Deuteronomy 28:49
The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
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Swift
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2 Peter 2:1
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
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5 occurrences in 4 verses.
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קַל
qal · kal
9 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial)
Strong's KJV usage: light, swift(-ly).
Strong's first: Job 24:18Strong's last: Amos 2:15
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mâhar · maw-har'
3 times translated as this KJV form64 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly
Strong's KJV usage: be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) × quickly, rash, × shortly, (be so) × soon, make speed, × speedily, × straightway, × suddenly, swift.
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 12:8Strong's last: Malachi 3:5
Open full H4116 profile →ὀξύς
oxýs · oz-oos'
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
keen; by analogy, rapid
Strong's KJV usage: :--sharp, swift.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 3:15Strong's last: Romans 3:15
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tachinós · takh-ee-nos'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
curt, i.e. impending
Strong's KJV usage: :--shortly, swift.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Peter 2:1Strong's last: 2 Peter 2:1
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tachýs · takh-oos'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
fleet, i.e. (figuratively) prompt or ready
Strong's KJV usage: :--swift.
Strong's first: James 1:19Strong's last: James 1:19
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ʼêbeh · ay-beh'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
the papyrus
Strong's KJV usage: swift.
Strong's first: Job 9:26Strong's last: Job 9:26
Open full H16 profile →קָלַל
qâlal · kaw-lal'
1 times translated as this KJV form82 total Strong's occurrences
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-) curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), × slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-) vile, whet.
Strong's first: Isaiah 30:16Strong's last: Isaiah 30:16
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H7031
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
H7031
The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
H7031
But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
H7043
But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
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And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.
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swift
SWIFT, adjective
1. Moving a great distance or over a large space in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy. We say, soft winds, a swift stream, swift lightnings, swift motion, swift as thought, a fowl swift of wing, a man swift of foot. swift is applicable to any kind of motion.
2. Ready; prompt.
Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. James 1:19.
3. Speedy; that comes without delay.
There shall be false teachers among you, who shall privily bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 Peter 2:1.
SWIFT, noun The current of a stream. [Little used.]
1. In domestic affairs, a reel or turning instrument for winding yarn. [This is a sense directly from the Saxon verb.]
2. A bird, a species of swallow, so called from the rapidity of its flight.
3. The common newt or eft, a species of lizard.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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