Hebrew word study
מָהַרmâhar — properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication)
Pronounced “maw-har'”
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
Translated in the King James as: 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.
Appears 65 times in Scripture
Origin: a primitive root;
Read it in context & ask Abram about this wordWhere it appears
Genesis — 13×
Joshua — 3×
Judges — 2×
1 Samuel — 10×
2 Samuel — 3×
1 Kings — 3×
2 Kings — 1×
1 Chronicles — 1×
2 Chronicles — 3×
Esther — 2×
Job — 1×
Psalms — 3×
Proverbs — 3×
Ecclesiastes — 1×
Isaiah — 7×
Jeremiah — 2×
Nahum — 1×
Habakkuk — 1×
Malachi — 1×
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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.