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;

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Where it appears

Genesis 13×
Genesis 18:6Genesis 18:7Genesis 19:22Genesis 24:18Genesis 24:20Genesis 24:46Genesis 27:20Genesis 41:32Genesis 43:30Genesis 44:11Genesis 45:9Genesis 45:13+ 1 more in Genesis
Exodus 4×
Exodus 2:18Exodus 10:16Exodus 12:33Exodus 34:8
Joshua 3×
Joshua 4:10Joshua 8:14Joshua 8:19
Judges 2×
Judges 9:48Judges 13:10
1 Samuel 10×
1 Sam 4:141 Sam 9:121 Sam 17:481 Sam 23:271 Sam 25:181 Sam 25:231 Sam 25:341 Sam 25:421 Sam 28:201 Sam 28:24
2 Samuel 3×
2 Sam 15:142 Sam 19:16+ 1 more in 2 Samuel
1 Kings 3×
1 Ki 20:331 Ki 20:411 Ki 22:9
2 Kings 1×
2 Ki 9:13
1 Chronicles 1×
1 Chr 12:8
2 Chronicles 3×
2 Chr 18:82 Chr 24:5+ 1 more in 2 Chronicles
Esther 2×
Esther 5:5Esther 6:10
Job 1×
Job 5:13
Psalms 3×
Psalms 16:4Psalms 69:17Psalms 106:13
Proverbs 3×
Proverbs 1:16Proverbs 6:18Proverbs 7:23
Ecclesiastes 1×
Eccles 5:2
Isaiah 7×
Isaiah 5:19Isaiah 32:4Isaiah 35:4Isaiah 49:17Isaiah 51:14Isaiah 59:7+ 1 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah 2×
Jeremiah 9:18Jeremiah 48:16
Nahum 1×
Nahum 2:5
Habakkuk 1×
Habakkuk 1:6
Malachi 1×
Malachi 3:5

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