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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)
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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 been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:26 - I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:4 - for they will turn your children away from following me to serve other gods, and the LORD’s anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:22 - The LORD your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little. You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:3 - But be assured today that the LORD your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly, as the LORD has promised you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:12 - Then the LORD told me, “Go down from here at once, because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have become corrupt. They have turned away quickly from what I commanded them and have made an idol for themselves.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:16 - When I looked, I saw that you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:20 - The LORD will send on you curses, confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, they left. I don’t know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You may catch up with them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:17 - Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned from the ways of their ancestors, who had been obedient to the LORD’s commands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:23 - The LORD had allowed those nations to remain; he did not drive them out at once by giving them into the hands 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; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:8 - Do not hold against us the sins of past generations; may your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:2 - Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:7 - Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8 - do not bring[fn] hastily to court, for what will you do in the end if your neighbor puts you to shame?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:14 - The great day of the LORD is near— near and coming quickly. The cry on the day of the LORD is bitter; the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.
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