דָּחַף
dachaf · hurry, hasten
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1765 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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dachaf (דָּחַף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “hurry, hasten”.
Push someone to go quickly.
How to say it
da·chaf
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Go fast, pushed on by others.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- hurried ×2
- urged on ×2
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Chronicles 26:20
Azariah the head priest and all the priests turned toward him, and look, he was leprous on his forehead. They rushed him out of there, and he himself also hurried to go out, because YHWH had struck him.
- Esther 3:15
The couriers went out urged on by the word of the king, and the law was given in Susa, the fortress. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.
- Esther 6:12
And Mordecai returned to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered.
- Esther 8:14
The couriers, riding the royal steeds, went out hurried and urged on by the word of the king; and the law was given in Susa, the fortress.