Quickly
חִישׁStrong’s H2440chish
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Chish is the Hebrew word usually translated “quickly”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.”
Meaning
- Quickly
How it's translated
- quickly 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
חִישׁ chish · quickly
quickly
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “quickly” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
QUICK'LY, adverb
- Speedily; with haste or celerity.
- Soon; without delay.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.