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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 Box Num 16:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:46 - So Moses said to Aaron, “Take a censer and put fire in it from the altar, put incense on it, and take it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from the LORD. The plague has begun.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17 - “lest the LORD’s anger be aroused against you, and He shut up the heavens so that there be no rain, and the land yield no produce, and you perish quickly from the good land which the LORD is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:19 - So those in ambush arose quickly out of their place; they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and they entered the city and took it, and hurried to set the city on fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:6 - And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Do not forsake your servants; come up to us quickly, save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the mountains have gathered together against us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:16 - “When you have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you shall perish quickly from 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 to the young man, his armorbearer, and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest men say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’ ” So his young man thrust him through, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38 - And Jonathan cried out after the lad, “Make haste, hurry, do not delay!” So Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows and came back to his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - “Now therefore, send quickly and tell David, saying, ‘Do not spend this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily 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 - Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom. But both of them went away quickly and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down into it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:21 - Now it came to pass, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well and went and told King David, and said to David, “Arise and cross over the water quickly. For thus has Ahithophel advised against you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:11 - Then he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty men. And he answered and said to him: “Man of God, thus has the king said, ‘Come down quickly!’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:2 - Bow down Your ear to me,
Deliver me speedily;
Be my rock of refuge,
A fortress of defense to save me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:2 - For they shall soon be cut down like the grass,
And wither as the green herb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:15 - He sends out His command to the earth;
His word runs very swiftly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12 - Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him.
And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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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 speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:26 - He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar,
And will whistle to them from the end of the earth;
Surely they shall come with speed, swiftly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8 - Then your light shall break forth like the morning,
Your healing shall spring forth speedily,
And your righteousness shall go before you;
The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:16 - Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, “Behold, the vessels of the LORD’s house will now shortly be brought back from Babylon”; for they prophesy a lie to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:4 - “Indeed, what have you to do with Me,
O Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia?
Will you retaliate against Me?
But if you retaliate against Me,
Swiftly and speedily I will return your retaliation upon your own head;
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