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HebrewH4116Verb

מָהַר

ma.har

57Occurrences
H4116Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1)(Qal) to hasten 1a) (Niphal) to be hurried, be anxious 1a) hasty, precipitate, impetuous 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to hasten, make haste 1b2) hasten (used as adverb with another verb) 1b3) to hasten, prepare quickly, do quickly, bring quickly

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

מָהַר appears 57 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
12
1 Samuel
10
Isaiah
6
Exodus
4
Psalms
4
1 Kings
3
Joshua
3
Proverbs
3

Key Passages

1 Kings 20:33BSB

Now the men were looking for a sign of hope, and they quickly grasped at this word and replied, “Yes, your brother Ben-hadad.”“Go and get him!” said the king.Then Ben-hadad came out, and Ahab had him come up into his chariot.

1 Samuel 4:14BSB

Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?”So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.

Exodus 34:8BSB

Moses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.

Genesis 45:9BSB

Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.

Jeremiah 48:16BSB

Moab’s calamity is at hand,and his affliction is rushing swiftly.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.