Original Word: ταχύς, εῖα, ύ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: tachus
Phonetic Spelling: (takh-oos')
Definition: quick, swift
Usage: quick, swift, speedy, ready, prompt.

Cognate: 5036 taxýs (an adjective) – swift (speedy), without unnecessary delay. See 5035 (taxy).

[This root (tax-) emphasizes the idea "promptly" (without unjustified time-lapse). Immediacy is conveyed by 2112 /euthéōs ("straightway, right away").

See also Strong's numbers: 5030 (taxéōs), 5031 (taxinós), 5032 (táxion), 5033 (táxista), 5034 (táxos), 5035 (taxý).]

Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
quick, swift
NASB Translation
faster (1), quick (1), quickly (1), soon (2), sooner (1).

STRONGS NT 5036: ταχύς

ταχύς, ταχεῖα, ταχύ, from Homer down, quick, fleet, speedy: opposed to βραδύς (as in Xenophon, mem. 4, 2, 25), εἰς τό ἀκοῦσαι (A. V. swift to hear), James 1:19.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

swift.

Of uncertain affinity; fleet, i.e. (figuratively) prompt or ready -- swift.

Forms and Transliterations

ταχεία ταχείς ταχύ ταχύν ταχυς ταχύς ταχὺς tachus tachys tachỳs

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