H4120 - מְהֵרָה (mᵉhêrâh)

H4120 מְהֵרָה (mᵉhêrâh) meh-hay-raw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

haste

Strong's Definition

properly, a hurry; hence (adverbially) promptly

Derivation: feminine of H4118 (מַהֵר);

KJV Usage: hastily, quickly, shortly, soon, make (with) speed(-ily), swiftly.

TWOT Reference: 1152d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) haste, speed

1a) hastily, speedily (as adverb)

1b) in haste (with prep)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G5030 G5032 G5034

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) haste, speed 1a) hastily, speedily (as adverb) 1b) in haste (with prep)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מְהֵרָה mehêrâh BDB Definition: 1) haste, speed 1a) hastily, speedily (as adverb) 1b) in haste (with preposition) Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H4118 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1152d Total KJV Occurrences: 20

Bible Occurrences (20)

16:46

11:17

8:19 10:6 23:16

9:54

20:38

17:16 17:18 17:21

1:11

31:2 37:2 147:15

4:12 8:11

5:26 58:8

27:16

3:4

Numbers 16:46

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.

Deuteronomy 11:17

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.

Joshua 8:19

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 -.

Joshua 10:6

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.

Joshua 23:16

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.

Judges 9:54

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.

1 Samuel 20:38

Then Jonathan cried out......, Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay! So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.

2 Samuel 17:16

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.