Speed
τάχοςStrong’s G5034tachos
Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament
In short
Tachos is the Greek word usually translated “speed”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.
“These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:”
Meaning
Usually translated “speed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- speed 9
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
- Revelation 3
- Luke 1
- Romans 1
- 1 Timothy 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 18:8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
- Acts 12:7And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
- Acts 22:18And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
- Acts 25:4But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.
- Romans 16:20And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
- Revelation 1:1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Greek dictionary
τάχος tachos · speed
τάχος, -ους, τό [in LXX chiefly for parts and derivatives of מָהַר ;] swiftness, speed. Adverbially, ἐν τ. (ταχέως), quickly, speedily, soon: Luk.18:8, Act.12:7 22:18 25:4, Rom.16:20, 1Ti.3:14, Rev.1:1 22:6.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “speed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SPEED, verb intransitive
preterit tense and participle passive sped, speeded. [The Latin expedio may be from the same root, which signifies to drive, to hurry, of the family of Latin peto.]
- To make haste; to move with celerity.
- To have success; to prosper; to succeed; that is, to advance in one's enterprise.
- To have any condition good or ill; to fare.
All definitions and other forms of “speed”
SPEED, verb transitive
- TO dispatch; to send away in haste.
- To hasten; to hurry; to put in quick motion. -But sped his steps along the hoarse resounding shore.
- TO hasten to a conclusion; to execute; to dispatch; as, to speed judicial acts.
- To assist; to help forward; to hasten. -With rising gales that sped their happy flight.
- To prosper; to cause to succeed.
- To furnish in haste.
- To dispatch; to kill; to ruin; to destroy.
SPEED, noun
- Swiftness; quickness; celerity; applied to animals.
- Haste; dispatch; as, to perform a journey with speed; to execute an order with speed
- Rapid pace; as a horse of speed We say also, high speed full speed
- Success; prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; that is, advance to the desired end. Genesis 24:12
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.