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Strong's H4116 מָהַר (mahar)

Mahar means “be carried headlong” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4116 — platys (“wide”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4116
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 60
Books 20

Strong's H4116 Quick Answer

Strong's H4116 מָהַר (mahar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mahar (maw-har') v. 1. (properly) to be liquid or flow easily 2. (by implication) It has 60 linked Bible usages across 20 books. Visible English usage signals include she, quickly, they, and another. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
mahar (maw-har') v. 1. (properly) to be liquid or flow easily 2. (by implication)
Usage
60 linked usages
Books
20 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
she, quickly, they, and another

Meaning and Definition

mahar (maw-har') v. 1. (properly) to be liquid or flow easily 2. (by implication) 3. to hurry (in a good or a bad sense) 4. often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly [a primitive root] KJV: be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) X quickly, rash, X shortly, (be so) X soon, make speed, X speedily, X straightway, X suddenly, swift.

Original Word
מָהַר
Transliteration
mahar
Derivation
Root: מהר
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4116. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to hasten

Usage: 1)(Qal) to hasten 1a) (Niphal) to be hurried, be anxious 1a) hasty, precipitate, impetuous 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to hasten, make haste 1b2) hasten (used as adverb with another verb) 1b3) to hasten, prepare quickly, do quickly, bring quickly

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How Strong's H4116 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mahar, 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.

she Genesis 24:18 another Psalms 16:4 quickly Genesis 18:6 they Genesis 44:11

How Strong's H4116 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 60 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4116 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 H4116 in the Old Testament

60 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 18:6 KJV

And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

Genesis 18:7 KJV

And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

Genesis 19:22 KJV

Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Usage Excerpts

First 60 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4116.

Genesis 18:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
Genesis 18:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
Genesis 19:22 Old Testament, KJV
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Genesis 24:18 Old Testament, KJV
And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
Genesis 24:20 Old Testament, KJV
And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
Genesis 24:46 Old Testament, KJV
And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
Genesis 27:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.
Genesis 41:32 Old Testament, KJV
And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
Genesis 43:30 Old Testament, KJV
And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
Genesis 44:11 Old Testament, KJV
Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
Genesis 45:9 Old Testament, KJV
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
Genesis 45:13 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
Exodus 2:18 Old Testament, KJV
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
Exodus 10:16 Old Testament, KJV
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.
Exodus 12:33 Old Testament, KJV
And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
Exodus 34:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
Joshua 4:10 Old Testament, KJV
For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
Joshua 8:14 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
Joshua 8:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
Judges 9:48 Old Testament, KJV
And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
Judges 13:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day.
1 Samuel 4:14 Old Testament, KJV
And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
1 Samuel 9:12 Old Testament, KJV
And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:
1 Samuel 17:48 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
1 Samuel 23:27 Old Testament, KJV
But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
1 Samuel 25:18 Old Testament, KJV
Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
1 Samuel 25:23 Old Testament, KJV
And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
1 Samuel 25:34 Old Testament, KJV
For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
1 Samuel 25:42 Old Testament, KJV
And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
1 Samuel 28:20 Old Testament, KJV
Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
1 Samuel 28:24 Old Testament, KJV
And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:
2 Samuel 15:14 Old Testament, KJV
And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
2 Samuel 19:16 Old Testament, KJV
And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
1 Kings 20:33 Old Testament, KJV
Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
1 Kings 20:41 Old Testament, KJV
And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
1 Kings 22:9 Old Testament, KJV
Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
2 Kings 9:13 Old Testament, KJV
Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
1 Chronicles 12:8 Old Testament, KJV
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
2 Chronicles 18:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
2 Chronicles 24:5 Old Testament, KJV
And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
Esther 5:5 Old Testament, KJV
Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
Esther 6:10 Old Testament, KJV
Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
Job 5:13 Old Testament, KJV
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Psalms 16:4 Old Testament, KJV
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
Psalms 106:13 Old Testament, KJV
They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
Proverbs 1:16 Old Testament, KJV
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Proverbs 6:18 Old Testament, KJV
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Proverbs 7:23 Old Testament, KJV
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Ecclesiastes 5:2 Old Testament, KJV
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Isaiah 5:19 Old Testament, KJV
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!
Isaiah 32:4 Old Testament, KJV
The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
Isaiah 35:4 Old Testament, KJV
Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
Isaiah 49:17 Old Testament, KJV
Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.
Isaiah 51:14 Old Testament, KJV
The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
Isaiah 59:7 Old Testament, KJV
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Jeremiah 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
Jeremiah 48:16 Old Testament, KJV
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Nahum 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
Habakkuk 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not their's.
Malachi 3:5 Old Testament, KJV
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4116, grouped by book.

Genesis 12 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 4 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 10 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 6 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H4116 FAQ

What does mahar (מָהַר) mean?

Mahar (Strong's H4116) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "be carried headlong". mahar (maw-har') v. 1. (properly) to be liquid or flow easily 2. (by implication)

How many times is mahar (מָהַר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 60 linked usages for Strong's H4116 across 20 books.

Where can I study mahar (מָהַר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4116 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate mahar (מָהַר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as she, quickly, they, and another. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.