ʼûwts — H213

Definition

verb

to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw

1. to press, be pressed, make haste, urge, be narrow
1. (Qal)
1. to press, hasten
2. to be pressed, confined, narrow
3. to hasten, make haste
4. be narrow
2. (Hiphil)
1. to urge, insist
2. to hasten

Usually translated as

hasty, haste, labor, be narrow, hasten

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• bouleúō (G1011)
• katischýō (G2729)
• kopiáō (G2872)
• proporeúomai (G4313)
• spoudázō (G4704)
• stenochōréō (G4729)
• tachý (G5035)
• tachýs (G5036)

Occurrences

ʼûwts occurs 9 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (1), Joshua (2), Proverbs (4), Jeremiah (1)

• Genesis 19:15 — And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened (וַיָּאִ֥יצוּ) Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
• Exodus 5:13 — And the taskmasters hasted (אָצִ֣ים) them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
• Joshua 10:13 — And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted (אָ֥ץ) not to go down about a whole day.
• Joshua 17:15 — And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow (אָ֥ץ) for thee.
• Proverbs 19:2 — Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth (וְאָ֖ץ) with his feet sinneth.
• Proverbs 21:5 — The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty (אָ֝֗ץ) only to want.
• Proverbs 28:20 — A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste (וְאָ֥ץ) to be rich shall not be innocent.
• Proverbs 29:20 — Seest thou a man that is hasty (אָ֣ץ) in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
• Jeremiah 17:16 — As for me, I have not hastened (אַ֣צְתִּי) from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.