חוּשׁchûwsh
חוּשׁ: haste, make haste
Pronunciation: koosh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2363
Meanings
Qal: make haste (Deuteronomy 32:35; Psalms 119:60; Job 31:5)
Hiph`il: suffix (Judges 20:27; Isaiah 28:16; Isaiah 5:19)
1. shew haste, act quickly (Judges 20:37; Isaiah 5:19; Isaiah 28:16)
2. I would hasten, (= secure quickly) (Isaiah 60:22; Psalms 55:9)
חוּשׁ: feel, enjoy, (with the senses)
Qal: who can eat and who can feel, enjoy pleasure (Ecclesiastes 2:25)
Same root
- חוּשָׁהChûwshâh · H2364Chushah, an Israelite
- חוּשַׁיChûwshay · H2365Chushai, an Israelite
- חוּשִׁיםChûwshîym · H2366Chushim, the name of three Israelites
- חוּשָׁםChûwshâm · H2367Chusham, an Idumaean
- חִישׁchîysh · H2439to hurry
- חֲשַׁחchăshach · H2818to be necessary (from the idea of convenience) or (transitively) to need
- מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּזMahêr Shâlâl Châsh Baz · H4122Maher-Shalal-Chash-Baz; the symbolical name of the son of Isaiah
Where it appears
Appears 20 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 32:17 Then we will arm ourselves and lead our fellow Israelites into battle until we have brought them safely to their land. Meanwhile, our families will stay in the fortified towns we build here, so they will be safe from any attacks by the local people.
- Deuteronomy 32:35 I will take revenge; I will pay them back. In due time their feet will slip. Their day of disaster will arrive, and their destiny will overtake them.’
- Judges 20:37 Then those who were hiding rushed in from all sides and killed everyone in the town.
- 1 Samuel 20:38 Hurry, hurry, don’t wait.” So the boy quickly gathered up the arrows and ran back to his master.
- Job 20:2 “I must reply because I am greatly disturbed.
- Job 31:5 “Have I lied to anyone or deceived anyone?
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).