King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H4116
Transliteration: mahar
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-har')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to hasten
Meaning: to be liquid, flow easily, to hurry, promptly
Word Summary
mahar: to hasten
Original Word: מָהַרTransliteration: mahar
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-har')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to hasten
Meaning: to be liquid, flow easily, to hurry, promptly
Strong's Concordance
be carried headlong, fearful, cause to make, in, make hasten be hasty, fetchA primitive root; 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 -- 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4116. mahar
I. [מָהַר] verb hasten (Late Hebrew Pi`el,and derivatives; Arabic be practised, skilled (with Assyrian mâru, send, order, govern, compare II. מהר); Ethiopic train teach; Syriac Pa`el id.; compare also Egyptian m¹har, trained warrior Bondi57); —
Niph`al Perfect3feminine singular נִמְהָ֑רָה Job 5:13; Participle נִמְהָר Habakkuk 1:6; plural נִמְהָרִים Isaiah 32:4; construct נִמְהֲרֵי 35:4; — be hurried = anxious, disturbed נְמְהֲרֵילֵֿב 35:4; hasty, precipitate, subject עֵצָה Job 5:13; so participle as substantive Isaiah 32:4; impetuous, of Chaldeans, Habakkuk 1:6 ("" מַר).
Pi`el Perfect מִהַר 1 Samuel 4:14; Isaiah 51:14; 3feminine singular מִהֲרָה Jeremiah 48:16 etc.; Imperfect יְמַהֵר Isaiah 5:19 2t.; וַיְמַהֵר Genesis 18:6 8t. (1 Sam 28:30 see below); 3 feminine plural תְּמַהֵרְנָה Jeremiah 9:17 etc.; Imperative masculine singular מַהֵר Genesis 19:22 +; מַהֲרָה 1 Samuel 23:27; 1 Kings 22:9, etc.; Infinitive construct מַהֵר Proverbs 7:23 +; Participle מְמַהֵר Genesis 41:32; Malachi 3:5 (on מַהֵר Zephaniah 1:14 [1 Samuel 23:22] compare Köi. 268 SchwZAW x. 1890, 176 see I. מַהֵר ), feminine plural מְמַהֲרוֺת Proverbs 6:18; —
1 hasten, make haste, = go or come quickly Genesis 18:6; 1 Samuel 9:12 ( but strike out ᵐ5 We Dr Kit Bu HPS), Nahum 2:6; Isaiah 49:17; 1 Chronicles 12:9; = go eagerly, (followed by Infinitive of purpose) Proverbs 1:16; Isaiah 59:7; Participle = swift, prompt Malachi 3:5; of bird Proverbs 7:23; figurative of calamity Isaiah 5:19 ("" חוּשׁ) Jeremiah 48:16, בַּז חָשׁ שָׁלָל מַהֵר Isaiah 8:1, 3, below
2 hasten + verb, (׳מ having really adverbial force): followed by Infinitive Genesis 18:7 (לַעֲשׂת מִהַר); compare 27:20; 41:32 (subject God), Exodus 2:18; 10:16; 12:33; 2 Samuel 15:14; Isaiah 32:4; 51:14; Proverbs 6:18; Ecclesiastes 5:1; more often followed by verb with ו Genesis 24:18, 20, 46; 44:11 (all J), 45:9, 13 (E), probably 43:30 (J), also Exodus 34:8 (J), Joshua 4:10; 8:14, 19 (all J E), Judges 13:10; 1 Samuel 4:14; 17:48; 23:27; 25:18, 23, 34 (twice in verse); 28:24; 2 Samuel 15:14; 19:17; 1 Kings 20:33, 41; 2 Kings 9:13; Jeremiah 9:17; so even when active is not wholly voluntary 1 Samuel 28:20 (but read probably ᵐ5 וַיִּבָּהֵל We Dr Kit Bu); also, ו omitted, Psalm 106:13; especially with Imperative Genesis 19:22 (J), Judges 9:48; Esther 6:10; so also עֲנֵנִי מַהֵר Psalm 69:18; 102:3; 143:7; compare 79:8 (see Olon the passage).
3 transitive hasten, = prepare quickly Genesis 18:6; = bring quickly 1 Kings 22:9 2 Chronicles 18:8; Esther 5:5; = do quickly 2 Chronicles 24:5 (twice in verse).
I. מַהֵר adjective hastening, speedy, swift (strictly
Pi`el Participle for מְמַהֵר see below מהר); — of וּמ ׳קָרוֺב מְאד י, ׳יוֺם Zephaniah 1:14; read also feminine הַמְּהֵרָה (רַגְלוֺ) 1 Samuel 23:22 his swift foot (for ׳ר ׳מִ רָאָהוּ ᵑ0) Th We Dr Bu; deeper corruption assumed by HPS.
II. מַהֵר adverb quickly, speedily (strictly
Pi`el infinitive absolute) always immediately after verb; Exodus 32:8 (J), Deuteronomy 4:26; 7:4, 22; 9:3, 12 (twice in verse); 9:16; 28:20; Joshua 2:5 (J), Judges 2:17, 23; Proverbs 25:8 (on Psalm 69:18; 79:8; 102:3; 143:7, where ׳מ precedes, see above below מָהַר).