Strong's Lexicon: H4116 מָהַר

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4116
Word:	מָהַר
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	65
Transliteration:	mahar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	maw-har'
Meaning:	1. (properly) to be liquid or flow easily 2. (by implication) 3. to hurry (in a good or a bad sense) 4. often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly
KJV Renderings:	be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) X quickly, rash, X shortly, (be so) X soon, make speed, X speedily, X straightway, X suddenly, swift.

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BDB4525

I. [מָהַר] verb hasten (Late Hebrew Pi`el,and derivatives; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2898] be practised, skilled (with Assyrian mâru , send, order, govern, compare II. מהר); Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2899] train teach; Syriac [untranscribed source text 2900] Pa`el id.; compare also Egyptian m¹har , trained warrior Bondi⁵⁷); —

Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular נִמְהָ֑רָה Job 5:13 Participle נִמְהָר Hab 1:6 plural נִמְהָרִים Isa 32:4 construct נִמְהֲרֵי Isa 35:4 — be hurried = anxious, disturbed נְמְהֲרֵילֵֿב Isa 35:4 hasty, precipitate, subject עֵצָה Job 5:13 so participle as substantive Isa 32:4 impetuous, of Chaldeans, Hab 1:6 (|| מַר).

Pi`el Perfect מִהַר 1Sam 4:14; Isa 51:14 3 feminine singular מִהֲרָה Jer 48:16 etc.; Imperfect יְמַהֵר Isa 5:19 + 2 t.; וַיְמַהֵר Gen 18:6 + 8 t. ( 1Sam 28:30 see below); 3 feminine plural תְּמַהֵרְנָה Jer 9:17 etc.; Imperative masculine singular מַהֵר Gen 19:22 +; מַהֲרָה 1Sam 23:27; 1Kgs 22:9, etc.; Infinitive construct מַהֵר Prov 7:23 +; Participle מְמַהֵר Gen 41:32; Mal 3:5 (on מַהֵר Zeph 1:14 [ 1Sam 23:22] compare Kö^{i. 268} Schw^{ZAW x. 1890, 176} see I. מַהֵר ), feminine plural מְמַהֲרוֺת Prov 6:18 —

1. hasten, make haste, = go or come quickly Gen 18:6; 1Sam 9:12 ( but strike out ᵐ5 We Dr Kit Bu HPS), Nah 2:6; Isa 49:17; 1Chr 12:9 = go eagerly, (followed by Infinitive of purpose) Prov 1:16; Isa 59:7 Participle = swift, prompt Mal 3:5 of bird Prov 7:23 figurative of calamity Isa 5:19 (|| חוּשׁ ) Jer 48:16, מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז Isa 8:1; Isa 8:3, below

2. hasten + verb, (׳ מ having really adverbial force): followed by Infinitive Gen 18:7 (מִהַר לַעֲשׂת); compare Gen 27:20; Gen 41:32 (subject God), Exod 2:18; Exod 10:16; Exod 12:33 ; 2Sam 15:14; Isa 32:4; Isa 51:14; Prov 6:18; Eccl 5:1 more often followed by verb with ו Gen 24:18 ; Gen 24:20; Gen 24:46; Gen 44:11 (all J ), Gen 45:9; Gen 45:13 ( E ), probably Gen 43:30 ( J ), also Exod 34:8 ( J ), Josh 4:10; Josh 8:14; Josh 8:19 (all J E ), Judg 13:10; 1Sam 4:14; 1Sam 17:48; 1Sam 23:27; 1Sam 25:18; 1Sam 25:23; 1Sam 25:34 (twice in verse); 1Sam 28:24; 2Sam 15:14; 2Sam 19:17; 1Kgs 20:33; 1Kgs 20:41; 2Kgs 9:13; Jer 9:17 so even when active is not wholly voluntary 1Sam 28:20 (but read probably וַיִּבָּהֵל ᵐ5 We Dr Kit Bu); also, ו omitted, Ps 106:13 especially with Imperative Gen 19:22 ( J ), Judg 9:48; Esth 6:10 so also מַהֵר עֲנֵנִי Ps 69:18 ; Ps 102:3; Ps 143:7 compare Ps 79:8 (see Ol^{on the passage}).

3. transitive hasten, = prepare quickly Gen 18:6 = bring quickly 1Kgs 22:9 = 2Chr 18:8; Esth 5:5 = do quickly 2Chr 24:5 (twice in verse).

BDB4526

I. מַהֵר adjective hastening, speedy, swift (strictly Pi`el Participle for מְמַהֵר see below מהר); — of ׳ יוֺם י, מְאד ׳ קָרוֺב וּמ Zeph 1:14 read also feminine הַמְּהֵרָה (רַגְלוֺ) 1Sam 23:22 his swift foot (for ᵑ0 רָאָהוּ ׳ מִ ׳ ר) Th We Dr Bu; deeper corruption assumed by HPS .

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).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מהר (mah-har’)

Psalms 16:4

KJV: Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.hasten…: or, give gifts to another

EHCC: (that) Aasten (after) another (god):

Job 5:13

KJV: He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

EHCC: counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

Habakkuk 1:6

KJV: For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.breadth: Heb. breadths

EHCC: (that) bitter and husty nation,

Exodus 2:18

KJV: And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?Reuel: called also Jethro, or, Jether

EHCC: How a it thet) ye are come 40 soon to

Psalms 106:13

KJV: They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:They soon…: Heb. They made haste, they forgat

EHCC: They svon forgat (mare. They made haste,

Jeremiah 43:16

EHCC: his affliction Austeth fast.

Exodus 19:33

EHCC: send them out of the land in haste;

1 Chronicles 12:8

KJV: And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;of war: Heb. of the hostas swift…: Heb. as the roes upon the mountains to make haste

EHCC: as swift (marg. to make haste) as the roes

Proverbs 7:23

KJV: Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

EHCC: as a bird Aasteth to the snare, -

Judges 9:48

KJV: And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.me do: Heb. I have done

EHCC: make haste, (and) do as I'(have done).

1 Samuel 9:12

KJV: And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:sacrifice: or, feast

EHCC: make haste now. for he came

1 Kings 22:9

KJV: Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.officer: or, eunuch

EHCC: Basten (hither) Micaiah

2 Chronicles 18:8

KJV: And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.officers: or, eunuchsFetch…: Heb. Hasten

EHCC: Fetch icky (marg. Hasten) Micaiah

Esther 5:5

KJV: Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

EHCC: Caxse Haman to make haste,

Exodus 10:16

KJV: Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.called: Heb. hastened to call

EHCC: Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron

Joshua 4:10

KJV: For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.

EHCC: and the people husted and passed over.

Judges 13:10

KJV: And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day.

EHCC: And the woman made haste,

Judges 25:18

EHCC: Then Abigail made haste,

Judges 28:20

EHCC: Then Saul fell straightway (marg. made

Judges 19:16

KJV: And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

EHCC: (17). Aud Shimei...hasted and came down

1 Kings 20:33

KJV: Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben–hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben–hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

EHCC: and did hastily catch (lit. and they husted

2 Chronicles 24:5

KJV: And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

EHCC: and see that ye hasten the matter.

Proverbs 1:16

KJV: For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

EHCC: and make haste to shed blood.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

KJV: Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.thing: or, word

EHCC: (1). let not thine heart be hasty to utter

Ecclesiastes 32:4

EHCC: -tongue of the stammerers shull be ready

Ecclesiastes 59:7

EHCC: and they make haste to shed innocent

Proverbs 6:18

KJV: An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

EHCC: feet that be swift in running to

Malachi 8:5

EHCC: 1 will be a swift witness

Strong's Lexicon

H4116 — מָהַר