Strong's Number H4116

מָהַר

mahar · maw-har'

Transliteration:

mahar{maw-har'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

1152

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

haste 36, swift 3, quickly 3, hastily 2, hasty 2, soon 2, speed 2, headlong 1, rash 1, fearful 1, ready 1, shortly 1, speedily 1, straightway 1, suddenly 1

Total: 64
Occurs 65 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

(Qal) to hasten
1. (Niphal) to be hurried, be anxious
2. hasty, precipitate, impetuous
3. (Piel)
  1. to hasten, make haste
  2. hasten (used as adverb with another verb)
  3. to hasten, prepare quickly, do quickly, bring quickly