TBESH · H4120
מְהֵרָה · me.he.rah · haste
1) haste, speed 1a) hastily, speedily (as adverb) 1b) in haste (with prep)
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me.he.rah H4120
מְהֵרָה (me.he.rah) means “haste” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
מְהֵרָה Hebrew · H4120 20 tagged occurrences in 20 verses
Pronunciation guide: meh-hay-raw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
feminine of H4118 (מַהֵר); properly, a hurry; hence (adverbially) promptly
KJV glosses: hastily, quickly, shortly, soon, make (with) speed(-ily), swiftly.
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How translators render H4120
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 | 8 |
| at once | 2 |
| and speedily | 1 |
| and you will quickly | 1 |
| come quickly | 1 |
| he quickly | 1 |
| how speedily | 1 |
| hurry | 1 |
| speedily | 1 |
| swiftly | 1 |
| very soon | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| quickly | 6 |
| speedily | 3 |
| and pass quickly | 1 |
| for they shall soon | 1 |
| hastily | 1 |
| is not quickly | 1 |
| make speed | 1 |
| me speedily | 1 |
| of them away quickly | 1 |
| shall now shortly | 1 |
| to us quickly | 1 |
| very swiftly | 1 |
| with speed | 1 |
Verses containing H4120
Page 1 of 1. 20 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Numbers 16:46
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 17.11
- Deuteronomy 11:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.
Read word by word - Joshua 8:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
Read word by word - Joshua 10:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”
Read word by word - Joshua 23:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”
Read word by word - Judges 9:54
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 20:38
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 17:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 17:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 17:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
Read word by word - 2 Kings 1:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down at once!’”
Read word by word - Psalms 31:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 31.3
- Psalms 37:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.
Read word by word - Psalms 147:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 4:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 8:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
Read word by word - Isaiah 5:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!
Read word by word - Isaiah 58:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 27:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying to you a lie.
Read word by word - Joel 3:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.4