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Lexicon :: Strong's H4116 - māhar

Aa
מָהַר
Transliteration
māhar
Pronunciation
maw-har'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1152

Strong’s Definitions

מָהַר mâhar, maw-har'; a primitive root; properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly:—be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) × quickly, rash, × shortly, (be so) × soon, make speed, × speedily, × straightway, × suddenly, swift.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x

The KJV translates Strong's H4116 in the following manner: haste (42x), swift (3x), quickly (3x), hastily (2x), hasty (2x), soon (2x), speed (2x), headlong (1x), rash (1x), fearful (1x), ready (1x), shortly (1x), speedily (1x), straightway (1x), suddenly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x
The KJV translates Strong's H4116 in the following manner: haste (42x), swift (3x), quickly (3x), hastily (2x), hasty (2x), soon (2x), speed (2x), headlong (1x), rash (1x), fearful (1x), ready (1x), shortly (1x), speedily (1x), straightway (1x), suddenly (1x).

  1. (Qal) to hasten

    1. (Niphal) to be hurried, be anxious

      1. hasty, precipitate, impetuous

    2. (Piel)

      1. to hasten, make haste

      2. hasten (used as adverb with another verb)

      3. to hasten, prepare quickly, do quickly, bring quickly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָהַר mâhar, maw-har'; a primitive root; properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly:—be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) × quickly, rash, × shortly, (be so) × soon, make speed, × speedily, × straightway, × suddenly, swift.
STRONGS H4116: Abbreviations
† I. [מָהַר] verb hasten (Late Hebrew Pi.,and derivatives; Arabic bdb055404 be practised, skilled (with Assyrian mâru, send, order, govern, compare II. מהר); Ethiopic bdb055405 train teach; Syriac bdb055406 Pa. id.; compare also Egyptian māhar, trained warrior Bondi57); —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נִמְהָ֑רָה Job 5:13; Participle נִמְהָר Habakkuk 1:6; plural נִמְהָרִים Isaiah 32:4; construct נִמְהֲרֵי Isaiah 35:4; — be hurried = anxious, disturbed נְמְהֲרֵילֵֿב Isaiah 35:4; hasty, precipitate, subject עֵצָה Job 5:13; so participle as substantive Isaiah 32:4; impetuous, of Chaldeans, Habakkuk 1:6 (|| מַר).
Pi. Perfect מִהַר 1 Samuel 4:14; Isaiah 51:14; 3rd person feminine singular מִהֲרָה Jeremiah 48:16 etc.; Imperfect יְמַהֵר Isaiah 5:19 + 2 times; וַיְמַהֵר Genesis 18:6 + 8 times (1 Samuel 28:30 see below); 3rd person feminine plural תְּמַהֵרְנָה Jeremiah 9:17 etc.; Imperative masculine singular מַהֵר Genesis 19:22 +; מַהֲרָה 1 Samuel 23:27; 1 Kings 22:9, etc.; Infinitive construct מַהֵר Proverbs 7:23 +; Participle מְמַהֵר Genesis 41:32; Malachi 3:5 (on מַהֵר Zephaniah 1:14 [1 Samuel 23:22] compare Köi. 268 SchwZAW x. 1890, 176 see I. מַהֵר), feminine plural מְמַהֲרוֺת Proverbs 6:18; —
1. hasten, make haste, = go or come quickly Genesis 18:6; 1 Samuel 9:12 (but strike out Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Kit Bu HPS), Nahum 2:6; Isaiah 49:17; 1 Chronicles 12:9; = go eagerly, (followed by Infinitive of purpose) Proverbs 1:16; Isaiah 59:7; Participle = swift, prompt Malachi 3:5; of bird Proverbs 7:23; figurative of calamity Isaiah 5:19 (|| חוּשׁ) Jeremiah 48:16, מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז Isaiah 8:1, 3, below.
2. hasten + verb, (מ׳ having really adverbial force): followed by Infinitive Genesis 18:7 (מִהַר לַעֲשׂת); compare Genesis 27:20; Genesis 41:32 (subject God), Exodus 2:18; Exodus 10:16; Exodus 12:33; 2 Samuel 15:14; Isaiah 32:4; Isaiah 51:14; Proverbs 6:18; Ecclesiastes 5:1; more often followed by verb with ו Genesis 24:18, 20, 46; Genesis 44:11 (all J), Genesis 45:9, 13 (E), probably Genesis 43:30 (J), also Exodus 34:8 (J), Joshua 4:10; Joshua 8:14, 19 (all J E), Judges 13:10; 1 Samuel 4:14; 1 Samuel 17:48; 1 Samuel 23:27; 1 Samuel 25:18, 23, 34 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 28:24; 2 Samuel 15:14; 2 Samuel 19:17; 1 Kings 20:33, 41; 2 Kings 9:13; Jeremiah 9:17; so even when active is not wholly voluntary 1 Samuel 28:20 (but read probably וַיִּבָּהֵל Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Kit Bu); also, ו omitted, Psalm 106:13; especially with Imperative Genesis 19:22 (J), Judges 9:48; Esther 6:10; so also מַהֵר עֲנֵנִי Psalm 69:18; Psalm 102:3; Psalm 143:7; compare Psalm 79:8 (see Olon the passage).
3. transitive hasten, = prepare quickly Genesis 18:6; = bring quickly 1 Kings 22:9 2 Chronicles 18:8; Esther 5:5; = do quickly 2 Chronicles 24:5 (twice in verse).

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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:6; 18:6; 18:6; 18:7; 19:22; 19:22; 24:18; 24:20; 24:46; 27:20; 41:32; 41:32; 43:30; 44:11; 45:9; 45:13

Exodus

2:18; 10:16; 12:33; 34:8

Joshua

4:10; 8:14; 8:19

Judges

9:48; 13:10

1 Samuel

4:14; 4:14; 9:12; 17:48; 23:22; 23:22; 23:27; 23:27; 25:18; 25:23; 25:34; 28:20; 28:24

2 Samuel

15:14; 15:14; 19:17

1 Kings

20:33; 20:41; 22:9; 22:9

2 Kings

9:13

1 Chronicles

12:9

2 Chronicles

18:8; 24:5

Esther

5:5; 6:10

Job

5:13; 5:13

Psalms

69:18; 79:8; 102:3; 106:13; 143:7

Proverbs

1:16; 6:18; 6:18; 7:23; 7:23

Ecclesiastes

5:1

Isaiah

5:19; 5:19; 8:1; 8:3; 32:4; 32:4; 32:4; 35:4; 35:4; 49:17; 51:14; 51:14; 59:7

Jeremiah

9:17; 9:17; 48:16; 48:16

Nahum

2:6

Habakkuk

1:6; 1:6

Zephaniah

1:14; 1:14

Malachi

3:5; 3:5

H4116

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Strong's Number H4116 matches the Hebrew מָהַר (māhar),
which occurs 64 times in 60 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 18:6–Isa 5:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - Then Abraham went quickly into the tent, and said to Sarah, Get three measures of meal straight away and make cakes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:7 - And running to the herd, he took a young ox, soft and fat, and gave it to the servant and he quickly made it ready;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22 - Go there quickly, for I am not able to do anything till you have come there. For this reason, the town was named Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:18 - And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting down her vessel onto her hand, she gave him a drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:20 - And after putting the water from her vessel into the animals' drinking-place, she went quickly back to the spring and got water for all the camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:46 - And straight away she took down her vessel from her arm, and said, Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:20 - And Isaac said, How is it that you have got it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord your God made it come my way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:32 - And this dream came to Pharaoh twice, because this thing is certain, and God will quickly make it come about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:30 - Then Joseph's heart went out to his brother, and he went quickly into his room, for he was overcome with weeping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:11 - Then every man quickly got his bag down and undid it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:13 - Give my father word of all my glory in Egypt and of all you have seen; and come back quickly with my father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:18 - And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you have come back so quickly today?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:16 - Then Pharaoh quickly sent for Moses and Aaron, and said, I have done evil against the Lord your God and against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:33 - And the Egyptians were forcing the people on, to get them out of the land quickly; for they said, We are all dead men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:8 - Then Moses quickly went down on his face in worship.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:10 - For the priests who took up the ark kept there in the middle of Jordan till all the orders given to Joshua by Moses from the Lord had been done: then the people went over quickly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - Now when the king of Ai saw it, he got up quickly and went out to war against Israel, he and all his people, to the slope going down to the valley; but he had no idea that a secret force was waiting at the back of the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:19 - Then the secret force came quickly from their place, and running forward when they saw his hand stretched out, went into the town and took it, and put fire to it straight away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:48 - Then Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, with all his people; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand and, cutting down branches of trees, took them and put them on his back. And he said to the people who were with him, Be quick and do as you have seen me do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:10 - So the woman, running quickly, gave her husband the news, saying, I have seen the man who came to me the other day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:14 - And Eli, hearing the noise and the cries, said, What is the reason of this outcry? And the man came quickly and gave the news to Eli.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:12 - And they said, He is; in fact he is before you: go quickly now, for he has come into the town today, for the people are making an offering in the high place today:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:48 - Now when the Philistine made a move and came near to David, David quickly went at a run in the direction of the army, meeting the Philistine face to face.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:27 - But a man came to Saul saying, Be quick and come; for the Philistines have made an attack on the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18 - Then Abigail quickly took two hundred cakes of bread and two skins full of wine and five sheep ready for cooking and five measures of dry grain and a hundred parcels of dry grapes and two hundred cakes of figs, and put them on asses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23 - And when Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her ass, falling down on her face before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - For truly, by the living Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept me from doing you evil, if you had not been so quick in coming to me and meeting me, by dawn there would not have been in Nabal's house so much as one male living.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:42 - Then Abigail got up quickly and went on her ass, with five of her young women, after the men whom David had sent; and she became David's wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:20 - Then Saul went down flat on the earth, and was full of fear because of Samuel's words: and there was no strength in him, for he had taken no food all that day or all that night.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24 - And the woman had in the house a young cow, made fat for food; and she put it to death straight away; and she took meal and got it mixed and made unleavened bread;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Come, let us go in flight, or not one of us will be safe from Absalom: let us go without loss of time, or he will overtake us quickly and send evil on us, and put the town to the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:16 - And Shimei, the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, got up quickly and went down with the men of Judah for the purpose of meeting King David;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:33 - Now the men took it as a sign, and quickly took up his words; and they said, Ben-hadad is your brother. Then he said, Go and get him. So Ben-hadad came out to him and he made him get up into his carriage.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:41 - Then he quickly took the head-band from his eyes; and the king of Israel saw that he was one of the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:9 - Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imlah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:13 - Then straight away everyone took his robe and put it under him on the top of the steps, and, sounding the horn, they said, Jehu is king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 - And some of the Gadites, siding with David, went to his strong place in the waste land, great and strong men, trained for war, expert in the use of arms, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were quick-footed like roes on the mountains;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:8 - Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imla.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:5 - And getting together the priests and Levites, he said to them, Go out into the towns of Judah year by year, and get from all Israel money to keep the house of your God in good condition; and see that this is done without loss of time. The Levites, however, were slow in doing so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:5 - Then the king said, Let Haman come quickly, so that what Esther has said may be done. So the king and Haman came to the feast which Esther had made ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10 - Then the king said to Haman, Go quickly, and take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who is seated at the king's doorway: see that you do everything as you have said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13 - He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:4 - Their sorrows will be increased who go after another god: I will not take drink offerings from their hands, or take their names on my lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:13 - But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:16 - For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18 - A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 - Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2 - Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:19 - Who say, Let him do his work quickly, let him make it sudden, so that we may see it: let the design of the Holy One of Israel come near, so that it may be clear to us.

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