To hurry
חָפַזStrong’s H2648chaphaz (cha-phaz)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chaphaz is the Hebrew word usually translated “when was hastening i”, “hurried away” and “make haste”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;”
Meaning
- To hurry, flee, hasten, fear, be terrified(Qal) to be in a hurry, be alarmed · (Niphal) to be in a hurry
How it's translated
- when was hastening i 2
- they hurried away 2
- you make haste 1
- hurrying away 1
- when hurried she 1
- in hurrying of them 1
- it is alarmed 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 4
- Deuteronomy 1
- 1 Samuel 1
- 2 Samuel 1
- 2 Kings 1
- Job 1
6 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 23:26And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
- 2 Samuel 4:4And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
- 2 Kings 7:15And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
- Job 40:23Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
- Psalms 31:22For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
- Psalms 48:5They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
Hebrew dictionary
חָפַז chaphaz · to hurry
1) to hurry, flee, hasten, fear, be terrified 1a) (Qal) to be in a hurry, be alarmed 1b) (Niphal) to be in a hurry
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hurry” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HUR'RY, verb transitive
[Latin curro.]
- To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to drive or press forward with more rapidity; to urge to act or proceed with more celerity; as, to hurry the workmen or the work.
- To drive or impel with violence.
- To urge or drive with precipitation and confusion; for confusion is often caused by hurry
All definitions and other forms of “hurry”
HUR'RY, verb intransitive
To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation.
HUR'RY, noun
A driving or pressing forward in motion or business.
- Pressure; urgency to haste.
- Precipitation that occasions disorder or confusion.
- Tumult; bustle; commotion.
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.