מְהֵרָה
mĕhērâ
haste
Strong's H4120NounHebrewTWOT 1152d

מְהֵרָה (mĕhērâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning haste. It appears 20 times in 12 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4120).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1152d)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1152d)haste, speed, hastily, quickly; hurry, promptly; shortly, soon, make speed, make speedily, swiftly
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מְהֵרָה noun, feminine: haste, speed, hastily, quickly

haste, speed;—usually as adverb. accusative hastily, quickly

Strong's H4120 מְהֵרָה: properly, a hurry; hence (adverbially) promptly
KJV:hastily, quickly, shortly, soon, make (with) speed(-ily), swiftly.

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

Deuteronomy 11:17Joshua 8:19Judges 9:54

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