מָהַר
māhar
hasten
Strong's H4116VerbHebrewTWOT 1153

מָהַר (māhar) is a Hebrew verb meaning hasten. It appears 64 times in 20 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4116).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1153)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1153)acquire by paying purchase-price; be liquid, flow, hurry, promptly, bargain, wed; be carried headlong, fearful, haste, hasten, hastily, hasty, rash, make speed, swift, endow
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מָהַר verb, denominative: acquire by paying purchase-price

Strong's H4116 מָהַר: 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
KJV:be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) × quickly, rash, × shortly, (be so) × soon, make speed, × speedily, × straightway, × suddenly, swift.

Strong's H4117 מָהַר: to bargain (for a wife), i.e. to wed
KJV:endow, × surely.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 18:6Exodus 2:18Joshua 4:10

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