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חוּשׁ H2363

H2363 is the Hebrew word חוּשׁ, transliterated chûwsh and said koosh. The King James Version most often renders it make haste.

Word: חוּשׁTransliteration: chûwshSaid: kooshLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 17 verses

What it means

to hurry; figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 17 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

make haste 6×hasten 3×hasted 2×haste 2×go ready 1×made haste 1×or who else can hasten 1×hasteth 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: (make) haste(-n), ready.

Verses using חוּשׁ

All 17 verses, quoted in full.

Numbers 32:17 · KJV

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.

Judges 20:37 · KJV

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.

1 Samuel 20:38 · KJV

And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

Job 31:5 · KJV

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

Psalm 22:19 · KJV

But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

Psalm 38:22 · KJV

Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

Psalm 40:13 · KJV

Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.

Psalm 55:8 · KJV

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

Psalm 70:1 · KJV

MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD.

Psalm 70:5 · KJV

But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.

Psalm 71:12 · KJV

O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

Psalm 119:60 · KJV

I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

Psalm 141:1 · KJV

Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

Ecclesiastes 2:25 · KJV

For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

Isaiah 5:19 · 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 60:22 · KJV

A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.

Habakkuk 1:8 · KJV

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.

Common questions

What does Strong's H2363 mean?

H2363 is the Hebrew word חוּשׁ (chûwsh), meaning to hurry; figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment.

How is H2363 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it make haste (6 times), hasten (3 times), hasted (2 times), haste (2 times), go ready (1 time), among others.

How many times does H2363 appear in the Bible?

חוּשׁ (chûwsh) is tagged in 17 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2363 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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