מַהֵר
mahêr · mah-hare'
properly, hurrying; hence (adverbially) in ahurry
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4116 (מָהַר);
properly, hurrying; hence (adverbially) in ahurry
- properly, hurrying
- hence, (adverbially) in ahurry
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hasteth, hastily, at once, quickly, soon, speedily, suddenly.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַהֵר 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- quickly4 · 22%
- me speedily3 · 17%
- them quickly2 · 11%
- hastily2 · 11%
- aside quickly1 · 6%
- that ye shall soon1 · 6%
- thee suddenly1 · 6%
- them at once1 · 6%
- themselves; they are quickly1 · 6%
- speedily1 · 6%
- and hasteth1 · 6%
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.