חוּשׁ
chûwsh · koosh
to hurry; figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to hurry; figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment
- to hurry
- figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (make) haste(-n), ready.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy
To separate and protect that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חוּשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- make haste4 · 20%
- haste2 · 10%
- will go ready1 · 5%
- upon them make haste1 · 5%
- hasted1 · 5%
- and for this i make haste1 · 5%
- hath hasted1 · 5%
- i would hasten1 · 5%
- me; make haste1 · 5%
- i made haste1 · 5%
- unto thee: make haste1 · 5%
- or who else can hasten1 · 5%
- and hasten1 · 5%
- shall not make haste1 · 5%
- will hasten1 · 5%
- that hasteth1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.