מָהַר mahar

Hebrew word for “to hasten” · Strong’s H4116 · used 68 times in 64 verses

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Meaning

1)(Qal) to hasten; 1a) (Niphal) to be hurried, be anxious;

How it is translated

Glosses given for mahar in context, with how often each is used:

• hurried 16
• hurry 12
• made haste 7
• bring quickly 3
• will hasten 3
• hastened 2
• hastening 2
• may hasten 2
• have you hastened 1
• hurrying 1
• will hurry 1
• did you hurry 1

Where it is used

Also in 8 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 25 (4), Genesis 24 (3), Genesis 18 (2), Genesis 45 (2), Joshua 8 (2), 1 Samuel 28 (2), 1 Kings 20 (2), Genesis 19 (1), Genesis 27 (1), Genesis 41 (1)

Forms

• מהר 10
• וימהר 9
• ותמהר 8
• וימהרו 8
• מהרו 8
• מהרה 3
• ימהר 3
• מהרת 2
• למהר 2
• מהרי 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with mahar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רוּץ ruts “to run” 8
• יָרַד yarad “to go down” 9
• אַל al “not” 8
• דָּבָר davar “word” 8
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 7
• כַּד kad “jar” 3
• אֲבִיגַיִל avigayil “Abigail” 3
• קָרָא qara “to encounter” 4
• דָּוִד david “David” 6
• עִיר ir “city” 6
• מִן־ min “from” 6
• רֶגֶל regel “foot” 4

Key verses

The verses using mahar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 43:30 — And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
• Job 5:13 — He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
• Psalms 79:8 — O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
• Psalms 106:13 — They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
• Psalms 143:7 — Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
• Proverbs 1:16 — For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
• Ecclesiastes 5:2 — Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words…
• Isaiah 5:19 — That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
• Isaiah 35:4 — Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
• Isaiah 59:7 — Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
• Habakkuk 1:6 — For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not…
• Malachi 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.