Greek verb · G4692
σπεύδω
speudospyoo'-do
most frequently intrans.; Trans., with accusative
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: speúdō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4692is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4692
to "speed" ("study"), i.e. urge on (diligently or earnestly); by implication, to await eagerly
The King James renders it: (make, with) haste unto.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
speudo is rendered "most frequently intrans.; Trans., with accusative". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "most frequently intrans.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 2:16So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.
Luke 2:16σπεύσαντες
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: most frequently intrans., and Trans., with accusative.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| most frequently intrans.to hasten | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 2:16So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger. |
| Trans., with accusative__(a) to hasten | Tagged as
| Where2 Peter 3:12as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- σπεύσας2
- ἔσπευδεν1
- σπεύδοντας1
- σπεύσαντες1
- σπεῦσον1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-AAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular1V-AAM-2S
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-AAP-NPM
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-IAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural1V-PAP-APM
Luke
three uses
So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.
- σπεύσαντεςspeusantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having hurried
When Jesus came to that place, He looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today.”
- σπεύσαςspeusasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having hurried
So Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed Him joyfully.
- σπεύσαςspeusasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having hurried
Acts
two uses
Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
- ἔσπευδενespeudenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was hastened
and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’
- σπεῦσονspeusonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do make haste
2 Peter
one use
as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.
- σπεύδονταςspeudontasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: hastening
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.