Strong’s H1765 · Hebrew
דָּחַף
dâchaph · daw-khaf'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning to urge, i.e. hasten
In the King James Version (be) haste(-ned), pressed on.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- 2 Chronicles 26:20And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.
- Esther 3:15The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
- Esther 6:12And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
- Esther 8:14So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.