Strong H41162 sensesמָהַר
to hasten · to buy
- Transliteration
- mâhar
- Pronunciation
- maw-har'
The 2 senses of Strong H4116
The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H4116 appears in 60 verses of the KJV, all senses together.
General definition
A primitive root; properly to be liquid or flow {easily} that {is} (by implication); to hurry (in a good or 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) X {quickly} {rash} X {shortly} (be so) X {soon} make {speed} X {speedily} X {straightway} X {suddenly} swift.
In the Bible
Translated in the KJV by
- hasted14
- make12
- haste11
- hasten4
- swift3
- hasteth2
- hasty2
- soon2
- be1
- do1
- fearful1
- fetch1
First verses
- Genesis 18:6And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
- Genesis 18:7And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
- Genesis 19:22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- Genesis 24:18And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
- Genesis 24:20And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
- Genesis 24:46And 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.
- Genesis 27:20And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to me.
- Genesis 41:32And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
- Genesis 43:30And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
- Genesis 44:11Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
- Genesis 45:9Haste 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:
- Genesis 45:13And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
- Exodus 2:18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
- Exodus 10:16Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.
- Exodus 12:33And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
- Exodus 34:8And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
- Joshua 4:10For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
- Joshua 8:14And 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 a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
- Joshua 8:19And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
- Judges 9:48And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.