To hasten
מָהַרStrong’s H4116mahar (ma-har)
Appears in 64 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mahar is the Hebrew word usually translated “hurry”, “hurried” and “made haste”. It appears in 64 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to hasten(Niphal) to be hurried, be anxious · hasty, precipitate, impetuous · (Piel)
How it's translated
- hurry 10
- and he hurried 7
- and they hurried 5
- and she made haste 5
- bring quickly 4
- and she hurried 3
- it will hasten 2
- and they may hasten 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 12
- 1 Samuel 10
- Psalms 6
- Isaiah 6
- Exodus 4
- Joshua 3
20 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 18:7And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
- Genesis 19:22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- Genesis 24:18And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
- Genesis 24:20And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
- Genesis 24:46And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
- Genesis 27:20And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.
All 64 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
מָהַר mahar · to hasten
1)(Qal) to hasten 1a) (Niphal) to be hurried, be anxious 1a) hasty, precipitate, impetuous 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to hasten, make haste 1b2) hasten (used as adverb with another verb) 1b3) to hasten, prepare quickly, do quickly, bring quickly
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.