Him hasten His work, that we may see, And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel Draw near and come, and we know.'

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