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The term "hasted" is an archaic form of the word "hasten," which means to move or act quickly. In the context of the Bible, it often describes the urgency or swift action taken by individuals in response to divine commands, impending danger, or significant events. The use of "hasted" in the Scriptures underscores the immediacy and importance of the actions being described.

Biblical Instances of "Hasted":

1. Abraham's Hospitality: In Genesis 18:6-7, when three visitors, who are later revealed to be the Lord and two angels, come to Abraham, he responds with urgency. "So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, 'Quick, prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.' Then Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender, choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it." Abraham's hasty actions reflect his eagerness to show hospitality and reverence to his divine guests.

2. Lot's Escape from Sodom: In Genesis 19:15, as the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah looms, Lot is urged to leave quickly. "At dawn the angels hurried Lot along, saying, 'Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.'" The urgency in this passage highlights the imminent danger and the necessity of immediate obedience to divine instruction.

3. Israelites' Departure from Egypt: In Exodus 12:33, the Egyptians urge the Israelites to leave quickly after the final plague. "And the Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. 'For otherwise,' they said, 'we will all die!'" The haste in this context signifies the fulfillment of God's promise to deliver His people and the urgency of the moment as the Israelites prepare for the Exodus.

4. David and Goliath: In 1 Samuel 17:48, as David confronts Goliath, his swift action is noted. "As the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him." David's haste demonstrates his faith and confidence in God's deliverance, as well as his readiness to act on behalf of Israel.

5. Mary's Visit to Elizabeth: In Luke 1:39, after the angel Gabriel's announcement, Mary quickly goes to visit her relative Elizabeth. "In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah." Mary's haste reflects her eagerness to share the news and the joy of the miraculous events unfolding in her life.

Theological Significance:

The concept of hastening in the Bible often conveys a sense of urgency in responding to God's commands or in the face of divine intervention. It highlights the importance of prompt obedience and the recognition of critical moments in God's redemptive plan. The instances where individuals "hasted" serve as examples of faithfulness, readiness, and the proper response to God's presence and action in the world.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Haste.

Library

Daia, on Receiving this News, Hasted with Relays of Horses from ...
... Chap. XXXVI. Daia, on receiving this news, hasted with relays of horses
from the East? Daia, on receiving this news, hasted with ...
/.../of the manner in which the persecutors died/chap xxxvi daia on receiving.htm

How Herod Slew Hyrcanus and Then Hasted Away to Caesar, and ...
... CHAPTER 6. How Herod Slew Hyrcanus And Then Hasted Away To Caesar, And Obtained
The Kingdom From Him Also; And How A Little Time Afterward, He Entertained ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 6 how herod slew.htm

The Son of the Maker is Like unto his Father as Maker!
... Satan saw her and trembled, and hasted to trouble her. ... She was a widow for Thy sake.
Thee did she long for, she hasted and was also an harlot for Thy sake. ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn vii the son of.htm

Stones Crying Out
... thing was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according
to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/stones crying out.htm

Blessed is He Above all in his Birth!
... 26. The gold of the idols worshipped Thee, that Thou didst treat it as alms; which
availed not apart, for the uses of life."It hasted to Thy purse, as it had ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn xv blessed is he.htm

Acts xx. 1
... For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time
in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem the day ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xliii acts xx 1.htm

A Song of Deliverance
... palaces for a refuge.4. For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by
together.5. They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/a song of deliverance.htm

Of the Manner in Which the Persecutors Died
... of May? Chap. XXXVI. Daia, on receiving this news, hasted with relays
of horses from the East? Chap. XXXVII. While occupied ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/lactantius/of the manner in which the persecutors died/

True Repentance a Thing Divine, Originated by God, and Subject to ...
... the condemnation of man, together with the dowry of the world [8424] after his ejection
from paradise and subjection to death"when He had hasted back to His ...
/.../tertullian/on repentance/chapter ii true repentance a thing.htm

Wherfore Ionas was sore discontent and angre
... And therfore I hasted rather to fle to Tharsis: for I knew well ynough that thou
wast a mercifull god/ ful of compassion/ long yer thou be angre and of great ...
/.../the prophete ionas with an introduccion/wherfore ionas was sore discontent.htm

Thesaurus

Battle (282 Occurrences)
... And the prose narrative continues, "The sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hasted
not to go down about a whole day." 4. The Astronomical Relations of the ...
/b/battle.htm - 55k

Liers (11 Occurrences)
... Joshua 8:14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and
rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he ...
/l/liers.htm - 10k

Bethhoron (12 Occurrences)
... And the prose narrative continues, "The sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hasted
not to go down about a whole day." 4. The Astronomical Relations of the ...
/b/bethhoron.htm - 30k

Beth-horon (12 Occurrences)
... And the prose narrative continues, "The sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hasted
not to go down about a whole day." 4. The Astronomical Relations of the ...
/b/beth-horon.htm - 30k

Hasted (35 Occurrences)
...Hasted (35 Occurrences). Luke 2:16 And they came, having hasted, and found both
Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger, (YLT). ...
/h/hasted.htm - 17k

Hastened (48 Occurrences)
... Genesis 18:7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good,
and gave it unto the servant; and he hasted to dress it. (See JPS RSV). ...
/h/hastened.htm - 20k

Haste (106 Occurrences)
... as a verb is transitive and intrans; instances of the transitive use are, 'uts,
"to hasten," "press" (Exodus 5:13, "And the taskmasters hasted them," the ...
/h/haste.htm - 41k

Vanity (100 Occurrences)
... been left trespass? (YLT). Job 31:5 If I have walked with vanity, or if
my foot hath hasted to deceit; (KJV JPS WBS YLT). Job 35:13 ...
/v/vanity.htm - 39k

Jasher (2 Occurrences)
... Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of
heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. (KJV DBY WBS). ...
/j/jasher.htm - 8k

Liers-in-wait (10 Occurrences)
... Judges 20:37 And the liers-in-wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the
liers-in-wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the ...
/l/liers-in-wait.htm - 10k

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Hasted (35 Occurrences)

Luke 2:16
And they came, having hasted, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger,
(YLT)

Acts 20:16
For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Genesis 18:7
And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Genesis 24:18
And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Genesis 24:20
And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Genesis 24:46
And she hasted and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. And I drank; and she gave the camels drink also.
(DBY)

Genesis 27:20
And Isaac saith unto his son, 'What 'is' this thou hast hasted to find, my son?' and he saith, 'That which Jehovah thy God hath caused to come before me.'
(YLT)

Genesis 44:11
Then they hasted, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
(ASV DBY)

Genesis 45:13
and ye have declared to my father all my honour in Egypt, and all that ye have seen, and ye have hasted, and have brought down my father hither.'
(YLT)

Exodus 5:13
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
(KJV)

Joshua 4:10
For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Joshua 8:14
And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Joshua 8:19
And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

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 not to go down about a whole day.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Judges 20:37
And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

1 Samuel 4:14
And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man hasted, and came and told Eli.
(ASV YLT)

1 Samuel 17:48
And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and advanced to meet David, that David hasted, and ran towards the ranks to meet the Philistine.
(DBY WBS)

1 Samuel 25:23
And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

1 Samuel 25:34
For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

1 Samuel 25:42
And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

1 Samuel 28:24
And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

2 Samuel 19:16
And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

1 Kings 20:33
Now the men observed diligently, and hasted to catch whether it were his mind; and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
(ASV)

1 Kings 20:41
And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
(KJV ASV WBS)

2 Kings 9:13
Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

2 Chronicles 24:5
and he gathereth the priests and the Levites, and saith to them, 'Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to strengthen the house of your God sufficiently year by year, and ye, ye do haste to the matter;' and the Levites have not hasted.
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 26:20
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Esther 6:12
And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Esther 6:14
And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Job 31:5
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Psalms 48:5
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Psalms 104:7
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Psalms 106:13
They have hasted -- forgotten His works, They have not waited for His counsel.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 48:16
Near is the calamity of Moab to come, And his affliction hath hasted exceedingly.
(YLT)

Jonah 4:2
And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hasted to flee unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
(ASV)

Subtopics

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