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מָהִיר

mâhîyr · H4106 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. swift

    Actions by which deities act without delay

    Examples

    Isaiah 16:5 A throne will be established in faithfulness, And a judge will sit on it in trustworthiness in the tent of David; Moreover, he will seek justice, And be prompt in righteousness.

  2. skillful, skilled

    Literally: swift; hence: state in which humans have a significant level of proficiency in a certain craft, which enables them to work relatively fast

    Examples

    Ezra 7:6 So this Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all he requested because the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.

    Psalm 45:1 My heart is moved with a good theme; I address my verses to the King; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

    Proverbs 22:29 Do you see a person skilled in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before obscure people.

How it’s used In 1 role

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1 occurrences in 1 groups

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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Semantic domains 2 entries
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מָהִיר describes being hasty or ready to act quickly, reflected in its gloss 'hasty, ready,' as in Isaiah 16:5's judge who will "be prompt in righteousness," tying the word to swift, eager action.
Wise002001002029
The word also describes skill and diligence in one's craft, as in Ezra 7:6's Ezra who was "a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses," and Proverbs 22:29's "a person skilled in his work," placing it among terms of expertise.
Word family 4 words

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

מָהַר mâhar · H4116 · to act quickly, to hasten, to be fearful · 67×מְהֵרָה mᵉhêrâh · H4120 · quickly, with haste, soon · 20×מַהֵר mahêr · H4118 · to act quickly, to hasten, to be fearful · 14×מָהִירmâhîyr · H4106
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4106. mahir מָהִיר adjective quick, prompt, ready, skilled; — מ ׳סוֺפֵר Psa 45:2; Ezr…
H4106. mahir
מָהִיר adjective quick, prompt, ready, skilled; — מ ׳סוֺפֵר Psa 45:2; Ezr 7:6; מ ׳אִישׁ בִּמְלַאכְתּוֺ Pro 22:29; construct צֶדֶק מְהִר Isa 16:5 prompt in justice.

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

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Wise3 occurrencesUrge1 occurrence

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

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