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Strong’s H4102 · Hebrew

מָהַהּ

mâhahh · maw-hah'

Origin apparently a denominative from מָה (H4100);

Meaning properly, to question or hesitate, i.e. (by implication) to be reluctant

In the King James Version delay, linger, stay selves, tarry.

In 9 verses of the King James Version

  1. Genesis 19:16And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
  2. Genesis 43:10For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
  3. Exodus 12:39And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.
  4. Judges 3:26And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
  5. Judges 19:8And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel’s father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.
  6. 2 Samuel 15:28See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
  7. Psalms 119:60I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
  8. Isaiah 29:9Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
  9. Habakkuk 2:3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

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.

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