Strong's Hebrew · H4116
H4116 mâhar
מָהַר
maw-har'
to hasten
Looking for Greek G4116 platýs? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H4116. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
mâhar appears 65 times in Scripture, including Genesis 18:6 and Genesis 18:7. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly
In the King James Version
be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) × quickly, rash, × shortly, (be so) × soon, make speed, × speedily, × straightway, × suddenly, swift.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 65 times in Scripture
“She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well.’ So I drank, and she also watered the camels.”
“Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.”
“But Isaac asked his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?” “Because the LORD your God brought it to me,” he replied.”
“Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.”
““Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.”
“Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.”
“Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.”
“So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.””
“And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
