Word

חוּשׁ

chûwsh · H2363 · Hebrew · 20 occurrences

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Meanings

to come swiftly, to hurry, to speed up, to give way

Process or action by which an event happens quickly, someone performs an event quickly, someone causes an event to happen speedily, or someone gives way instead of standing firm

Examples
Deuteronomy 32:35 ‘Vengeance is Mine, and retribution; In due time their foot will slip. For the day of their disaster is near, And the impending things are hurrying to them.’
Numbers 32:17 but we ourselves will be armed, hurrying ahead of the sons of Israel, until we have brought them to their place, while our little ones live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
Judges 20:37 the men in ambush hurried and rushed against Gibeah; the men in ambush also deployed and struck all the city with the edge of the sword.
to be impatient, to be unable to wait

State in which someone feels a strong urge to perform a particular action, caused by emotions, and resulting in actions

Examples
Job 20:2 “Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me respond, Even because of my inward agitation.
to enjoy oneself, to find joy

State in which someone experiences joy

Examples
Ecclesiastes 2:25 For who can eat and who can have enjoyment without Him?

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

20 occurrences in 11 groups

Not stated: you (one person) 8
Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

מַעֲשֶׂהwork, deed 1
מִפְלָטrefuge 1
הָher 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

14 occurrences in 8 groups

לto/for+ עֶזְרָהhelp 5
לto/for+ נִיme 3
עַלon, upon, over, against+ מִרְמָהfalsehood 1
בin/on/with+ עֵתtime, moment, period 1
בin/on/with+ נִיme 1
לto/for+ אָכַלto eat, to devour 1

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 2 groups

לֹאnot 1
מְהֵרָהquickly 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אָמַרto say 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 3 words

מַהֵר mahêr · H4118 · to act quickly, to hasten, to be fearful: Both denote haste or speed, describing doing something quickly or urgently.
דָּחַף dâchaph · H1765 · to be in haste, to hurry, to rush: Both denote hurrying or hastening, overlapping in the field of urgency and rapid action.
בָּהַל bâhal · H926 · to be quick, to be hasty, to be rash: Both denote hastening or hurrying; בָּהַל (bâhal, H926) also carries broader senses of fear or dismay that חוּשׁ (chûwsh, H2363) lacks, but the two overlap genuinely in the sense of haste.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Urge002003003023: The verb describes hurrying or being pressed to move quickly, as the Reubenites and Gadites will go "hurrying ahead" of the rest of Israel into the land (Numbers 32:17).
Wish002004002001001: This entry carries no independent "Wish" sense of its own; every genuine tagged occurrence (Numbers 32:17, Judges 20:37, 1 Samuel 20:38, Habakkuk 1:8) describes physical hurrying or haste, not wishing or desiring. The domain is bundle-shared with a related sense of eagerness.
Rejoice002001002022: This entry carries no independent "Rejoice" sense of its own; its genuine tagged occurrences all describe hurrying or making haste (Numbers 32:17, Judges 20:37, Habakkuk 1:8), not rejoicing. The domain is bundle-shared with a related lexeme.

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

חוּשׁchûwsh · H2363חֲשַׁח chăshach · H2818 · careful, have need of · 2×חִישׁ chîysh · H2440 · quickly · 1×חַשְׁחוּת chashchûwth · H2819 · be needful · 1×חִישׁ chîysh · H2439 · to come swiftly, to happen swiftly, to hurry · 0×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2363. chuwsh I. חוּשׁ verb haste, make haste (Assyrian —âšu, DlPr 180, Ethiopic ; on…

H2363. chuwsh
I. חוּשׁ verb haste, make haste (Assyrian —âšu, DlPr 180, Ethiopic ; on this verb V. NöZMG 1883, 538) —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular חָשׁ Deu 32:35 (or Participle, but see Di), 1 singular חַשְׁתִּי Psa 119:60; Imperfect3feminine singular וַתַּ֫חַשׁ (sic!) Job 31:5 Ges§ 72 R. 9; Imperative חוּ֫שָׁה 1Sa 20:38 1Sa 20:6t. Psalms, + Psa 71:12 Qr (Kt חישׁה); Infinitive suffix חוּשִׁי Job 20:2; Participle active חָשׁ Hab 1:8 + Isa 8:1, Isa 8:3in proper name; passive חֻשִׁיּם Num 32:17; but see below: — make haste Deu 32:35 (|| קרוב), Psa 119:60; in prophetic proper name בַּז֑ חָשׁ שָׁלָל מַהֵר Isa 8:1, Isa 8:3; of eagle (in simile of Chald. army) לאכול חשׁ נשׁר Hab 1:8; Job 31:5 subject רנל, followed by עלמֿרמה; בּי חוּ֫שִׁי Job 20:2 my haste in me, i.e. my inward excitement — especially Imperative 1Sa 20:38 (|| מהרה), and in Psalms: followed by לְעַזְרָתִי 1Sa 22:20; 1Sam 38:23; 1Sam 40:14; 1Sam 70:2; 1Sam 71:12 (Qr); followed by לִי 1Sam 70:6; 1Sam 141:1; passive participle חֻשִׁים נֵחָלֵץ Num 32:17, but probably for חֲמֻשִׁים (Kn Di compare Exo 13:18 etc.); BaNB 180 retains חוּשִׁים and regards it as active (intransitive) = hastening.
Hiph`il Perfect הֵחִישׁוּ Jdg 20:27; Imperfect יָחִישׁ Isa 28:16; יָחִ֫ישָׁה coh. Isa 5:19 (Ges§ 48. 3); אָחִ֫ישָׁה coh. Psa 55:9; suffix אֲחִישֶׁנָּה Isa 60:22; —
1 shew haste, act quickly Jdg 20:37; hasten, come quickly Isa 5:19 (subject מַעֲשֵׂהוּ, || יְמַהֵר; others: let him hasten on his work), יָחִישׁ Isa 28:16 hasten away (flee), or hasten about distractedly (si vera lectio; Che Guthe read ימישׁ yield, give way).
2 transitive with suffix Isa 60:22 I will hasten it; with accusative Psa 55:9 I would hasten (= secure quickly) my escape.
II. [חוּשׁ] verb feel, enjoy (with the senses) (Now compares Arabic feel, perceive by senses; Late Hebrew חוּשׁ feel pain; Aramaic , חוּשׁ, feel pain; Ethiopic : perception) — only
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יָחוּשׁ וּמִי יאֹכַל מִּי Ecc 2:25 who can eat and who can feel (i.e. enjoy pleasure)?

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Rejoice1 occurrence Urge17 occurrences Wish2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0