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מָהַר

mâhar · maw-har'Hebrew · H4116

Derivation

a primitive root;

Meaning

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

In the King James Version

be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) [idiom] quickly, rash, [idiom] shortly, (be so) [idiom] soon, make speed, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] straightway, [idiom] suddenly, swift.

Translated as

haste (20), hasted (14), quickly (3), hasten (3), swift (3), hastened (2), soon (2), hastily (2), speed (2), hasteth (2), hasty (2), shortly (1), speedily (1), straightway (1), suddenly (1), rash (1), ready (1), fearful (1), hasteneth (1)

Where it appears

Found in 59 verses

Exodus
2:18, 10:16, 12:33, 34:8
Joshua
4:10, 8:14, 8:19
Judges
9:48, 13:10
2 Samuel
15:14, 19:16
1 Kings
20:33, 20:41, 22:9
2 Kings
9:13
1 Chronicles
12:8
2 Chronicles
18:8, 24:5
Esther
5:5, 6:10
Psalms
16:4, 106:13
Proverbs
1:16, 6:18, 7:23
Ecclesiastes
5:2
Jeremiah
9:18, 48:16
Nahum
2:5
Habakkuk
1:6
Malachi
3:5

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