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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - So Abraham H85 hurried H4116 into the tent H168 to Sarah H8283, and said H559, “[fn]Quickly H4116, prepare H4116 three H7969 [fn]measures H5429 of fine H5560 flour H7058 H5560, knead H3888 it, and make H6213 bread H5692 cakes H5692.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:7 - Abraham H85 also ran H7323 to the herd H1241, and took H3947 a tender H7390 and [fn]choice H2896 calf H1121 H1241 and gave H5414 it to the servant H5288, and he hurried H4116 to prepare H6213 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22 - “Hurry H4116, escape H4422 there H8033, for I cannot H3201 H3808 do H6213 anything H1697 until H5704 you arrive H935 there H8033.” Therefore H5921 H3651 the town H5892 was named H7121 H8034 [fn]Zoar H6820.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:18 - And she said H559, “Drink H8354, my lord H113”; then she quickly H4116 lowered H3381 her jar H3537 to her hand H3027, and gave H8248 him a H8248 drink H8248.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:20 - So she quickly H4116 emptied H6168 her jar H3537 into the trough H8268, and ran H7323 back H5750 to the well H875 to draw H7579, and she drew H7579 for all H3605 his camels H1581.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:46 - “She quickly H4116 lowered H3381 her jar H3537 from her shoulder, and said H559, ‘Drink H8354, and I will water H8248 your camels H1581 also H1571’; so I drank H8354, and she watered H8248 the camels H1581 also H1571.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:20 - Isaac H3327 said H559 to his son H1121, “How H4100 is it that you have H4672 it so quickly H4116, my son H1121?” And he said H559, “Because H3588 the LORD H3068 your God H430 made H7136 it [fn]come H7136 to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:32 - “Now as for the repeating H8138 of the dream H2472 to Pharaoh H6547 twice H6471, it means that the matter H1697 is confirmed H3559 by God H430, and God H430 will quickly H4116 bring H6213 it about H6213.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:30 - Joseph H3130 then hurried H4116 out, for [fn]he was deeply H7356 stirred H3648 over H413 his brother H251, and he looked H1245 for a place to weep H1058; so he entered H935 his chamber H2315 and wept H1058 there H8033.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:11 - Then they hurried H4116, each H376 man H376 lowered H3381 his sack H572 to the ground H776, and each H376 man H376 opened H6605 his sack H572.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - “Hurry H4116 and go H5927 up H5927 to my father H1, and say H559 to him, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 your son H1121 Joseph H3130 says H559: “God H430 has made H7760 me lord H113 of all H3605 Egypt H4714; come H3381 down H3381 to me, do not delay H5975.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:13 - “Now you must tell H5046 my father H1 of all H3605 my splendor H3519 in Egypt H4714, and all H3605 that you have seen H7200; and you must hurry H4116 and bring H3381 my father H1 down H3381 here H2008.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:18 - When they came H935 to their father H1 Reuel H7467, he said H559, “Why H4069 have you come H935 back so soon H4116 today H3117?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:16 - Then Pharaoh H6547 hurriedly H4116 called H7121 for Moses H4872 and Aaron H175, and he said H559, “I have sinned H2398 against the LORD H3068 your God H430 and against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:33 - The Egyptians H4714 urged H2388 H5921 the people H5971, to send H7971 them out H7971 of the land H776 in a hurry H4116, for they said H559, “We will all H3605 be dead H4191.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:8 - And Moses H4872 hurried H4116 [fn]to bow H6915 low H6915 toward H413 the ground H776 and worship H2331.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:10 - For the priests H3548 who carried H5375 the ark H727 were standing H5975 in the middle H8432 of the Jordan H3383 until H5704 everything H3605 was completed H8552 that the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 Joshua H3091 to speak H1696 to the people H5971, according to all H3605 that Moses H4872 had commanded H6680 Joshua H3091. And the people H5971 hurried H4116 and crossed H5674;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - And it came H1961 about H1961, when the king H4428 of Ai H5857 saw H7200 them, that the men H376 of the city H5892 hurried H4116 and got H7925 up H7925 early H7925, and went H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 Israel H3478 in battle H4421, he and all H3605 his people H5971 at the appointed H4150 place H4150 before H6440 the desert H6160 plain H6160. But he did not know H3045 that there was an ambush H693 against him behind H4480 H310 the city H5892.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:19 - Then the men in ambush H693 rose H6965 quickly H4120 from their place H4725, and when he had reached H5186 out H5186 with his hand H3027, they ran H7323 and entered H935 the city H5892 and captured H3920 it, and they quickly H4116 set H3341 the city H5892 on fire H784.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:48 - So Abimelech H40 went H5927 up H5927 to Mount H2022 Zalmon H6756, he and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him; and Abimelech H40 took H3947 [fn]an axe H7134 in his hand H3027 and cut H3772 down H3772 a branch H7754 from the trees H6086, and lifted H5375 it and put H7760 it on his shoulder H7926. Then he said H559 to the people H5971 who H834 were with him, “What H4100 you saw H7200 me do H6213, hurry H4116 and do H6213 [fn]likewise H3644.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:10 - So the woman H802 hurried H4116 and ran H7323, and told H5046 her [fn]husband H376, “Behold H2009, the man H376 who H834 [fn]came H935 the other day H3117 has appeared H7200 to me!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:14 - When Eli H5941 heard H8085 the noise H6963 of the outcry H6818, he said H559, “What H4100 does the noise H6963 of this H2088 commotion H1995 mean?” Then the man H376 came H935 hurriedly H4116 and told H5046 Eli H5941.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:12 - They answered H6030 them and said H559, “He is; [fn]see H2009, he is ahead H6440 of you. Hurry H4116 now H6258, for he has come H935 into the city H5892 today H3117, because H3588 the people H5971 have a sacrifice H2077 on the high H1116 place H1116 today H3117.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:48 -

Then it happened H1961, when H3588 the Philistine H6430 [fn]came H1980 closer H7126 to meet H7122 David H1732, that David H1732 ran H7323 quickly H4116 toward the battle H4634 line H4634 to meet H7122 the Philistine H6430.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:27 - But a messenger H4397 came H935 to Saul H7586, saying H559, “Hurry H4116 and come H1980, for the Philistines H6430 have launched H6584 an H6584 attack H6584 against H5921 the land H776!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18 -

Then Abigail H26 hurried H4116 and took H3947 two hundred H3967 loaves of bread H3899 and two H8147 jugs H5035 of wine H3196, and five H2568 sheep H6629 already prepared H6213 and five H2568 measures H5429 of roasted H7039 grain H7039, and a hundred H3967 cakes H6778 of H6778 raisins H6778 and two hundred H3967 cakes H1690 of H1690 figs H1690, and she loaded H7760 them on donkeys H2543.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23 -

When Abigail H26 saw H7200 David H1732, she hurried H4116 and dismounted H3381 from her donkey H2543, and fell H5307 on her face H6440 in front H639 of David H1732 and bowed H2331 herself to the ground H776.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - “Nevertheless H199, as the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 lives H2416, who H834 has restrained H4513 me from harming H7489 you, if H3588 H3884 you had not come H935 quickly H4116 to meet H7122 me, there certainly H3588 H518 would not have been left H3498 to Nabal H5037 until H5704 the morning H1242 light H216 as much as one [fn]male H8366 H7023.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:42 - Then Abigail H26 got H6965 up H6965 quickly H4116, and rode H7392 on a donkey H2543, with her five H2568 female H5291 attendants H5291 who [fn]accompanied H1980 H7272 her; and she followed H1980 H310 the messengers H4397 of David H1732 and became H1961 his wife H802.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:20 -

Then Saul H7586 immediately H4116 fell H5307 full H4393 length H6967 to the ground H776 and was H3372 very H3966 afraid H3372 because H4480 of Samuel’s H8050 words H1697; there was no H3808 strength H3581 in him either H1571, because H3588 he had eaten H398 no H3808 [fn]food H3899 all H3605 day H3117 and all H3605 night H3915.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24 - Now the woman H802 had a fattened H4770 calf H5695 in the house H1004, and she quickly H4116 slaughtered H2076 it; then she took H3947 flour H7058, kneaded H3888 it and baked H644 unleavened H4682 bread H4682 from it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - So David H1732 said H559 to all H3605 his servants H5650 who H834 were with him in Jerusalem H3389, “Arise H6965 and let’s flee H1272, for otherwise none H3808 of us will escape H6413 from Absalom H53. Go H1980 quickly H4116, or H6435 he will hurry H4116 and overtake H5381 us, and bring H5080 disaster H5080 H7451 on us and strike H5221 the city H5892 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:16 -

Then Shimei H8096 the son H1121 of Gera H1617, the Benjaminite H1145 who H834 was from Bahurim H980, hurried H4116 and came H3381 down H3381 with the men H376 of Judah H3063 to meet H7122 King H4428 David H1732.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:33 - Now the men H376 took H5172 this as H5172 a H5172 good omen H5172, and quickly H4116 [fn]accepting H2480 it from him, they said H559, “Your brother H251 Ben-hadad H1130.” Then he said H559, “Go H935, bring H3947 him.” Then Ben-hadad H1130 came H3318 out H3318 to him, and he had him mount H5927 the chariot H4818.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:41 - Then he quickly H4116 took H5493 the bandage H666 away H5493 from his eyes H5869, and the king H4428 of Israel H3478 recognized H5234 him, that he was one of the prophets H5030.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:9 - Then the king H4428 of Israel H3478 summoned H7121 an officer H5631 and said H559, “Bring H4116 Micaiah H4321 son H1121 of Imlah H3229 quickly H4116.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:13 - Then they hurried H4116, and each H376 man H376 took H3947 his garment H899 and put H7760 it under H8478 him on the bare H1634 steps H4609, and blew H8628 the trumpet H7782, saying H559, “Jehu H3058 is H4427 king H4427!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 -

From the Gadites H1425 valiant H2428 mighty H1368 men H1368 went H914 over H914 to David H1732 at the stronghold H4679 in the wilderness H4057, men H376 trained H6635 for war H4421 who could handle H6186 a large H6793 shield H6793 and spear H7420, whose faces H6440 were like the faces H6440 of lions H738, and they were as swift H4116 as the gazelles H6643 on the mountains H2022.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:8 - Then the king H4428 of Israel H3478 summoned H7121 an officer H5631 and said H559, “Bring H4116 Micaiah H4321 son H1121 of Imlah H3229 quickly H4116.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:5 - He gathered H6908 the priests H3548 and Levites H3881 and said H559 to them, “Go H3318 out H3318 to the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 and collect H6908 money H3701 from all H3605 Israel H3478 to [fn]repair H2388 the house H1004 of your God H430 annually H1767 H8141, and you shall [fn]do H4116 the work H1697 quickly H4116.” But the Levites H3881 did not act H4116 quickly H4116.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:5 -

Then the king H4428 said H559, “Bring H4116 Haman H2001 quickly H4116 so that we may do H6213 [fn]as Esther H635 desires H1697.” So the king H4428 and Haman H2001 came H935 to the banquet H4960 which H834 Esther H635 had prepared H6213.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10 -

Then the king H4428 said H559 to Haman H2001, “Quickly H4116, take H3947 the robe H3830 and the horse H5483 just H834 as H834 you have said H1696, and do H6213 so H3651 for Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064, who is sitting H3427 at the king’s H4428 gate H8179; do not fail H5307 to H5307 do H5307 anything H1697 of all H3605 that you have said H1696.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13 -

“He captures H3920 the wise H2450 by their own cleverness H6193,

And the advice H6098 of the cunning H6617 is quickly H4116 thwarted H4116.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:4 -

[fn]The pains H6094 of those who have acquired H4117 another H312 god will be multiplied H7235;

I will not pour H5258 out H5258 their drink H5262 offerings H5262 of blood H1818,

Nor H1077 will I take H5375 their names H8034 upon my lips H8193.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:13 -

They quickly H4116 forgot H7911 His works H4639;

They did not wait H2442 for His plan H6098,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:16 -

For their feet H7272 run H7323 to evil H7451,

And they are H4116 quick H4116 to shed H8210 blood H1818.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18 -

A heart H3820 that devises H2790 wicked H205 plans H4284,

Feet H7272 that run H7323 rapidly H4116 to evil H7451,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 -

Until H5704 an arrow H2671 pierces H6398 through H6398 his liver H3516;

As a bird H6833 hurries H4116 to the snare H6341,

So he does not know H3045 that it will cost him his life H5315.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2 - [fn]Do not be H926 quick H926 with your mouth H6310 or [fn]impulsive H4116 in thought H3820 to bring H3318 up H3318 a matter H1697 in the presence H6440 of God H430. For God H430 is in heaven H8064 and you are on the earth H776; therefore H5921 H3651 let your words H1697 be few H4592.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:19 -

Who say H559, “Let Him hurry H4116, let Him do H2363 His work H4639 quickly H2363, so H4616 that H4616 we may see H7200 it;

And let the plan H6098 of the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478 approach H7126

And come H935 to pass H935, so that we may know H3045 it!


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