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The term "hasteth" is an archaic English word that appears in various translations of the Bible, including the King James Version. It is derived from the verb "haste," meaning to hurry or move quickly. In the context of the Bible, "hasteth" is often used to describe actions taken with urgency or speed, reflecting a sense of immediacy or pressing need.

Biblical Usage:

1. Proverbs 19:2 : "Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark." The concept of hastening is implied here, as the verse warns against acting with undue speed without the guidance of knowledge. The idea is that rushing into actions without proper understanding can lead to mistakes or sin.

2. Ecclesiastes 2:25 : "For who can eat and who can enjoy life apart from Him?" While the word "hasteth" is not directly used in this verse, the broader context of Ecclesiastes often contrasts the hurried pursuits of worldly pleasures with the lasting fulfillment found in God. The implication is that hastening after earthly desires can lead to emptiness.

3. Isaiah 28:16 : "So this is what the Lord GOD says: 'See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.'" In some translations, the phrase "will not make haste" is used, suggesting that those who trust in God's promises need not rush or act in panic, as their foundation is secure.

Theological Implications:

In Scripture, the concept of hastening often carries a dual implication. On one hand, it can denote a positive urgency in responding to God's call or in pursuing righteousness. On the other hand, it can warn against the dangers of acting impulsively or without divine guidance. The Bible encourages believers to balance urgency with wisdom, ensuring that their actions align with God's will.

Practical Application:

For Christians, the idea of "hasteth" serves as a reminder to approach life with a sense of purpose and urgency in spiritual matters, while also exercising patience and discernment. Believers are called to be diligent in their faith, quick to obey God's commands, and eager to share the Gospel. However, they are also cautioned to avoid rash decisions that stem from impatience or a lack of trust in God's timing.

In summary, "hasteth" in the biblical context underscores the importance of aligning one's actions with divine wisdom, balancing the need for promptness with the necessity of thoughtful consideration.

Strong's Hebrew

4118. maher -- hastening, speedy, swift
... 4117, 4118. maher. 4118a . hastening, speedy, swift. Transliteration: maher
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-hare') Short Definition: hasteth. ...
/hebrew/4118.htm - 5k

Library

Habakkuk's Rhapsody of the Chaldeans
... more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen bear themselves proudly:
yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour ...
/.../habakkuks rhapsody of the chaldeans.htm

Habakkuk-On his Watch-Tower
... they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. They shall come all for violence: . . .
and they shall gather the captivity as the sand." And it was so. ...
/.../whyte/lord teach us to pray/ix habakkuk-on his watch-tower.htm

Wisdom and the Strange Woman
... As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;
Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare ...
/.../select masterpieces of biblical literature/vii wisdom and the strange.htm

Be Thou Contented.
... good, believe me. What on the way To come ne'er hasteth, Doth longer stay,
And sweeter tasteth. Be thou contented! Though 'gainst ...
/.../gerhardt/paul gerhardts spiritual songs/be thou contented.htm

Now Spread are Evening's Shadows.
... There shall I be for ever When God doth me deliver, From this low vale of misery.
To rest the body hasteth, Itself of clothes divesteth, Type of mortality! ...
/.../gerhardt/paul gerhardts spiritual songs/now spread are evenings shadows.htm

God's Dealings with the Earth During the Tribulation Period.
... We read in Zeph.1:14-18, "The great day of the Lord is near, and hasteth greatly,
even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the redeemers return/3 gods dealings with the.htm

John xviii. 1
... He journeyeth at midnight, and crosseth a river, and hasteth to come to a place
known to the traitor, lessening the labor to those who plotted against Him, and ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily lxxxiii john xviii 1.htm

March 16 Morning
... They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the
prey."Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep . . . ...
/.../anonymous/daily light on the daily path/march 16 morning.htm

On the Sinful Woman.
... What means this haste? For thou hasteth more than other days. What means
this thy meekness, for thy soul is meek like a handmaid's? ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/on the sinful woman.htm

John xx. 10, 11
... For by saying, "I am not yet ascended," He showeth that He hasteth and presseth
thither; and that it was not meet that One about to depart thither, and no ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily lxxxvi john xx 10.htm

Thesaurus

Runneth (36 Occurrences)
... Genesis 24:20 and she hasteth, and emptieth her pitcher into the drinking-trough,
and runneth again unto the well to draw, and draweth for all his camels. ...
/r/runneth.htm - 16k

Letteth (11 Occurrences)
... (KJV). Genesis 24:18 and she saith, 'Drink, my lord;' and she hasteth, and letteth
down her pitcher upon her hand, and giveth him drink. (YLT). ...
/l/letteth.htm - 9k

Maher-shalal-hash-baz (2 Occurrences)
... Maher-shalal-hashbaz, Maher-shalal-hash-baz. Ma'her-shal'al-hash-baz . Easton's
Bible Dictionary Plunder speedeth; spoil hasteth, (Isaiah 8:1-3; Comp. ...
/m/maher-shalal-hash-baz.htm - 8k

Mahershalalhashbaz (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Plunder speedeth; spoil hasteth, (Isaiah 8:1-3;
Comp. Zephaniah 1:14), a name Isaiah was commanded first ...
/m/mahershalalhashbaz.htm - 8k

Boweth (53 Occurrences)
... into the tent; (YLT). Exodus 34:8 And Moses hasteth, and boweth to the earth,
and doth obeisance, (YLT). Numbers 22:31 And Jehovah ...
/b/boweth.htm - 22k

Draweth (52 Occurrences)
... Genesis 24:20 and she hasteth, and emptieth her pitcher into the drinking-trough,
and runneth again unto the well to draw, and draweth for all his camels. ...
/d/draweth.htm - 21k

Giveth (378 Occurrences)
... Genesis 18:7 and Abraham ran unto the herd, and taketh a son of the herd, tender
and good, and giveth unto the young man, and he hasteth to prepare it; (YLT). ...
/g/giveth.htm - 35k

Falleth (119 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 25:23 And Abigail seeth David, and hasteth and cometh down from off the
ass, and falleth before David on her face, and boweth herself to the earth ...
/f/falleth.htm - 37k

Hasteth (32 Occurrences)
...Hasteth (32 Occurrences). ... Genesis 24:18 and she saith, 'Drink, my lord;' and she
hasteth, and letteth down her pitcher upon her hand, and giveth him drink. ...
/h/hasteth.htm - 15k

Declareth (71 Occurrences)
... Judges 13:10 and the woman hasteth, and runneth, and declareth to her husband, and
saith unto him, 'Lo, he hath appeared unto me -- the man who came on 'that ...
/d/declareth.htm - 27k

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Concordance

Hasteth (32 Occurrences)

Genesis 18:6
And Abraham hasteth towards the tent, unto Sarah, and saith, 'Hasten three measures of flour-meal, knead, and make cakes;'
(YLT)

Genesis 18:7
and Abraham ran unto the herd, and taketh a son of the herd, tender and good, and giveth unto the young man, and he hasteth to prepare it;
(YLT)

Genesis 24:18
and she saith, 'Drink, my lord;' and she hasteth, and letteth down her pitcher upon her hand, and giveth him drink.
(YLT)

Genesis 24:20
and she hasteth, and emptieth her pitcher into the drinking-trough, and runneth again unto the well to draw, and draweth for all his camels.
(YLT)

Genesis 24:46
and she hasteth and letteth down her pitcher from off her and saith, Drink, and thy camels also I water; and I drink, and the camels also she hath watered.
(YLT)

Genesis 43:30
And Joseph hasteth, for his bowels have been moved for his brother, and he seeketh to weep, and entereth the inner chamber, and weepeth there;
(YLT)

Exodus 10:16
And Pharaoh hasteth to call for Moses and for Aaron, and saith, 'I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you,
(YLT)

Exodus 34:8
And Moses hasteth, and boweth to the earth, and doth obeisance,
(YLT)

Judges 9:21
And Jotham hasteth, and fleeth, and goeth to Beer, and dwelleth there, from the face of Abimelech his brother.
(YLT)

Judges 13:10
and the woman hasteth, and runneth, and declareth to her husband, and saith unto him, 'Lo, he hath appeared unto me -- the man who came on 'that' day unto me.'
(YLT)

1 Samuel 17:48
And it hath come to pass, that the Philistine hath risen, and goeth, and draweth near to meet David, and David hasteth and runneth to the rank to meet the Philistine,
(YLT)

1 Samuel 25:18
And Abigail hasteth, and taketh two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep, prepared, and five measures of roasted corn, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred bunches of figs, and setteth 'them' on the asses.
(YLT)

1 Samuel 25:23
And Abigail seeth David, and hasteth and cometh down from off the ass, and falleth before David on her face, and boweth herself to the earth,
(YLT)

1 Samuel 25:42
And Abigail hasteth and riseth, and rideth on the ass; and five of her young women who are going at her feet; and she goeth after the messengers of David, and is to him for a wife.
(YLT)

1 Samuel 28:20
And Saul hasteth and falleth -- the fulness of his stature -- to the earth, and feareth greatly because of the words of Samuel; also power was not in him, for he had not eaten bread all the day, and all the night.
(YLT)

1 Samuel 28:24
And the woman hath a calf of the stall in the house, and she hasteth and slaughtereth it, and taketh flour, and kneadeth, and baketh it unleavened things,
(YLT)

2 Samuel 19:16
and Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite, who 'is' from Bahurim, hasteth, and cometh down with the men of Judah, to meet king David,
(YLT)

1 Kings 20:41
And he hasteth and turneth aside the ashes from off his eyes, and the king of Israel discerneth him, that he 'is' of the prophets,
(YLT)

Job 9:26
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
(KJV WBS)

Job 40:23
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
(KJV WBS)

Proverbs 7:23
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Proverbs 19:2
Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Proverbs 21:5
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.
(ASV JPS)

Proverbs 28:22
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Ecclesiastes 2:25
For who eateth and who hasteth out more than I?
(YLT)

Isaiah 8:1
And Jehovah said unto me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz;
(See JPS)

Isaiah 32:4
And the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak clearly.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 48:16
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Habakkuk 1:8
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.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.
(ASV DBY)

Zephaniah 1:14
The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Subtopics

Hasteth

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