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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(adv.) In a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.

Greek

5032. tachion -- more swiftly
... more swiftly. Part of Speech: Adverb, Comparative Transliteration: tachion Phonetic
Spelling: (takh'-ee-on) Short Definition: more swiftly Definition: more ...
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5033. tachista -- quickly; quick
... quickly; quick. Part of Speech: Adverb, Superlative Transliteration: tachista Phonetic
Spelling: (takh'-is-tah) Short Definition: most swiftly Definition: most ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1675. daah -- to fly swiftly, dart through the air
... daah. 1676 . to fly swiftly, dart through the air. Transliteration: daah Phonetic
Spelling: (daw-aw') Short Definition: swiftly. Word Origin a prim. ...
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4120. meherah -- haste, speed
... Word Origin from mahar Definition haste, speed NASB Word Usage hurry (1), quickly
(14), shortly (1), speed (1), speedily (2), swiftly (1). ...
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7031. qal -- light, swift, fleet
... Word Origin from qalal Definition light, swift, fleet NASB Word Usage insignificant
(1), swift (7), swift man (1), swift-footed* (1), swifter (1), swiftly (2). ...
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7430. ramas -- to creep, move lightly, move about
... creep, move. A primitive root; properly, to glide swiftly, ie To crawl or move with
short steps; by analogy to swarm -- creep, move. 7429, 7430. ramas. 7431 ...
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2465. cheled -- duration, world
... From an unused root apparently meaning to glide swiftly; life (as a fleeting portion
of time); hence, the world (as transient) -- age, short time, world. ...
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3966. meod -- muchness, force, abundance
... more (2), more* (1), most (1), much* (1), quickly (1), richly (1), serious* (1),
severely (1), so (2), so much (1), sorely (1), strongly (1), swiftly (1), too ...
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Library

But, they Say, While we are Moving Swiftly Down Towards Our Mortal ...
... Book II. 16 But, they say, while we are moving swiftly down towards our
mortal bodies� But, they say, while we are moving swiftly ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/16 but they say while.htm

Marvellous Increase of the Church
... like chariots drawn by mighty horses, or flying like a fugitive army, when the swift
winds have pursued them, and ye have said, "See how swiftly the clouds ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 2 1856/marvellous increase of the church.htm

Preparing to Depart
... To others of us who are in the prime of life, it is not far off, for I suppose we
are all conscious that time flies more swiftly with us now than ever it did. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 54 1908/preparing to depart.htm

A Farewell.
... Flee, ere your destruction come: Swiftly speeds the dread avenger,. Swiftly
speeds the judgement hour; Speed we to the refuge swiftly,. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/morris/favourite welsh hymns/xvii a farewell.htm

The Nineteenth Century. November 14.
... time? For swiftly as rushes matter, more swiftly rushes mind; more swiftly
still rushes the heavenly dawn up the eastern sky. "The ...
/.../kingsley/daily thoughts /the nineteenth century november 14.htm

The Festival of Games, in Honor of Augustus, were About to Begin ...
... Swiftly it came into that ample space between the king and the great fountain. ... Swiftly
he sprang upon the Jew, striving to entangle him. Antipater pulled away. ...
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Psalm XLV.
... But how swiftly soever the transcriber writes, still it is not comparable to that
swiftness of which another Psalm says, "His word runneth very swiftly." [1388 ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm xlv.htm

The Righteousness of Christ, an Everlasting Righteousness
... my God; Yea, whiles I[[was] speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had
seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me ...
/.../selected sermons of george whitefield/the righteousness of christ an.htm

An Appendix to the Beatitudes
... The Greek word there for burden', signifies properly the ballast of a ship' which
glides through the waves as swiftly and easily as if the ship had no weight ...
/.../the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/an appendix to the beatitudes.htm

Prosperity and Adversity are from the Lord
... Marvel not at the works of a sinner, but trust the Lord, and abide in thy labour;
for it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord swiftly on the sudden to ...
/.../select masterpieces of biblical literature/ii prosperity and adversity are.htm

Thesaurus

Swiftly (15 Occurrences)
... velocity; fleetly. Multi-Version Concordance Swiftly (15 Occurrences). Romans
3:15 "Their feet move swiftly to shed blood. (WEY). 2 ...
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Swift (35 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) of short continuance; passing away quickly. 3. (adv.) Swiftly. 4. (n.) The
current of a stream. ... Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly. ...
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Scour (2 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly;
as, to scour the coast. 5. (vi) To clean anything by rubbing. ...
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Speed (22 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly;
rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel. ...
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Move (113 Occurrences)
... violence of the waves. (Root in KJV ASV BBE DBY YLT NIV). Romans 3:15
"Their feet move swiftly to shed blood. (WEY). Romans 11:14 ...
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Fly (33 Occurrences)
... 4. (vi) To move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate rapidly; as,
a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around; rumor flies. ...
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Speedily (38 Occurrences)
... Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly. (WEB RSV NIV). ... And if you repay me,
I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head. ...
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Testaments
... The whole history of Egypt in this period was therefore one of endless and swiftly
succeeding changes. ... In Greece things had been moving swiftly. ...
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Between (2624 Occurrences)
... The whole history of Egypt in this period was therefore one of endless and swiftly
succeeding changes. ... In Greece things had been moving swiftly. ...
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Dial (2 Occurrences)
... Should the shadow of death swallow him up; should his life be swiftly cut off in
darkness, and be hidden until a new day should dawn, and the light of a new ...
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Bible Concordance

Swiftly (15 Occurrences)

Romans 3:15 "Their feet move swiftly to shed blood.
(WEY)

2 Peter 1:14 knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
(WEB ASV)

Revelation 2:5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent.
(WEB)

Deuteronomy 32:35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. The things that are to come on them shall make haste."
(See RSV)

Job 24:18 Swiftly they 'pass away' upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.
(ASV RSV)

Psalms 18:10 He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.
(See RSV)

Psalms 147:15 He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 5:26 He will lift up a banner to the nations from far, and he will whistle for them from the end of the earth. Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 60:22 The smallest of their families will become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I, the Lord, will make it come quickly in its time.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 48:16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hurries fast.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 48:40 For thus says Yahweh: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
(See NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 49:22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
(See RSV)

Daniel 9:21 yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening offering.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Joel 3:4 "Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Habakkuk 2:2 And Jehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.
(See JPS)

Subtopics

Swiftly

Related Terms

Swift (35 Occurrences)

Scour (2 Occurrences)

Speed (22 Occurrences)

Move (113 Occurrences)

Fly (33 Occurrences)

Speedily (38 Occurrences)

Testaments

Between (2624 Occurrences)