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Lexicon :: Strong's H4118 - mahēr

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מַהֵר
Transliteration
mahēr
Pronunciation
mah-hare'
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Part of Speech
adjective, adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1152a, 1152b

Strong’s Definitions

מַהֵר mahêr, mah-hare'; from H4116; properly, hurrying; hence (adverbially) in a hurry:—hasteth, hastily, at once, quickly, soon, speedily, suddenly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H4118 in the following manner: quickly (8x), speedily (4x), hastily (3x), soon (1x), suddenly (1x), at once (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H4118 in the following manner: quickly (8x), speedily (4x), hastily (3x), soon (1x), suddenly (1x), at once (1x).
adjective

  1. hurrying, speedy, swift, hastening

    adverb

  2. quickly, speedily

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַהֵר mahêr, mah-hare'; from H4116; properly, hurrying; hence (adverbially) in a hurry:—hasteth, hastily, at once, quickly, soon, speedily, suddenly.
STRONGS H4118: Abbreviations
† 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

23:22

Zephaniah

1:14

H4118

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4118 matches the Hebrew מַהֵר (mahēr),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:8 - “They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, ‘This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:26 - I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You shall not live long on it, but will be utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:4 - for they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods; then the anger of the LORD will be kindled and burn against you and He will quickly destroy you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:22 - “The LORD your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to put an end to them quickly, for [if you did] the [fn]wild animals would become too numerous for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:3 - “So know today [with confident assurance] that the LORD your God is crossing [the Jordan] before you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them and He will subdue them before you, and you shall drive them out and destroy them quickly, just as the LORD has promised you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:12 - “Then the LORD said to me, ‘Arise, go down from here quickly, for your people whom you brought from Egypt have acted corruptly. They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them; they have made (cast) a molten image for themselves.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:16 - “And I saw that you had indeed sinned against the LORD your God. You had made for yourselves a molten [fn]calf (idol). You had turned aside quickly from the way which the LORD had commanded you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:20 -

“The LORD will send upon you curses, confusion, and rebuke in everything that you undertake to do, until you are destroyed, perishing quickly because of the evil of your deeds, because you have [fn]turned away from Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - “When it was time to close the [city] gate at dark, the men left; I do not know where they went. Pursue them quickly, for [if you do] you will overtake them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:17 - Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they played the prostitute after other gods and they bowed down to them. They quickly turned aside from the way in which their fathers had walked in obeying the commandments of the LORD; they did not do as their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:23 - So the LORD allowed those nations to remain, not driving them out at once; and He did not give them into the hand of Joshua.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:17 -

Do not hide Your face from Your servant,

For I am in distress; answer me quickly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:8 -

O do not remember against us the sins and guilt of our forefathers.

Let Your compassion and mercy come quickly to meet us,

For we have been brought very low.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:2 -

Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress!

Incline Your ear to me;

In the day when I call, answer me quickly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:7 -

Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails;

Do not hide Your face from me,

Or I will become like those who go down into the pit (grave).

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8 -

Do not rush out to argue your case [before magistrates or judges];

Otherwise what will you do in the end [when your case is lost and]

When your neighbor (opponent) humiliates you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:14 -

The great [judgment] day of the LORD is near,

Near and coming very quickly.

Listen! The [voice of the] day of the LORD!

The warrior cries out bitterly [unable to fight or to flee].

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