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Strong's G4692 · Greek

σπεύδω

speudo · spyoo'-do

probably strengthened from 4228; to "speed" ("study"), i.e. urge on (diligently or earnestly); by implication, to await eagerly


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

σπεύδω (G4692)

6 σπεύδω [in LXX chiefly for מהר pi., also for בּהל pi., hi., etc. ;] most freq. intrans., to hasten : c. inf. (as freq. in cl.), Ac 20:16 ; ptcp. c. indic., Lk 2:16 ; c. imperat., Lk 19:5, 6 ; σπεῦσον κ. ἔξελθε , Ac 22:18 Trans., c. acc; to hasten, urge on, accelerate (as Hom., Od. , xix, 137; Eur., Med. , 152; Si 33(36):8 ): II Pe 3:12 , R, mg. (cf. Mayor and ICC , in l., but v. infr.); to desire eagerly (Pind., Pyth. , iii, 110; Eur., Suppl. , 161; Is 16:5 ): II Pe, l.c. , R, txt. (but v. supr.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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