STRONGS NUMBER H2363


Word Summary
chuwsh: to hasten, make haste
Original Word: חוּשׁ
Transliteration: chuwsh
Phonetic Spelling: (koosh)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to hasten, make haste
Meaning: to hurry, to be eager with excitement, enjoyment
Strong's Concordance
make hasten, ready

A primitive root; to hurry; figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment -- (make) haste(-n), ready.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2363. chuwsh

I. חוּשׁverb haste, make haste (Assyrian —âšu, DlPr 180, Ethiopic ; on this verb V. NöZMG 1883, 538) —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular חָשׁDeuteronomy 32:35 (or Participle, but see Di), 1 singular חַשְׁתִּיPsalm 119:60; Imperfect3feminine singular וַתַּ֫חַשׁ‎ (sic!) Job 31:5 Ges§ 72 R. 9; Imperative חוּ֫שָׁה1 Samuel 20:38 6t. Psalms, + Psalm 71:12 Qr (Kt חישׁה‎); Infinitive suffix חוּשִׁיJob 20:2; Participle active חָשׁHabakkuk 1:8 + Isaiah 8:1, 3in proper name; passive חֻשִׁיּםNumbers 32:17; but see below: — make haste Deuteronomy 32:35 ("" קרוב‎), Psalm 119:60; in prophetic proper name בַּז֑ חָשׁ שָׁלָל מַהֵרIsaiah 8:1, 3; of eagle (in simile of Chald. army) לאכול חשׁ נשׁרHabakkuk 1:8; Job 31:5 subject רנל‎, followed by עלמֿרמה‎; בּי חוּ֫שִׁי20:2 my haste in me, i.e. my inward excitement — especially Imperative 1 Samuel 20:38 ("" מהרה‎), and in Psalms: followed by לְעַזְרָתִי22:20; 1Sam 38:23; 1Sam 40:14; 1Sam 70:2; 1Sam 71:12 (Qr); followed by לִי‎ 1Sam 70:6; 1Sam 141:1; passive participle חֻשִׁים נֵחָלֵץNumbers 32:17, but probably for חֲמֻשִׁים‎ (Kn Di compare Exodus 13:18 etc.); BaNB 180 retains חוּשִׁים‎ and regards it as active (intransitive) = hastening.

Hiph`il Perfect הֵחִישׁוּJudges 20:27; Imperfect יָחִישׁIsaiah 28:16; יָחִ֫ישָׁה‎ coh. 5:19 (Ges§ 48. 3); אָחִ֫ישָׁה‎ coh. Psalm 55:9; suffix אֲחִישֶׁנָּהIsaiah 60:22; —

1 shew haste, act quickly Judges 20:37; hasten, come quickly Isaiah 5:19 (subject מַעֲשֵׂהוּ‎, "" יְמַהֵר‎; others: let him hasten on his work), יָחִישׁ28:16 hasten away (flee), or hasten about distractedly (si vera lectio; Che Guthe read ימישׁyield, give way).

2 transitive with suffix Isaiah 60:22 I will hasten it; with accusative Psalm 55:9 I would hasten (= secure quickly) my escape.

II. [חוּשׁ‎] verb feel, enjoy (with the senses) (Now compares Arabic feel, perceive by senses; Late Hebrew חוּשׁfeel pain; Aramaic , חוּשׁ‎, feel pain; Ethiopic : perception) — only

Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יָחוּשׁ וּמִי יאֹכַל מִּיEcclesiastes 2:25 who can eat and who can feel (i.e. enjoy pleasure)?