Hebrew word study
מָהַר H4116
- Transliteration
- mâhar
- Pronunciation
- maw-har'
- KJV glosses
- be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) [idiom] quickly, rash, [idiom] shortly, (be so) [idiom] soon, make speed, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] straightway, [idiom] suddenly, swift.
Lexical summary
properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication)
to hurry (in a good or a bad sense)
often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication)
to hurry (in a good or a bad sense)
often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information