מַהֵר
mahēr
quickly
Strong's H4118AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 1152a

מַהֵר (mahēr) is a Hebrew adjective meaning quickly. It appears 18 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4118).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1152a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1152a)hastening, speedy, swift; hurrying, in a hurry; hasteth, hastily, at once, quickly, soon, speedily, suddenly
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מַהֵר adjective: hastening, speedy, swift

Strong's H4118 מַהֵר: properly, hurrying; hence (adverbially) in a hurry
KJV:hasteth, hastily, at once, quickly, soon, speedily, suddenly.

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.

Root family 1152: מָהַר māhar — hasten; be hurried, hasty, precipitate, impetuous; make haste; be liquid, flow, hurry, promptly; be carried headlong, fearful, haste, hastily, rash, make speed, swift

See it in Scripture

Exodus 32:8Deuteronomy 4:26Joshua 2:5

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