G5030: ταχέως (tachéōs)

G5030 ταχέως (tachéōs)

Greek

Quick Definition

ταχέως Adv soon, quickly, hastily

Strong's Definition

adverb from 5036; briefly, i.e. (in time) speedily, or (in manner) rapidly

KJV Usage: hastily, quickly, shortly, soon, suddenly

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ταχέως (G5030)

advb. | ταχύς

67.110 · Time · Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young

quickly, hurriedly, swift, speedy pertaining to a very short extent of time In GAL 1:6 ταχέως refers clearly to the relatively brief period of time before the Galatians abandoned their earlier convictions.

LUK 14:21 · LUK 16:6 · JHN 11:31 · 1CO 4:19 · GAL 1:6 · 2TH 2:2 · 1TI 5:22

67.56 · Time · A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After

soon, very soon pertaining to a point of time subsequent to another point of time (either an event in the discourse or the time of the discourse itself), with emphasis upon the relatively brief interval between the two points of time

1CO 4:19 · PHP 2:19 · PHP 2:24 · 2TH 2:2 · 2TI 4:9

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ταχέως, (ταχύς), adv., [fr. Hom. down], quickly, shortly: Lk. xiv. 21; xvi.6; Jn. xi.381; 1Co.iv.19; Gal.i.6; Phil. ii. 19, 24; 2 Tim. iv. 9; with the added suggestion of inconsiderateness [hastily]: 2 Th. ii. 2; 1 Tim. v. 22.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ταχέως tacheōs 15x

adverb of ταχύς, quickly, speedily; soon, shortly, 1 Cor. 4:19; Gal. 1:6; hastily, Lk. 14:21; 16:6; with inconsiderate haste, 1 Tim. 5:22

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ταχέως

(< ταχύς)

adv.,

[in LXX chiefly for מְהֵרָה and cognate forms ;]

quickly, hastily: Lk 14:21 16:6, Jo 11:31, I Co 4:19, Phl 2:19, 24, II Ti 4:9; with suggestion of rashness, Ga 1:6, II Th 2:2, I Ti 5:22.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ταχέως, ““quickly’?: P Oxy I. τι69 (ii/A.b.) ταχέως αὐτὸν ἀπολύσατε, “send him off quickly’? (Edd.), P Fay 1267 come back quickly, for it is pressing,’’ and P Tebt II. 42377 (early ii/A.p.) 84[Aw]ody μοι ταχ[έως, “tell me at once’’ {Edd.). The compY® τάχᾳ(ε)ιον is always used with an elative force in the NT, except in Jn 204: cf. P Lond Inv. No. 1561° (end i/A.D.) (= Olsson Papyrusbriefe, p. 210) πρὸ μὲν παντὸς εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν καὶ τάχειον ἀπολαβεῖν, “above all I pray that you may be in health and that I should receive you as soon as possible’”’ (cf. Lk 1557), P Oxy IIT. 5318 (ii/a.p.) ἐὰν yap θεοὶ θέλωσι, τάχιον πρὸς παραγένου ἐπὶ τὸ τῶν Ταυρικῶν. See further Blass Gr Pp- 33, 1411: The compY® ταχύτερον occurs in P Tebt II. 4101} (A.D. 16) ἐρωτῶ σε ταχύτερον συσχεῖν τί] πρᾶγμα, “1 beg you to close the matter with all speed’’ (Edd.), BGU II. 61578 (1/A.D.) δήλωσόν μ[ο]ι ταχύτερον, and P Michigan Inv. No. 4527° (c. A.D. 200) σύ μοι ταχύτερον (‘Sat once,” Ed.) δήλωσον περὶ τῆς ἀπροσκοπίας (‘‘ well-being’: not in 1,53) σου καὶ τῆς τῶν ἀδελφῶν pov. In MGr (Naxos) ταχυτέρου is used for ‘later’ (adv.) (Thumb Handbook § 123, n.?). For τάχιστα, as in Ac 1715, we may cite PSI IV. 360! (B.C. 252-1) ὡς ἂν τάχιστα λικμήσωμεν, ‘in order that we may winnow (the grain) as quickly as possible,’”’ 26. VII. 7927 (A.D. 136) ὡς [τ]άχιστά pot δηλώσατε, and P Giss I. 27) (ii/A.D.) (= Chrest. I. p. 29) καλῶς οὖν ποιήσεις, τειμιώτατε, τάχιστά μοι δηλώσας. Cf. also the formula τὴν ταχίστην in I Macc 1155. TAYWOS. For this adj. = ‘‘speedy’’ with the added idea of **sudden’”’ in 2 Pet 113, 21, Herwerden Zex. s.v. cites CIA IIT. 1344° ζωῆς kal καμάτου τέρμα δραμὼν ταχινόν.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ταχέως (tacheōs) — soon. Included with: τᾰχύς [ῠ], εῖα, ύ:

I. of motion, swift, fleet, opposed to βραδύς,

I.1. of persons and animals, either absolutely, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; or more fully, πόδας ταχύς [Refs]; ταχὺς ἔσκε θέειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θείειν τ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κύνες, ἔλαφος, πτώξ, ἵππος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. βαδιστής a quick walker, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σφοδροὶ καὶ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. of things, τ. πόδες [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. ἰός, ὀϊστοί, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νῆες, τριήρεις, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. of thought and purpose, quick, hasty, φρονεῖν γὰρ οἱ ταχεῖς οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, βλάπτειν τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ταχύ speed, haste, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. of actions, events, etc., rapid, sudden, πήδημα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾅδης, μόρος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; short, τ. ἐλπίδες fleeting hopes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. διήγησις short, rapid, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B adverb, __B.1 regular τᾰχέως, quickly, opposed to βραδέως, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—rarely in sense perhaps [Refs 2nd c.BC+] __B.2 the adverb is also expressed by periphrastic, διὰ ταχέων in haste, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.3 neuter ταχύ as adverb, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤδη ἤδη τ. τ. [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἄρτι ἄρτι τ. τ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also τάχα (which see). __B.4 the adjective ταχύς is frequently construed with Verbs, where we should use the adverb, ταχέες δ᾽ ἱππῆες ἄγερθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δεῦρ᾽ ἀφίξεται τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C Degrees of Comparison: __C.I comparative: __C.I.1 the form τᾰχύτερος, α, ον, is used by [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in [Refs 4th c.BC+], but not in good Attic dialect; ταχύτερον as adverb, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.I.2 the more usual form is θάσσων, neuter θᾶσσον, genitive ονος, Attic dialect θάττων, neuter θᾶττον, [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.:—neuter as adverb, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θᾶσσον ἂν.. κλύοιμι sooner, i.e. rather, would I hear, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θᾶσσον also often stands for the Positive, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐ θᾶσσον οἴσει; i.e. make haste and bring, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θᾶττον νοήματος quicker than thought, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with a conjunction, ὅτι θᾶσσον, like{ὅτι τάχιστα}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐπειδὴ θᾶττον συνεσκότασεν as soon as.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐὰν or ἢν θ. as soon as.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἂν θ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰ θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς θ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; θ. rarely = sooner than, before, ἐξήλαυνον μεσημβρίας οὐ πολλῷ τινι θ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __C.I.3 the form ταχίων [ῑ], neuter ιον, is frequently in late Prose, as [LXX+5th c.BC+]; but condemned by [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὴν ταχίονα τῆς τροφῆς παράθεσιν earlier, sooner, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] — adverb τάχιον earlier, πλέεται.. περὶ τὸν Σεπτέμβριον μῆνα.., οὐδὲν δὲ κωλύει κἂν τ. [Refs]; τ. τῆς ὑποσχέσεως sooner than they had promised, [Refs]; τ. τοῦ παραγγέλματος [Refs 1st c.AD+]; formerly, ἐπεσκεύασαν τὸ παρόχιον,.. τ. γενόμενον γυμνάσιον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; compare above 2 near the end __C.II superlative: __C.II.1 the form ταχύτατος is rare, ταχύτατα ἅρματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταχύτατα as adverb, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but both passages have been corrected. __C.II.2 the usual form is τάχιστος, η, ον, used by [Refs 8th c.BC+] as adverb, most quickly, most speedily, ὅττι τάχιστα as soon as may be, as soon as possible, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so ὅσον τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾳ (probably) τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅπως τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: these are elliptically phrases, as may be seen from the following examples, ὡς δυνατόν ἐστι τάχιστα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾗ δυνατὸν τ. [Refs]; ὡς or ᾗ ἠδύνατο τ. [Refs]; ὡς δύναιτο τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς or ᾗ ἂν δύνωμαι τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.II.2.b τάχιστα after Particles of Time, as soon as, ἐπεὶ (Ionic dialect ἐπεί τε) τάχιστα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπειδὴ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπεὰν τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὰν τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπειδὰν τ. [Refs]; ὅταν τ. [Refs]. separated by one or more words, ὡς ἡμέρη τ. ἐγεγόνεε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς γὰρ τ. εἰσῆλθον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅπως τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+] —the same notion is sometimes expressed by the participle, ἀπαλλαγεὶς τάχιστα, ={ὡς ἀπηλλάγη τ}., [Refs 1st c.AD+] __C.II.3 frequently also in Prose, τὴν ταχίστην (in full, τὴν τ. ὁδόν [Refs 5th c.BC+] as adverb, by the quickest way, i.e. most quickly, [Refs 5th c.BC+] deñgti, Lett. diêgt, both = 'run quickly', Polish dążyć 'hurry'.)