מָהַר (ma.har) means “to hasten” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: maw-har' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
מָהַר · ma.har · to hasten
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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a 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
KJV glosses: be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) [idiom] quickly, rash, [idiom] shortly, (be so) [idiom] soon, make speed, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] straightway, [idiom] suddenly, swift.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| quickly | 13 |
| hurried | 6 |
| hurry | 5 |
| and she quickly | 3 |
| bring | 2 |
| immediately | 2 |
| she quickly | 2 |
| a swift | 1 |
| and fluently | 1 |
| and immediately | 1 |
| and impetuous | 1 |
| and sweeps away | 1 |
| and they are swift | 1 |
| and they quickly | 1 |
| and who were as swift | 1 |
| be hasty | 1 |
| darting | 1 |
| hasten back | 1 |
| he hurried | 1 |
| he will soon | 1 |
| hurried over | 1 |
| is rushing | 1 |
| let him hurry | 1 |
| let them come quickly | 1 |
| make haste | 1 |
| of the rash | 1 |
| one quickly | 1 |
| quick prepare | 1 |
| shortly | 1 |
| so early | 1 |
| swiftly | 1 |
| then the prophet quickly | 1 |
| they are swift | 1 |
| they race | 1 |
| to those who chase | 1 |
| to those with anxious | 1 |
| who hurried | 1 |
| will soon | 1 |
| yet they soon | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| hasted | 4 |
| made haste | 4 |
| and she hasted | 3 |
| haste | 3 |
| and he hasted | 2 |
| hasten | 2 |
| hastened | 2 |
| hasteth | 2 |
| in haste | 2 |
| make haste | 2 |
| also of the rash | 1 |
| and hasty | 1 |
| and i will be a swift | 1 |
| and let them make haste | 1 |
| and make haste | 1 |
| and see that ye hasten | 1 |
| and she made haste | 1 |
| and they make haste | 1 |
| and ye shall haste | 1 |
| as swift | 1 |
| be hasty | 1 |
| fetch quickly | 1 |
| from him and did hastily | 1 |
| hasteneth | 1 |
| in hastily | 1 |
| is carried headlong | 1 |
| it and hasted | 1 |
| let him make speed | 1 |
| make ready quickly | 1 |
| make speed | 1 |
| of a fearful | 1 |
| shall be ready | 1 |
| shall make haste | 1 |
| she hasted | 1 |
| so quickly | 1 |
| so soon | 1 |
| straightway | 1 |
| that be swift | 1 |
| that they hasted | 1 |
| then they hasted | 1 |
| then they speedily | 1 |
| they shall make haste | 1 |
| they soon | 1 |
| thou hadst hasted | 1 |
| to make haste | 1 |
| us suddenly | 1 |
| will shortly | 1 |
| you make haste | 1 |
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a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
Read word by worduntil an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.
Read word by wordDo not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.1
to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
Read word by wordThe mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.
Read word by wordSay to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
Read word by wordYour builders hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.
Read word by wordThe captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.
Read word by wordTheir feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
Read word by wordLet them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.17
Moab’s calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly.
Read word by wordHe summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.6
For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.
Read word by word“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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