Definition

properly, hurrying; hence (adverbially) in ahurry

Etymology

from H4116 (מָהַר);

Where the KJV renders it

• hasteth
• hastily
• at once
• quickly
• soon
• speedily
• suddenly

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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