מְהֵרָה
mᵉhêrâh · meh-hay-raw'
properly, a hurry; hence (adverbially) promptly
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H4118 (מַהֵר);
properly, a hurry; hence (adverbially) promptly
- properly, a hurry
- hence, (adverbially) promptly
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hastily, quickly, shortly, soon, make (with) speed(-ily), swiftly.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְהֵרָה 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 · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- quickly6 · 30%
- speedily2 · 10%
- to us quickly1 · 5%
- hastily1 · 5%
- make speed1 · 5%
- of them away quickly1 · 5%
- and pass quickly1 · 5%
- me speedily1 · 5%
- for they shall soon1 · 5%
- very swiftly1 · 5%
- is not quickly1 · 5%
- with speed1 · 5%
- shall now shortly1 · 5%
- and speedily1 · 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.