Quick Definition
to hasten
Strong's Definition
to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: (make) haste(-n, -y), labor, be narrow.
TWOT Reference: 51
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to press, be pressed, make haste, urge, be narrow
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to press, hasten
1a2) to be pressed, confined, narrow
1a3) to hasten, make haste
1a4) be narrow
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to urge, insist
1b2) to hasten
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to press, be pressed, make haste, urge, be narrow
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to press, hasten
1a2) to be pressed, confined, narrow
1a3) to hasten, make haste
1a4) be narrow
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to urge, insist
1b2) to hasten
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אוּץ
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BDB Definition:
1) to press, be pressed, make haste, urge, be narrow
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to press, hasten
1a2) to be pressed, confined, narrow
1a3) to hasten, make haste
1a4) be narrow
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to urge, insist
1b2) to hasten
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 51
Total KJV Occurrences: 10