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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 Box Num 16:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:46 - And Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer and put in it fire from the altar, and lay incense on it; then bring it quickly H4120 to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone forth from Yahweh, the plague has begun!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17 - and the anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain and the ground will not yield its fruit; and you will perish quickly H4120 from the good land which Yahweh is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:19 - Then the men in ambush rose quickly H4120 from their place, and when he had stretched out his hand, they ran and entered the city and captured it, and they quickly set the city on fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:6 -

Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Do not [fn]abandon your slaves; come up to us quickly H4120 and save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites that live in the hill country have assembled against us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:16 - “When you trespass against the covenant of Yahweh your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of Yahweh will burn against you, and you will perish quickly H4120 from off the good land which He has given you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:54 - Then he called quickly H4120 to the young man, his armor bearer, and said to him, “Draw your sword and put me to death, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So [fn]the young man pierced him through, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38 - And Jonathan called after the young man, “Hurry H4120, be quick, do not stay!” And Jonathan’s young man gathered up the arrow and came to his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - “So now, send quickly H4120 and inform David, saying, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means cross over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:18 - But a boy did see them and informed Absalom; so the two of them went quickly H4120 and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his courtyard, and they went down [fn]into it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:21 -

Now it happened after they went away, that they came up out of the well and went and informed King David; and they said to David, “Arise and cross over the water quickly H4120 for thus Ahithophel has counseled against you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:11 -

So he again sent to him another commander of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and spoke to him, “O man of God, thus says the king, ‘Come down quickly H4120.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:2 -

Incline Your ear to me, deliver me quickly H4120;

Be to me a rock of [fn]strength,

A fortress to save me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:2 -

For they will wither quickly H4120 like the grass

And fade like the green herb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:15 -

The One who sends forth His command to the earth;

His word runs very swiftly H4120,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12 - And if [fn]one can overpower him who is alone, two can stand against him. A cord of three strands is not quickly H4120 torn apart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:11 - Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed quickly H4120, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:26 -

He will also lift up a standard to the [fn]distant nations,

And will whistle for it from the ends of the earth;

And behold, it will come with speed H4120 swiftly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8 -

“Then your light will break out like the dawn,

And your recovery will speedily H4120 spring forth;

And your righteousness will go before you;

The glory of Yahweh will be your rear guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:16 -

Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, “Thus says Yahweh: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Behold, the vessels of the house of Yahweh will now shortly H4120 be returned from Babylon’; for they are prophesying a lie to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:4 -

“Moreover, what are you to Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily H4120 I will return your recompense on your head.

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