חָפַז
châphaz · khaw-faz'
properly, to start up suddenly, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, to fear
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to start up suddenly, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, to fear
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 (away), tremble.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to speak, the word › to cut, to sustain
To separate and protect that works to speak, the word that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָפַז 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in my haste2 · 22%
- not, and do not tremble1 · 11%
- made haste1 · 11%
- and it came to pass, as she made haste1 · 11%
- in their haste1 · 11%
- and hasteth1 · 11%
- and hasted away1 · 11%
- they hasted1 · 11%
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.