Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to hasten
Usage: 1) to haste, make haste, hurry 1a) (Qal) to make haste 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to show haste, act quickly, hasten, come quickly
Strong's Number
H2363
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
20
Books
9
Strong's H2363 Quick Answer
Strong's H2363 חוּשׁ (chuwsh) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chuwsh (koosh) v. 1. to hurry 2. (figuratively) to be eager with excitement or enjoyment It has 20 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include make, haste, and ready. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- chuwsh (koosh) v. 1. to hurry 2. (figuratively) to be eager with excitement or enjoyment
- Usage
- 20 linked usages
- Books
- 9 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- make, haste, and ready
Meaning and Definition
chuwsh (koosh) v. 1. to hurry 2. (figuratively) to be eager with excitement or enjoyment [a primitive root] KJV: (make) haste(-n), ready.
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2363. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H2363 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chuwsh, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
How Strong's H2363 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 20 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H2363 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H2363 in the Old Testament
20 indexed usages in Old Testament.
But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
Usage Excerpts
First 20 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2363.
But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord.
But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2363, grouped by book.
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 9 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament
Strong's H2363 FAQ
What does chush (חוּשׁ) mean?
Chush (Strong's H2363) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "ready". chuwsh (koosh) v. 1. to hurry 2. (figuratively) to be eager with excitement or enjoyment
How many times is chush (חוּשׁ) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 20 linked usages for Strong's H2363 across 9 books.
Where can I study chush (חוּשׁ) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2363 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate chush (חוּשׁ)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as make, haste, and ready. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.