To hasten
חוּשׁStrong’s H2363chush
Appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chush is the Hebrew word usually translated “make haste”, “hurried” and “it will make haste”. It appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- To haste, make haste, hurry(Qal) to make haste · (Hiphil)
- To feel, enjoy
How it's translated
- make haste 8
- hurried 1
- and it will make haste 1
- they made haste 1
- to agitate i 1
- and it has made haste 1
- i want to make haste 1
- i have made haste 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 9
- Isaiah 3
- Job 2
- Numbers 1
- Deuteronomy 1
- Judges 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 32:35To 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.
- Judges 20:37And 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.
- 1 Samuel 20:38And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
- Job 20:2Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
- Job 31:5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
- Psalms 22:19But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Hebrew dictionary
חוּשׁ chush · to hasten
1) to haste, make haste, hurry 1a) (Qal) to make haste 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to show haste, act quickly, hasten, come quickly
חוּשׁ chush · to enjoy
to feel, enjoy
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.