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Lexicon :: Strong's H4118 - mahēr

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מַהֵר
Transliteration
mahēr
Pronunciation
mah-hare'
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Part of Speech
adjective, adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1152a, 1152b

Strong’s Definitions

מַהֵר mahêr, mah-hare'; from H4116; properly, hurrying; hence (adverbially) in a hurry:—hasteth, hastily, at once, quickly, soon, speedily, suddenly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H4118 in the following manner: quickly (8x), speedily (4x), hastily (3x), soon (1x), suddenly (1x), at once (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H4118 in the following manner: quickly (8x), speedily (4x), hastily (3x), soon (1x), suddenly (1x), at once (1x).
adjective

  1. hurrying, speedy, swift, hastening

    adverb

  2. quickly, speedily

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַהֵר mahêr, mah-hare'; from H4116; properly, hurrying; hence (adverbially) in a hurry:—hasteth, hastily, at once, quickly, soon, speedily, suddenly.
STRONGS H4118: Abbreviations
† 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.
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

1 Samuel

23:22

Zephaniah

1:14

H4118

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4118 matches the Hebrew מַהֵר (mahēr),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:8 - “They have quickly H4118 turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf and have worshiped it and have sacrificed to it and said, ‘[fn]These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:26 - I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will surely perish quickly H4118 from the land where you are going over the Jordan to possess it. You shall not prolong your days on it, but will be utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:4 - “For [fn]they will turn your [fn]sons away from [fn]following Me, and they will serve other gods; then the anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you, and He will quickly H4118 destroy you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:22 - “And Yahweh your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to put an end to them quickly H4118, lest the [fn]wild beasts become too numerous for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:3 - “So you shall know today that it is Yahweh your God who is crossing over before you as a consuming fire. He will destroy them, and He will subdue them before you, so that you may dispossess them and make them perish quickly H4118, just as Yahweh has spoken to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:12 - “Then Yahweh said to me, ‘Arise, go down from here quickly H4118, for your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly. They have quickly H4118 turned aside from the way which I commanded them; they have made a molten image for themselves.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:16 - “And I saw that you had indeed sinned against Yahweh your God. You had made for yourselves a molten calf; you had turned aside quickly H4118 from the way which Yahweh had commanded you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:20 -

“Yahweh will send upon you the curse, confusion, and rebuke, in all [fn]that you send forth your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly H4118, on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - “Now it happened when it was time to shut the gate at dark, that the men went out; I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly H4118, for you may overtake them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:17 - Yet they did not listen to their judges either, for they played the harlot after other gods and bowed themselves down to them. They turned aside quickly H4118 from the way in which their fathers had walked in obeying the commandments of Yahweh; they did not do as their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:23 - So Yahweh allowed those nations to rest, not dispossessing them quickly H4118; and He did not give them into the hand of Joshua.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:17 -

And do not hide Your face from Your slave,

For I am in distress; answer me quickly H4118.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:8 -

Do not remember our former iniquities against us;

Let Your compassion quickly H4118 approach us,

For we are brought very low.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:2 -

Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress;

Incline Your ear to me;

In the day when I call answer me quickly H4118.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:7 -

Answer me quickly H4118, O Yahweh, my spirit wastes away;

Do not hide Your face from me,

Or I will become like those who go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8 -

Do not go out hastily H4118 to plead your case;

Lest, what will you do in [fn]the end,

When your neighbor humiliates you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:14 -

Near is the great day of Yahweh,

Near and coming H4118 very quickly H4118;

O the sound, the day of Yahweh!

[fn]In it the mighty man cries out bitterly.

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