מָהַר

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) [idiom] quickly, rash, [idiom] shortly, (be so) [idiom] soon, make speed, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] straightway, [idiom] suddenly, swift.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(qal) to hasten
• 2.hasty, precipitate, impetuous
• 3.(piel)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: mâhar; Pronunciation: maw-har'