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Lexicon :: Strong's G4692 - speudō

Aa
σπεύδω
Transliteration
speudō (Key)
Pronunciation
spyoo'-do
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably strengthened from πούς (G4228)
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Strong’s Definitions

σπεύδω speúdō, spyoo'-do; probably strengthened from G4228; to "speed" ("study"), i.e. urge on (diligently or earnestly); by implication, to await eagerly:—(make, with) haste unto.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G4692 in the following manner: make haste (3x), haste (1x), haste unto (1x), with haste (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G4692 in the following manner: make haste (3x), haste (1x), haste unto (1x), with haste (1x).

  1. to haste, make haste

  2. to desire earnestly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σπεύδω speúdō, spyoo'-do; probably strengthened from G4228; to "speed" ("study"), i.e. urge on (diligently or earnestly); by implication, to await eagerly:—(make, with) haste unto.
STRONGS G4692:
σπεύδω; imperfect ἔσπευδον; 1 aorist ἔσπευσα; (cognate with German sich sputen (cf. English speed, Latinstudeo; Vanicek, p. 1163; Fick 4:279)); from Homer down; the Sept. for מִהַר, also for בִּהֵל, etc.;
1. intransitive, (cf. Winers Grammar, § 38, 1; Buttmann, 130, 4), to hasten: as often in the Greek writings, followed by an infinitive Acts 20:16; ἦλθον σπεύσαντες, they came with haste, Luke 2:16; σπεύσας κατάβηθι (A. V. make haste and come down), κατέβη, Luke 19:5, 6; σπεῦσον καί ἔξελθε (A. V. make haste and get thee quickly out), Acts 22:18.
2. to desire earnestly: τί, 2 Peter 3:12; (Isaiah 16:5; examples from Greek authors are given by Passow, under the word, 2 vol. ii., p. 1501; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II.)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
16:5
Luke
2:16; 19:5; 19:6
Acts
20:16; 22:18
2 Peter
3:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4692 matches the Greek σπεύδω (speudō),
which occurs 47 times in 45 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22 - Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:18 - And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:20 - And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:46 - And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:11 - Then they hasted, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:15 -
Then were the chiefs of Edom dismayed;
The mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them:
All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:8 - And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:10 - For the priests that bare the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished that Jehovah commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:19

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:41 - And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil was come upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:14 - And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man hasted, and came and told Eli.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:16 - And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to-day out of the army. And he said, How went the matter, my son?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38 - And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:27 - But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18 - Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23 - And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and alighted from her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - For in very deed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, who hath withholden me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light so much as one man-child.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:20 - Then Saul fell straightway his full length upon the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21 - And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thy handmaid hath hearkened unto thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24 - And the woman had a fatted calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:4 - Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:7 - And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it thou, my lord Elijah?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:33 - Now the men observed diligently, and hasted to catch whether it were his mind; and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:41 - And he hasted, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:13 - Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, Jehu is king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject to taskwork; and the children of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:5 - And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year; and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:20 - And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because Jehovah had smitten him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:9 - And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with her portions, and the seven maidens who were meet to be given her out of the king’s house: and he removed her and her maidens to the best place of the house of the women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - The posts went forth in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:14 - So the posts that rode upon swift steeds that were used in the king’s service went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment; and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace.

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Till an arrow strike through his liver;
As a bird hasteth to the snare,
And knoweth not that it is for his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:22

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He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches,
And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:9 - Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:5 - And a throne shall be established in lovingkindness; and one shall sit thereon in truth, in the tent of David, judging, and seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:6 - Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:20 - Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:9 - In that day shall messengers go forth from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid; and there shall be anguish upon them, as in the day of Egypt; for, lo, it cometh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:1 - But in the latter days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of Jehovah’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and peoples shall flow unto it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:5 - He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.
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