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מָהַר

ma.harto hastenHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb65 occurrences20 books61 verses

Definition

a primitive root; 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
Traditional renderings: be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) × quickly, rash, × shortly, (be so) × soon, make speed, × speedily, × straightway, × suddenly, swift.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מָהַר:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

65 total
  1. Genesis 18:6וַיְמַהֵ֧ר · hurried; מַהֲרִ֞י · Quick! Prepare
    So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”
  2. Genesis 18:7וַיְמַהֵ֖ר · who hurried
    Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
  3. Genesis 19:22מַהֵר֙ · Hurry
    Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
  4. Genesis 24:18וַתְּמַהֵ֗ר · and she quickly
    “Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
  5. Genesis 24:20וַתְּמַהֵ֗ר · And she quickly
    And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.
  6. Genesis 24:46וַתְּמַהֵ֗ר · She quickly
    She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well.’ So I drank, and she also watered the camels.
  7. Genesis 27:20מִהַ֥רְתָּ · quickly
    But Isaac asked his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?” “Because the LORD your God brought it to me,” he replied.
  8. Genesis 41:32וּמְמַהֵ֥ר · shortly
    Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.
  9. Genesis 43:30וַיְמַהֵ֣ר · hurried
    Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
  10. Genesis 44:11וַֽיְמַהֲר֗וּ · one quickly
    So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.
  11. Genesis 45:9מַהֲרוּ֮ · quickly
    Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
  12. Genesis 45:13וּמִֽהַרְתֶּ֛ם · quickly
    Tell my father about all my splendor in Egypt and everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”
  13. Exodus 2:18מִהַרְתֶּ֥ן · so early
    When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
  14. Exodus 10:16וַיְמַהֵ֣ר · quickly
    Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.
  15. Exodus 12:33לְמַהֵ֖ר · quickly
    And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”
  16. Exodus 34:8וַיְמַהֵ֖ר · immediately
    Moses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
  17. Joshua 4:10וַיְמַהֲר֥וּ · hurried
    Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until the people had completed everything the LORD had commanded Joshua to tell them, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried across,
  18. Joshua 8:14וַֽיְמַהֲר֡וּ · he hurried
    When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.
  19. Joshua 8:19וַֽיְמַהֲר֔וּ · and immediately
    …and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
  20. Judges 9:48מַהֲר֖וּ · Hurry
    …he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”
  21. Judges 13:10וַתְּמַהֵר֙ · quickly
    The woman ran quickly to tell her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has reappeared!”
  22. 1 Samuel 4:14מִהַ֔ר · hurried over
    Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.
  23. 1 Samuel 9:12מַהֵ֣ר׀ · Hurry
    “Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.
  24. 1 Samuel 17:48וַיְמַהֵ֣ר · quickly
    As the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.
  25. 1 Samuel 23:27מַהֲרָ֣ה · quickly
    Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”
  26. 1 Samuel 25:18וַתְּמַהֵ֣ר · hurried
    Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys
  27. 1 Samuel 25:23וַתְּמַהֵ֕ר · she quickly
    When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
  28. 1 Samuel 25:34מִהַ֗רְתְּ · quickly
    Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
  29. 1 Samuel 25:42וַתְּמַהֵ֞ר · hurried
    So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.
  30. 1 Samuel 28:20וַיְמַהֵ֣ר · Immediately
    Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.
  31. 1 Samuel 28:24וַתְּמַהֵ֖ר · and she quickly
    The woman had a fattened calf at her house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She also took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.
  32. 2 Samuel 15:14מַהֲר֣וּ · quickly; יְמַהֵ֤ר · he will soon
    And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
  33. 2 Samuel 19:16וַיְמַהֵ֗ר · hurried
    Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
  34. 1 Kings 20:33וַֽיְמַהֲר֜וּ · and they quickly
    Now the men were looking for a sign of hope, and they quickly grasped at this word and replied, “Yes, your brother Ben-hadad.” “Go and get him!” said the king. Then Ben-hadad came out, and Ahab had him come up into his chariot.
  35. 1 Kings 20:41וַיְמַהֵ֕ר · Then [the prophet] quickly
    Then the prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.
  36. 1 Kings 22:9מַהֲרָ֖ה · Bring
    So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
  37. 2 Kings 9:13וַֽיְמַהֲר֗וּ · Quickly
    Quickly, each man took his garment and put it under Jehu on the bare steps. Then they blew the ram’s horn and proclaimed, “Jehu is king!”
  38. 1 Chronicles 12:8לְמַהֵֽר׃ס · and who were as swift
    Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
  39. 2 Chronicles 18:8מַהֵ֖ר · Bring
    So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
  40. 2 Chronicles 24:5תְּמַהֲר֣וּ · quickly; מִֽהֲר֖וּ · make haste
    So he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the house of your God. Do it quickly.” The Levites, however, did not make haste.
  41. Esther 5:5מַהֲרוּ֙ · Hurry
    “Hurry,” commanded the king, “and bring Haman, so we can do as Esther has requested.” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
  42. Esther 6:10מַ֠הֵר · Hurry
    “Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”
  43. Job 5:13נִמְהָֽרָה׃ · and sweeps away
    He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
  44. Psalm 16:4מָ֫הָ֥רוּ · to those who chase
    Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.
  45. Psalm 69:17מַהֵ֥ר · quickly
    Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
  46. Psalm 106:13מִֽ֭הֲרוּ · [Yet] they soon
    Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
  47. Proverbs 1:16וִֽ֝ימַהֲר֗וּ · and they are swift
    For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.