23 occurrences

'Swift' in the Bible

Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

And he wrote the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by post on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king's service, bred of the stud:

So the posts that rode upon swift steeds that were used in the king's service went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment; and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace.

They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,

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 men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

And a throne shall be established in lovingkindness; and one shall sit thereon in truth, in the tent of David, judging, and seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.

that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters,'saying , Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!

The burden of Egypt. Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.

but ye said, No, for 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 canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.

And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself ; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself;

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

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
H16
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

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