- ταχύς
- ταχύς, εῖα, ύ (Hom.+)① pert. to a very brief period of time, with focus on speed of an activity or eventⓐ adj. quick, swift, speedy ταχ. καρπός fruit that ripens quickly 2 Cl 20:3. ταχὺς εἰς τὸ ἀκοῦσαι quick to hear Js 1:19 (Lucian, Epigr. 18 ταχ. εἰς τὸ φαγεῖν; Sir 5:11; Libanius, Or. 33 p. 186, 15 ἐν τῷ δῆσαι ταχύς, ἐν τῷ κρῖναι βραδύς ‘quick to arrest but slow in deciding’; cp. PsSol 4:5 ταχὺς εἰσόδῳ εἰς πάσαν οἰκίαν).ⓑ mostly in the neut. sing. as adv. ταχύ (Trag., Hdt.+; pap, LXX; En 97:10; TestSol 4:2 P; Jos., Bell. 7, 394, Vi. 149).α. quickly, at a rapid rate ταχὺ ἔφυγον Mk 16:8 v.l.—Mt 28:8.β. without delay, quickly, at once (though it is not always poss. to make a clear distinction betw. this mng. and the one in 2) Mt 5:25; 28:7; Lk 15:22; J 11:29; Ac 14:2 D; 1 Cl 23:5ab (Is 13:22); 53:2 (Ex 32:8; Dt 9:12); Hm 9:7. This is prob. the place for the ἔρχεσθαι ταχύ of Rv: 2:5 v.l. (many cursives and printed texts), 16; 3:11; 11:14; 22:7, 12, 20 (P-ÉLangevin, Jésus Seigneur, ’67, 209–35).② pert. to a relatively brief time subsequent to another point of time, neut. sg. as adv. in a short time, soon (cp. 1bβ above and τάχος 2). Mk 9:39 (soon afterward); Hv 3, 8, 9; m 12, 5, 3. This is also prob. the place for the μετανοεῖν ταχύ of Hs 8, 7, 5; 8, 8, 3; 5; 8, 10, 1; 9, 19, 2; 9, 21, 4; 9, 23, 2; εἰς ταχεῖαν (sc. ὥραν) soon AcPlCor 2:3.—DELG. M-M.
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