Strong’s H2685 · Aramaic
חֲצַף
chătsaph · khats-af'
Origin (Aramaic) a primitive root;
Meaning properly, to shear or cut close; figuratively, to be severe
In the King James Version hasty, be urgent.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Daniel 2:15He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
- Daniel 3:22Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
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.