H2648 - חָפַז (châphaz)

H2648 חָפַז (châphaz) khaw-faz'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

a primitive root; properly, to start up suddenly, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, to fear

KJV Usage: (make) haste (away), tremble

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חָפַז (cha.phaz) — to hurry. 1) to hurry, flee, hasten, fear, be terrified 1a) (Qal) to be in a hurry, be alarmed 1b) (Niphal) to be in a hurry

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

חפז (H2648)

verb · חִפָּזֹון

Afraid | verb qal, verb nif | ≈ ירא · ערץ

to be afraid, to panic = process by which humans or animals are overcome by a sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety resulting in a frenzied hurry to run away

DEU 20:3 · 2SA 4:4 · 2KI 7:15 · JOB 40:23 · PSA 31:23 · PSA 116:11

Afraid | Flee | verb nif | ≈ בהל

to flee in panic = action by which humans react to a sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety and hurry to run away

1SA 23:26 · PSA 48:6 · PSA 104:7

¹ 2KI 7:15 MT-Q בְּחָפְזָם = qal | MT-K בְּהֵחָפְזָם = niph. ² 2KI 7:15 MT-K בְּהֵחָפְזָם = niph. | MT-Q בְּחָפְזָם = qal

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[חָפַז] vb. be in trepidation, hurry, or alarm Qal be in a hurry or alarm, of hurried flight

Niph. hurry away in alarm

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