Strong's Lexicon

H2363

H2363 — חוּשׁ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewchuwshverbOccurrences: 21TWOT: 631

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2363
Word:	חוּשׁ
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	21
Transliteration:	chuwsh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	koosh
Meaning:	1. to hurry 2. (figuratively) to be eager with excitement or enjoyment
KJV Renderings:	(make) haste(-n), ready.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2650

I. חוּשׁ verb haste, make haste (Assyrian —âšu, Dl^{Pr 180}, Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1694]; on this verb V. Nö^{ZMG 1883, 538}) —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular חָשׁ Deut 32:35 (or Participle, but see Di), 1 singular חַשְׁתִּי Ps 119:60 Imperfect 3 feminine singular וַתַּ֫חַשׁ (sic!) Job 31:5 Ges^{«GKC:72»§ 72} R. 9; Imperative חוּ֫שָׁה 1Sam 20:38 + 6 t. Psalms, + Ps 71:12 Qr ( Kt חישׁה); Infinitive suffix חוּשִׁי Job 20:2 Participle active חָשׁ Hab 1:8 + Isa 8:1; Isa 8:3 in proper name; passive חֻשִׁיּם Num 32:17 but see below: — make haste Deut 32:35 (|| קרוב), Ps 119:60 in prophetic proper name מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז֑ Isa 8:1; Isa 8:3 of eagle (in simile of Chald. army) נשׁר חשׁ לאכול Hab 1:8; Job 31:5 subject רנל, followed by עלמֿרמה; חוּ֫שִׁי בּי Job 20:2 my haste in me, i.e. my inward excitement — especially Imperative 1Sam 20:38 (|| מהרה), and in Psalms: followed by לְעַזְרָתִי 1Sam 22:20; 1Sam 38:23; 1Sam 40:14; 1Sam 70:2; 1Sam 71:12 ( Qr ); followed by לִי 1Sam 70:6; 1Sam 141:1 Passive participle נֵחָלֵץ חֻשִׁים Num 32:17, but probably for חֲמֻשִׁים (Kn Di compare Exod 13:18 etc.); Ba^{NB 180
retains} חוּשִׁים and regards it as active (intransitive) = hastening.

Hiph`il Perfect הֵחִישׁוּ Judg 20:27 Imperfect יָחִישׁ Isa 28:16 יָחִ֫ישָׁה coh. Isa 5:19 (Ges^{«GKC:48»§ 48}. 3); אָחִ֫ישָׁה coh. Ps 55:9 suffix אֲחִישֶׁנָּה Isa 60:22 —

1. shew haste, act quickly Judg 20:37 hasten, come quickly Isa 5:19 (subject מַעֲשֵׂהוּ, || יְמַהֵר; others: let him hasten on his work), יָחִישׁ Isa 28:16 hasten away (flee), or hasten about distractedly (si vera lectio; Che Guthe read ימישׁ yield, give way).

2. transitive with suffix Isa 60:22 I will hasten it; with accusative Ps 55:9 I would hasten (= secure quickly) my escape.

BDB2652

II. [חוּשׁ] verb feel, enjoy (with the senses) (Now compares Arabic [untranscribed source text 1695] feel, perceive by senses; Late Hebrew חוּשׁ feel pain; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 1696], חוּשׁ, feel pain; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1697]: perception) — only

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular מִּי יאֹכַל וּמִי יָחוּשׁ Eccl 2:25 who can eat and who can feel (i.e. enjoy pleasure)?

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חוש (ghoosh)

Deuteronomy 32:35

KJV: To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

EHCC: and the things that shall come upon them

Psalms 119:60

KJV: I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

EHCC: J made haste, pears Aru not

Isaiah 8:1

KJV: Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Maher–shalal–hash–baz.Maher–shalal–hash–baz: Heb. In making speed to the spoil he hasteneth the prey, or, Make speed, etc

EHCC: concerning Maber-: -Aash-bes, (mang.

Habakkuk 1:8

KJV: Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.fierce: Heb. sharp

EHCC: fly as the eagle (that) hasteth to eat, |

Job 20:2

KJV: Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.I make…: Heb. my haste is in me

EHCC: for (this) I make haste. (marg. my haste

1 Samuel 20:88

EHCC: Make speed, Aaste, stay not.

1 Samuel 88:92

EHCC: 98( . Make haste to help me, O Lord

1 Samuel 40:13

EHCC: (14}.O Lord, make haste to help me,

1 Samuel 71:12

EHCC: make haste for my help.

1 Samuel 141:1

EHCC: 1 cry unto thee: make haste unto me; .

Ecclesiastes 2:25

KJV: For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

EHCC: 0r who else הבס hasten

Numbers 32:17

KJV: But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

EHCC: we ourselves will go ready armed

Judges 20:37

KJV: And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.drew…: or, made a long sound with the trumpet

EHCC: the liers in wait +

Psalms 55:8

KJV: I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

EHCC: (9). 7 would hasten my escape

Psalms 28:16

EHCC: he that believeth shail not make haste,

Psalms 60:22

EHCC: the Lord will hasten it in his time.