Quick Definition
quick, swift
Strong's Definition
fleet, i.e. (figuratively) prompt or ready
Derivation: of uncertain affinity;
KJV Usage: swift
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ταχύς, ταχεῖα, ταχύ, from Homer down, quick, fleet, speedy: opposed to βραδύς (as in Xenophon, mem. 4, 2, 25), εἰς τό ἀκοῦσαι (A. V. swift to hear), Jas_1:19.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
G5035, G5036
ταχύς tachus 13x
swift, fleet, quick; met. ready, prompt, Jas_1:19 ; Mat_28:7 f.; Mar_9:39 ; Luk_15:22 ; Joh_11:29 quickly; soon.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ταχύς , -εῖα , -ύ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H4116 pi .;]
quick, swift, speedy: opp . to βραδύς , Ja 119.†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ταχύς of motion, "quick, swift, fleet", opp. to βραδύς, Hom. , etc.; ταχὺς πόδας Il. ; ταχὺς θείειν Hom. of thought and purpose, "quick, rapid, hasty", φρονεῖν γὰρ οἱ ταχεῖς οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς Soph. ; c. inf., βλάπτειν τ. Ar. ; τὸ ταχύ "speed, haste", Eur. so of actions, events, "quick, rapid, sudden", πήδημα Soph. ; πόλεμος Thuc. ; τ. ἐλπίδες "fleeting" hopes, Pind. adv., regul. form τα^χέως, "quickly", Il. , attic the adv. is also expressed by periphr., διὰ ταχέων "in haste", Thuc. , etc.; ἐκ ταχείας Soph. ; cf. τάχος II. neut. ταχύ as adv., id=Soph. , etc.; more often τάχα (q. v.). Degrees of Comparison: comp.: regul. form τα^χύτερος, η, ον, Hdt. θάσσων, neut. θᾶσσον, gen. ονος, new attic θάττων, neut. θᾶττον, Hom. , attic:—neut. as adv., Hom. , etc.; θᾶσσον ἂν κλύοιμι "sooner", i. e. "rather", would I hear, Soph. ; θᾶσσον also, like Lat. ocius, often stands for the Positive, οὐ θᾶσσον οἴσεις; i. e. make haste and bring, id=Soph. ; ὅ τι θᾶσσον, like ὅ τι τάχιστα, Theocr. ; ἐπειδὰν θ. Plat. the form ταχίων [ι_], neut. ιον, is rare in good attic the regular Sup. ταχύτατος, is rare, Pind. ; ταχύτατα as adv., Xen. the usual form is τάχιστος, η, ον , mostly in neut. pl. τάχιστα as adv., ὅττι τάχιστα "as soon as possible", Lat. quam celerrime, Il. ; attic ὅ τι τάχιστα Soph. , etc.:—so, ὅσον τ. Aesch. ; ὡς τ. Hdt. , attic; ὅπως τ. Aesch. , etc.:—these are ellipt. phrases, for ὡς δυνατὸν τ. Hdt. ; ὡς or ᾗ ἂν δύνωμαι τ. Xen. , etc.:—also after Particles of Time, like Lat. quum primum, ἐπεί (ionic ἐπεί τε) τάχιστα Hdt. , attic; ἐπειδὴ τ. Plat. , etc.; ἐπεάν or ἐπήν, ἐπάν, ἐπειδὰν τ. Hdt. , etc.; ὅταν τ. Xen. often also in Prose, τὴν ταχίστην (sc. ὁδόν), as adv. "by the quickest way", i. e. "most quickly", Hdt. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ταχύς, -εῖα, -ύ
[in LXX chiefly for מָהַר pi. ;]
quick, swift, speedy: opposite to βραδύς, Ja 119.†
(AS)