Quick Definition
soon, quickly, hastily
Strong's Definition
briefly, i.e. (in time) speedily, or (in manner) rapidly
Derivation: adverb from G5036 (ταχύς);
KJV Usage: hastily, quickly, shortly, soon, suddenly
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
- Original: ταχέως
- Transliteration: Tacheos
- Phonetic: takh-eh'-oce
- Definition:
1. quickly, shortly
- Origin: from G5036
- TDNT entry: None
- Part(s) of speech: Adverb
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
G5030, G5032, G5033
ταχέως tacheōs 15x
adverb of ταχύς , quickly, speedily ;
soon, shortly, 1Co_4:19 ; Gal_1:6 ;
hastily, Luk_14:21 ; Luk_16:6 ;
with inconsiderate haste, 1Ti_5:22 quickly; soon.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ταχέως
( <ταχύς ),
adv. ,
[in LXX chiefly for H4120 and cognate forms;]
quickly, hastily: Luk_14:21 ; Luk_16:6 , Joh_11:31 , 1Co_4:19 , Php_2:19 ; Php_2:24 , 2Ti_4:9 ; with suggestion of rashness, Gal_1:6 , 2Th_2:2 , 1Ti_5:22 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ταχέως / τάχιστα / τάχε (ι )ον [page 627]
quickly : P Oxy I. 116 .9 (ii/A.D.) ταχέως αὐτὸν ἀπολύσατε , send him off quickly (Edd.), P Fay 126 .7 (ii/iii A.D.) ἄνελθε οὖν ταχέως ὅτι ἐπίγι , do you therefore come back quickly, for it is pressing, and P Tebt II. 423 .22 (early iii/A.D.) δή [λω ]σόν μοι ταχ̣[έως , tell me at once (Edd.).
The comp ve. τάχ (ε )ιον is always used with an elative force in the NT, except in Joh_20:4 : cf. P Lond Inv. No. 1561 .5 (end i/A.D.) (= Olsson Papyrusbriefe , p. 210) πρὸ μὲν παντὸς εὔχομαί σε ὐγιαίνειν καὶ τάχειον ἀπολαβεῖν , above all I pray that you may be in health and that I should receive you as soon as possible (cf. Luk_15:27 ), P Oxy III. 531 .8 (ii/A.D.) ἐὰν γὰρ θεοὶ θέλωσι , τάχιον πρὸς σὲ ἥξω , and BGU II. 417 .28 (ii/iii A.D.) τάχειον δὲ καὶ σὺ παραγένου ἐπὶ τὸ τῶν Ταυρικῶν . See further Blass Gr . pp. 33, 141 f.
The comp ve. ταχύτερον occurs in P Tebt II. 410 .11 (A.D. 16) ἐρωτῶ σε ταχύτερον συσχεῖν τ̣[ὸ ] πρᾶγμα , I beg you to close the matter with all speed (Edd.), BGU II. 615 .28 (ii/A.D.) δήλωσόν μ [ο ]ι ταχύτερον , and P Michigan Inv. No. 4527 .8 ( c . A.D. 200) σύ μοι ταχύτερον ( at once, Ed.) δήλωσον περὶ τῆς ἀπροσκοπίας ( well-being : not in LS 9 ) σου καὶ τῆς τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου . In MGr (Naxos) ταχυτέρου is used for later (adv.) (Thumb Handbook § 123, n. .2 ).
For τάχιστα , as in Act_17:15 , we may cite PSI IV. 360 .12 (B.C. 252 1) ὡς ἂν τάχιστα λικμήσωμεν , in order that we may winnow (the grain) as quickly as possible, ib . VII. 792 .10 (A.D. 136) ὡς [τ ]άχιστά μοι δηλώσατε , and P Giss I. 27 .11 (ii/A.D.) (= Chrest . I. p. 29 ) καλῶς οὖν ποιήσεις , τει̣μι̣ώτατε , τάχιστά μοι δηλώσας . Cf. also the formula τὴν ταχίστην in 1Ma_11:22 .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ταχέως [Etym: adverb of ταχύς.]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ταχέως
(ταχύς)
adv., [in LXX chiefly for מְהֵרָה and cognate forms ;]
quickly, hastily: Luk.14:21 16:6, Jhn.11:31, 1Co.4:19, Php.2:19, 24, 2Ti.4:9; with suggestion of rashness, Gal.1:6, 2Th.2:2, 1Ti.5:22.†
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