Hebrew verb · H2648
חָפַז
chaphazkhaw-faz'
to hurry
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: châphaz
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2648is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2648
properly, to start up suddenly, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, to fear
The King James renders it: (make) haste (away), tremble.
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
chaphaz is rendered "to hurry". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Four of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 20:3saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
Deuteronomy 20:3תַּחְפְּז֛וּ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- they hurried away2
- when was hastening I2
- hurrying away1
- in hurrying of them1
- it is alarmed1
- when hurried she1
- you make haste1
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 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 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
- בְּחָפְזָ֥הּ1
- בְחָפְזִ֗י1
- בְחָפְזִ֑י1
- בְּחָפְזָ֑ם1
- יַחְפּ֑וֹז1
- יֵחָפֵזֽוּן׃1
- נֶחְפָּ֤ז1
- נֶחְפָּֽזוּ׃1
- תַּחְפְּז֛וּ1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HR/Vqcc/Sp1bs
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HR/Vqcc/Sp3fs
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HR/Vqcc/Sp3mp
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun1HVNi3mp/Sn
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVNp3cp
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singular1HVNrmsa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine plural1HVqj2mp
Deuteronomy
one use
saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
- תַּחְפְּז֛וּtachpezuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you make haste
1 Samuel
one use
Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.
- נֶחְפָּ֤זnechpazverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: hurrying away
2 Samuel
one use
And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
- בְּחָפְזָ֥הּbechafezahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: when hurried she
2 Kings
one use
And they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.
- בְּחָפְזָ֑םbehechafezampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in hurrying of them
Job
one use
Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.
- יַחְפּ֑וֹזyachpozverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is alarmed
Psalms
four uses
In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
- בְחָפְזִ֗יvechafezipreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: when was hastening I
They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
- נֶחְפָּֽזוּ׃nechpazuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they hurried away
At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—
- יֵחָפֵזֽוּן׃yechafezunverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they hurried away
In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”
- בְחָפְזִ֑יvechafezipreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: when was hastening I
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.