מָהַרmâhar
מָהַר: hasten
Pronunciation: maw-har' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4116
Meanings
Niph`al: be hurried, = anxious, disturbed (Job 5:13; Habakkuk 1:6; Isaiah 32:4)
Pi`el
1. hasten, make haste, = go or come quickly (Genesis 18:6; 1 Samuel 9:12; Nahum 2:6)
2. hasten + verb, (׳ מ having really adverbial force) (Genesis 18:7; Genesis 27:20; Genesis 41:32)
3. hasten, = prepare quickly, = bring quickly, = do quickly (Genesis 18:6; 1 Kings 22:9; 2 Chronicles 18:8)
מַהֵר: I. hastening, speedy, swift, (strictly Pi`el Participle for מְמַהֵר see below מהר) (Zephaniah 1:14; 1 Samuel 23:22)
II. מַהֵר adverb quickly, speedily (strictly Pi`el infinitive absolute) always immediately after verb; Exod 32:8 (J), Deut 4:26; Deut 7:4; Deut 7:22; Deut 9:3; Deut 9:12 (twice in verse); Deut 9:16; Deut 28:20; Josh 2:5 (J), Judg 2:17; Judg 2:23; Prov 25:8 (on Ps 69:18; Ps 79:8; Ps 102:3; Ps 143:7, where ׳ מ precedes, see above below מָהַר). quickly, speedily, (strictly Pi`el infinitive absolute) always immediately after verb (Exodus 32:8; Deuteronomy 4:26; Deuteronomy 7:4)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 68 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 18:6 So Abraham ran back to the tent and said to Sarah, “Hurry! Get three large measures of your best flour, knead it into dough, and bake some bread.”
- Genesis 18:7 Then Abraham ran out to the herd and chose a tender calf and gave it to his servant, who quickly prepared it.
- Genesis 19:22 But hurry! Escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” (This explains why that village was known as Zoar, which means “little place.”)
- Genesis 24:18 “Yes, my lord,” she answered, “have a drink.” And she quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and gave him a drink.
- Genesis 24:20 So she quickly emptied her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw water for all his camels.
- Genesis 24:46 She quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and said, ‘Yes, have a drink, and I will water your camels, too!’ So I drank, and then she watered the camels.
See every passage
- Genesis 18:6, 18:7, 19:22, 24:18, 24:20, 24:46, 27:20, 41:32, 43:30, 44:11, 45:9, 45:13
- Exodus 2:18, 10:16, 12:33, 34:8
- Joshua 4:10, 8:14, 8:19
- Judges 9:48, 13:10
- 1 Samuel 4:14, 9:12, 17:48, 23:27, 25:18, 25:23, 25:34, 25:42, 28:20, 28:24
- 2 Samuel 15:14, 19:16
- 1 Kings 20:33, 20:41, 22:9
- 2 Kings 9:13
- 1 Chronicles 12:8
- 2 Chronicles 18:8, 24:5
- Esther 5:5, 6:10
- Job 5:13
- Psalms 16:4, 69:17, 79:8, 102:2, 106:13, 143:7
- Proverbs 1:16, 6:18, 7:23
- Ecclesiastes 5:2
- Isaiah 5:19, 32:4, 35:4, 49:17, 51:14, 59:7
- Jeremiah 9:18, 48:16
- Nahum 2:5
- Habakkuk 1:6
- Malachi 3:5
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).