- σπεύδω
- σπεύδω impf. ἔσπευδον; fut. 3 pl. σπεύσουσιν LXX; 1 aor. ἔσπευσα (Hom. et al.; ins, pap, LXX)① to be in a hurry, hurry, hasten, intr.ⓐ w. inf. foll. make haste, hasten (Diod S 12, 68, 3 ἔσπευδεν κύριος γενέσθαι=hastened to become master [of a city]; Pr 28:22; TestNapht 1:12; TestGad 4:3; GrBar 3:7; Just., A II, 4, 4 al.; Tat..—B-D-F §392, 1a; Rob. 1077f) Ac 20:16 Paul was in a hurry; 1 Cl 33:1; MPol 6:2. Foll. by acc. w. inf. Hs 9, 3, 2. Abs. (PTebt 19, 8 [114 B.C.]; JosAs; Jos., Vi. 89) σπεῦσον καὶ ἔξελθε make haste and go out, leave as quickly as possible Ac 22:18. In asyndeton σπεῦσον κατάβηθι Lk 19:5 D. ln the ptc. w. a finite verb (1 Km 4:14, 16; Jos., Bell. 1, 222) ἦλθαν σπεύσαντες 2:16. σπεύσας κατέβη 19:6. σπεύσας κατάβηθι vs. 5.ⓑ go in haste, hasten πρός τινα to someone (Herm. Wr. 4, 8b; Jos., Ant. 7, 222; cp. Philo, Aet. M. 30) πρὸς Πιλᾶτον GPt 11:45.② to cause someth. to happen or come into being by exercising special effort, hasten, trans. (POxy 121, 12 [III A.D.] σπεῦσον τοῦτο.—Sir 36:7 καιρόν) or strive for (Od. 19, 137; Pind., P. 3, 61f [109f] βίον ἀθάνατον; Hdt. 1, 38; Thu. 5, 16, 1, also Is 16:5 δικαιοσύνην) τὶ someth. τὴν παρουσίαν τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμέρας 2 Pt 3:12 (s. Mayor, comm. ad loc.).—B. 971.③ to be very interested in discharging an obligation, be zealous, exert oneself, be industrious, in the Gr-Rom. world a mark of civic excellence (σπουδή 2) σπεύσῃ τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ B 19:1.—DELG. M-M.
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