Strong's #4116: mahar (pronounced maw-har')
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:--be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) X quickly, rash, X shortly, (be so) X soon, make speed, X speedily, X straightway, X suddenly, swift.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
mâhar
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
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Usage:
This word is used 68 times:
Genesis 18:6: "And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three"
Genesis 18:6: "unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal,"
Genesis 18:7: "and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress"
Genesis 19:22: " Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing"
Genesis 24:18: "And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand,"
Genesis 24:20: " And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto"
Genesis 24:46: " And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels"
Genesis 27:20: "How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD"
Genesis 41:32: "by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass."
Genesis 43:30: "And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought"
Genesis 44:11: " Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man"
Genesis 45:9: " Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith"
Genesis 45:13: "and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither."
Exodus 2:18: "he said, How is it that ye are come so soon today?"
Exodus 10:16: "called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God,"
Exodus 12:33: "that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead"
Exodus 34:8: "And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped."
Joshua 4:10: "commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over."
Joshua 8:14: "when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out"
Joshua 8:19: "his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city"
Judges 9:48: "him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I"
Judges 13:10: "And the woman made haste, and ran, and showed her husband, and said unto him, Behold,"
1 Samuel 4:14: "tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli."
1 Samuel 9:12: "He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came today"
1 Samuel 17:48: "to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine."
1 Samuel 23:27: "unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded"
1 Samuel 25:18: "Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine,"
1 Samuel 25:23: "saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass,"
1 Samuel 25:34: "hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet"
1 Samuel 25:42: "And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels"
1 Samuel 28:20: "Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid,"
1 Samuel 28:24: "had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded"
2 Samuel 15:14: "else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake"
2 Samuel 15:14: "make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil"
2 Samuel 19:16: "a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men"
1 Kings 20:33: "Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad."
1 Kings 20:41: " And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king"
1 Kings 22:9: "called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah."
2 Kings 9:13: " Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top"
1 Chronicles 12:8: "whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;"
2 Chronicles 18:8: "one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla."
2 Chronicles 24:5: "from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites"
2 Chronicles 24:5: "to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not."
Esther 5:5: "said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said."
Esther 6:10: "Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse,"
Job 5:13: "in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong."
Psalms 16:4: "Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not"
Psalms 69:17: "from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily."
Psalms 79:8: "against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low."
Psalms 102:2: "me: in the day when I call answer me speedily."
