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ταχινόςStrong’s G5031

tachinos

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Tachinos is the Greek word usually translated “imminent”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.”
2 Peter 1:14 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “imminent”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • imminent 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Peter 2

1 book in all.

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Greek dictionary

ταχινός tachinos · quick

ταχινός, -ή, -όν [in LXX: Pro.1:16, Hab.1:6, Isa.59:7 (מָהַר), Wis.13:2, Sir.11:22 18:26 * ;] poët. and late for ταχύς, swift: of swift approach, 2Pe.1:14 2:1.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “quick” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

QUICK, verb intransitive

    All definitions and other forms of “quick”

      QUICK, adjective

      [If q is a dialectical prefix, as I suppose, this word coincides with the Latin vigeo, vegeo, and vig, veg, radical, coincide with wag.]

      1. Primarily, alive; living; opposed to dead or unanimated; as quick flesh. Leviticus 13:10“The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead” 2 Timothy 4:1
      2. Swift; hasty; done with celerity; as quick dispatch.
      3. Speedy; done or occurring in a short time; as a quick return of profits.
      4. Active; brisk; nimble; prompt ready.
      5. Moving with rapidity or celerity; as quick time in music.

      QUICK, adverb

      1. Nimbly; with celerity; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; be quick
      2. Soon; in a short time; without delay.

      QUICK, noun

      1. A living animal. obsolete
      2. The living flesh; sensible parts; as penetrating to the quick; stung to the quick; cut to the quick
      3. Living shrubs or trees; as a ditch or bank set with quick

      QUICK, verb transitive

      To revive; to make alive. obsolete

        QUICK, verb intransitive

        To become alive. obsolete

          Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

          Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.