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'Swift' in the Bible

And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was swift of foot, as one of the gazelles that are in the field.

And of the Gadites, there separated themselves to David in the stronghold in the wilderness mighty men of valour, men fit for the service of war, armed with shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as the gazelles upon the mountains:

He is swift on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed on the earth: he turneth not unto the way of the vineyards.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to the intelligent, nor yet favour to men of knowledge; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

that sendest ambassadors over the sea, and in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, saying, Go, swift messengers, to a nation scattered and ravaged, to a people terrible from their existence and thenceforth; to a nation of continued waiting and of treading down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

The burden of Egypt. Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh to Egypt; and the idols of Egypt are moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt melteth in the midst of it.

And ye said, No, but we will flee upon horses, therefore shall ye flee; and, We will ride upon the swift, therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done a swift dromedary traversing her ways!

Let not the swift flee away, neither let the mighty man escape! Toward the north, hard by the river Euphrates, they have stumbled and fallen.

And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver his soul.

Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and the swift of foot shall not escape, and he that rideth the horse shall not deliver his soul;

Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O inhabitress of Lachish: she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for in thee were found the transgressions of Israel.

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אבה 
'ebeh 
Usage: 1

יעף 
Y@aph 
Usage: 1

כּרכּרה 
Karkarah 
Usage: 1

מהר 
Mahar 
Usage: 68

מהרה 
M@herah 
Usage: 20

קל 
Qal 
Usage: 13

קלל 
Qalal 
Usage: 82

רכשׁ 
Rekesh 
Usage: 4

ὀξύς 
Oxus 
Usage: 7

ταχινός 
Tachinos 
Usage: 2

ταχύς 
Tachus 
Usage: 1