20 occurrences in 13 translations

'Quickly' in the Bible

Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” The man quickly came and reported to Eli.

Verse ConceptsMeaning

And they said, He is; in fact he is before you: go quickly now, for he has come into the town today, for the people are making an offering in the high place today:

Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesHurrying Others On

If you go quickly, you can catch up with him before he goes to the high place to eat. The people won’t eat until he comes because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests can eat. Go up immediately—you can find him now.”

Verse ConceptsPeople EatingPeople Who Blessed Others

So they went quickly and made him come out; and when he took his place among the people, he was taller by a head than any of the people.

Verse ConceptsHeadsTall People

Jesse told his son David, "Take this ephah of roasted grain to your brothers, along with these ten loaves of bread, and quickly take them to your brothers in the camp.

Verse ConceptsCooking, Types Of FoodGrainWeights And Measures, DryTen ThingsEphah [Ten Omers]

When the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly to the battle line to meet the Philistine.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals Running

Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul's presence and the spear drove into the wall. David escaped quickly that night.

Verse ConceptsEscaping, Physical ThingsExamples Of EscapingEscaping From PeopleAttempting To Kill Specific Peoplesaul

If your father misses me at all, say, ‘David urgently requested my permission to quickly go to his town Bethlehem for an annual sacrifice there involving the whole clan.’

Verse ConceptsBethlehemAsking PermissionEvery YearGone Awayanniversary

And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.

Verse ConceptsWaitingThree DaysHiding From People

And Jonathan went on crying out after the boy, Be quick, do not keep waiting about, go quickly. And Jonathan's boy got the arrow and came back to his master.

Verse ConceptsHurrying Others On

And David said to Ahimelech, Have you no sword or spear with you here? for I have come without my sword and other arms, because the king's business had to be done quickly.

Verse ConceptsUrgencyWeaponsHasteHasty Action

But Ahimelech answered the king and said, "And who among all your servants [is] as faithful as David? He [is] the son-in-law of the king who moves [quickly] to safeguard you and is honored in your house.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsGuardsLoyaltySons In Law

And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and David's purpose was to get away as quickly as possible, for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men were making a circle round David and his men in order to take them.

Verse ConceptsOpposite SidesHasty Action

Then a messenger came to Saul saying, “Come quickly, because the Philistines have raided the land!”

Verse ConceptsMessengerHurrying Others On

Abigail quickly took 200 loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five measures of roasted grain, 100 bunches of raisins, and 200 fig cakes and loaded them on donkeys.

Verse ConceptsFoodFig treeGrainRaisinsSheepWeights And Measures, DryFigsOne HundredThe Number Two HundredDried FruitQuantities Of WineHasty ActionOther Volume Measures

When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey and fell with her face to the ground in front of David.

Verse ConceptsBowingProstrationSalutationsDismountingBowing Before David

Otherwise, as surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who prevented me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, Nabal wouldn’t have had any men left by morning light.”

Verse ConceptsUrinatingDeath Of All Males

Then Abigail got up quickly, and with her five female servants accompanying her, rode on the donkey following David’s messengers. And so she became his wife.

Verse ConceptsFive PeopleRiding Donkeys

Saul quickly fell full length on the ground and was very afraid because of Samuel's words. He was completely drained of energy, not having eaten anything all that day and night.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesFear, Caused ByAnxiety, Examples OfOne DayPeople TumblingNo Strength Left

The woman had a fattened calf at her house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She also took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.

Verse ConceptsFlourFoodCooking, MethodsBakingKilling Domesticated AnimalsEating CattleBaking BreadKneading Dough

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Apace (4 instances)
Promptly (13 instances)
Quick (75 instances)
Quickly (320 instances)
Rapidly (13 instances)
Speedily (43 instances)

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