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Lexicon :: Strong's H4120 - mᵊhērâ

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מְהֵרָה
Transliteration
mᵊhērâ
Pronunciation
meh-hay-raw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1152d

Strong’s Definitions

מְהֵרָה mᵉhêrâh, meh-hay-raw'; feminine of H4118; properly, a hurry; hence (adverbially) promptly:—hastily, quickly, shortly, soon, make (with) speed(-ily), swiftly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H4120 in the following manner: quickly (10x), speedily (4x), make speed (1x), soon (1x), swiftly (1x), hastily (1x), with speed (1x), shortly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H4120 in the following manner: quickly (10x), speedily (4x), make speed (1x), soon (1x), swiftly (1x), hastily (1x), with speed (1x), shortly (1x).

  1. haste, speed

    1. hastily, speedily (as adverb)

    2. in haste (with prep)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְהֵרָה mᵉhêrâh, meh-hay-raw'; feminine of H4118; properly, a hurry; hence (adverbially) promptly:—hastily, quickly, shortly, soon, make (with) speed(-ily), swiftly.
STRONGS H4120: Abbreviations
† מְהֵרָה noun feminine haste, speed; — usually as adverb. accusative hastily, quickly: Joshua 8:19; Joshua 10:6; Joshua 23:16 (all J E), Numbers 17:11 (P), Deuteronomy 11:17; Judges 9:54; 2 Samuel 17:16, 18, 21; Jeremiah 27:16; Ecclesiastes 8:11 (in all these cases after verb); before verb (poetry) Isaiah 5:26 (|| קַל), Psalm 31:3; Psalm 37:2; Isaiah 58:8; Joel 4:4 (|| קַל); so also 1 Samuel 20:38 הוּשָׁה מ׳ (compare Dr); 2 Kings 1:11 רֵ֑דָה מ׳; — but perhaps read מַהֲרָה, i.e. Pi. Imperative of מהר (compare 1 Samuel 23:27); with preposition (late): בִּמ׳ in haste = quickly Ecclesiastes 4:12; עַדמֿ׳ id. Psalm 147:15.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

17:11

Deuteronomy

11:17

Joshua

8:19; 10:6; 23:16

Judges

9:54

1 Samuel

20:38; 23:27

2 Samuel

17:16; 17:18; 17:21

2 Kings

1:11

Psalms

31:3; 37:2; 147:15

Ecclesiastes

4:12; 8:11

Isaiah

5:26; 58:8

Jeremiah

27:16

H4120

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4120 matches the Hebrew מְהֵרָה (mᵊhērâ),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:46 - (LXX 17:11) And Moses said to Aaron, Take a censer, and put on it fire from the altar, and put incense on it, and carry it away quickly into the camp, and make atonement for them; for wrath is gone forth from the presence of the Lord, it has begun to destroy the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17 - and the Lord be angry with you, and restrain the heaven; and there shall not be rain, and the earth shall not yield its fruit, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land, which the Lord has given you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:19

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 BoxJos 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:6 - And the inhabitants of Gabaon sent to Joshua into the camp to Galgala, saying, Slack not thy hands from thy servants: come up quickly to us, and help us, and rescue us; for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the hill country are gathered together against us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:16 - when ye transgress the covenant of the Lord our God, which he has charged us, and go and serve other gods, and bow down to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:54 - And he cried out quickly to the young man his armour-bearer, and said to him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, lest at any time they should say, A woman slew him: and his young man thrust him through and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38 - And Jonathan cried out after his boy, saying, Make all speed, and stay not. And Jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows, and brought the arrows to his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - And now send quickly and report to David, saying, Lodge not this night in Araboth of the wilderness: even go and make haste, lest one [fn]swallow up the king, and all the people with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:18 - But a young man saw them and told Abessalom: and the two went quickly, and entered into the house of a man in Baurim; and he had a well in his court, and they went down into it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:21 - And it came to pass after they were gone, that they came up out of the pit, and went on their way; and reported to king David, and said to David, Arise ye and go quickly over the water, for thus has Achitophel counselled concerning you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:11 - And the king [fn]sent a second time to him another captain of fifty, and his fifty. And the captain of fifty spoke to him, and said, O man of God, thus says the king, Come down quickly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:2 - (LXX 30:3) Incline thine ear to me; make haste to rescue me: be thou to me for a protecting God, and for a house of refuge to save me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:2 - (LXX 36:2) For they shall soon be withered as the grass, and shall soon fall away as the green herbs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:15 - (LXX 147:4) He sends his oracle to the earth: his word will run swiftly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12 - And if one should prevail against him, the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord shall not be quickly broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:11 - Because there is no contradiction made on the part of those who do evil quickly, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully determined in them to do evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:26 - Therefore shall he lift up a signal to the nations that are afar, and shall hiss for them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they are coming very quickly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8 - Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall speedily spring forth: and thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory of God shall compass thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:16 - (LXX 34:16) I spoke to you, and to all this people, and to the priests, saying, Thus said the Lord; Hearken not to the words of the prophets that prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord's house shall return from Babylon: for they prophesy to you unrighteous words. I sent them not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:4 - (LXX 4:4) And what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all Galilee of the [fn]Gentiles? do ye render me a recompense? or do ye bear malice against me? quickly and speedily will I return your recompense on your own heads:
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