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verb

Greekσπεύδω (speudō)
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speudamō

Strong’sG4692

I hasten, desire earnestly

stem speud-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books5 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

σπεύδω

[in LXX chiefly for מהר pi., also for בּהל pi., hi., etc.;]

1. 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
2. Trans., c. acc;
(a) 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.);
(b) 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. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4692 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidspyoo'-do

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

Fromprobably strengthened from G4228;

King James(make, with) haste unto.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
σπεύδω,
Epic dialect infinitive σπευδέμεν Refs 8th c.BC+: future σπεύσω Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἔσπευσα Refs 5th c.BC+; Epic dialect σπεῦσα Refs 8th c.BC+; subjunctive σπεύσομεν, for -ωμεν, Refs 8th c.BC+: perfect ἔσπευκα Refs 2nd c.BC+:—middle, Refs 4th c.BC+: future σπεύσομαι Refs 8th c.BC+:— passive, perfect ἔσπευσμαι Refs 2nd c.AD+
I transitive, set going, urge on, hasten, ταῦτα δ᾽ ἅμα χρὴ σπεύδειν Refs 8th c.BC+; παῦσαι σπεύδων τὰ σπεύδειςRefs 5th c.BC+; σ. οἱ μὲν ἴγδιν, οἱ δὲ σίλφιον, οἱ δ᾽ ὄξος procure quickly, get ready, Refs 6th c.BC+; σπευσίω ὅτι κα δύναμαι κακὸν τᾷ πόλει Refs 5th c.BC+
I.b seek eagerly, strive after, μηδὲν ἄγαν σ. Refs 6th c.BC+; σ. βίον ἀθάνατον, μακροτέραν ἀρετάν, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.c promote or further zealously, press or urge on, τι τῶν φέρει φρήν Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτὸν ἕκαστος σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ ἐναντία τῇ ἑαυτῶν ὠφελείᾳ σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; in arguing, σεαυτῷ τὰ ἐναντία σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. τοῦτο, ὅπως.. Refs 4th c.BC+ the partisans of Chaereas, Refs 2nd c.AD+: followed by a conjunctive, εἰς τοὺς πλουσίους σπεύσω σ᾽ ὅπως ἂν ἐγγραφῇς Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, σπευδομένα θυσίαν Refs 4th c.BC+: —passive, ξυνὸν πᾶσι ἀγαθὸν σπεύδεται Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐσπευσμέναι χρεῖαι pressing needs, Refs 2nd c.AD+
I.2 with accusative et infinitive, σπεύσατε.. Τεῦκρον ἐν τάχει μολεῖν urge him to come quickly, Refs 5th c.BC+; σπεῦσον.. κάπετόν τιν᾽ ἰδεῖν hasten to look out for.., Refs
II more frequently intransitive, press on, hasten. διὰ δρυμὰ πυκνὰ καὶ ὕλην σπεύδουσ᾽ Refs 8th c.BC+; σ. ἀπὸ ῥυτῆρος with loose rein, Refs 5th c.BC+; exert oneself, strive eagerly or anxiously, of warriors fighting, Refs 8th c.BC+; of a smith at work, Refs; of beasts of draught, Refs; of bees working, Refs 8th c.BC+; σπεῦδε βραδέως festina lente, Refs 2nd c.AD+; σ. τινί exert oneself for another, Refs 2nd c.AD+ —Construct.,
II.1 with participle, σπεῦσε πονησάμενος τὰ ἃ ἔργα (for σπουδαίως ἐπονήσατο) Refs 8th c.BC+ in haste, eagerly, τὼ δὲ σπεύδοντε πετέσθην Refs 8th c.BC+
II.2 with infinitive, to be eager to.., Hes Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, σπευδομένα ἀφελεῖν Refs 4th c.BC+
II.3 with accusative et infinitive, to be anxious that.., εἰρήνην ἑωυτοῖσι γενέσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ λεκτικοὺς γίγνεσθαι τοὺς συνόντας οὐκ ἔσπ. Refs 5th c.BC+
II.4 followed by ὡς, ὅπως, etc., σ. ὡς Ζεὺς μήποτ᾽ ἄρξειεν Refs 4th c.BC+; σ. ὅπως μὴ.. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἵνα.., ἵνα μὴ.., Refs 5th c.BC+; ὥστε μή, with infinitive, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.5 followed by a preposition, σ. μάχην ἐς show eagerness for.., Refs 8th c.BC+.. hasten,Refs 8th c.BC+; περὶ Πατρόκλοιο θανόντος struggle for him, Refs 8th c.BC+; πρός τινα Refs 5th c.BC+
II.6 with adverb, σ. οἷ θέλεις Refs 5th c.BC+
II.7 to be troubled in mind, harassed, LXX, Lithuanian spáudžiu 'press'.)

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

hurry2×hastening1×hurrying1×quickly1×with haste1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
speudateἔσπευδενwas happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singularhurrying1×
speudasarΣπεῦσονhappened · youaorist active imperative 2nd person singularhurry1×
speudarōntoinσπεύδονταςhappening now · objectpresent active participle accusative plural masculinehastening1×
speudarantosσπεύσαςhappened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculinehurry2×
speudarantoisσπεύσαντεςhappened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculinewith haste1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularspeudamōspeudamespeudamispeudamaspeudamēspeudamelē
you 2nd person singularspeudasōspeudasespeudasispeudasaspeudasēspeudaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularspeudatōspeudate1×ἔσπευδενspeudatispeudataspeudatēspeudatelē
we 1st person pluralspeudanōspeudanespeudanispeudanaspeudanēspeudanelē
ye 2nd person pluralspeudavōspeudavespeudavispeudavaspeudavēspeudavelē
they 3rd person pluralspeudalōspeudalespeudalispeudalaspeudalēspeudalelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularspeudameiōspeudameiaspeudameiē
you 2nd person singularspeudaseiōspeudaseiaspeudaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularspeudateiōspeudateiaspeudateiē
we 1st person pluralspeudaneiōspeudaneiaspeudaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralspeudaveiōspeudaveiaspeudaveiē
they 3rd person pluralspeudaleiōspeudaleiaspeudaleiē
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularspeudasōrspeudasar1×Σπεῦσονspeudasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularspeudatōrspeudatarspeudatēr
ye 2nd person pluralspeudavōrspeudavarspeudavēr
they 3rd person pluralspeudalōrspeudalarspeudalēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularspeudamoiōspeudamoia
you 2nd person singularspeudasoiōspeudasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularspeudatoiōspeudatoia
we 1st person pluralspeudanoiōspeudanoia
ye 2nd person pluralspeudavoiōspeudavoia
they 3rd person pluralspeudaloiōspeudaloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicespeudarōspeudarispeudaraspeudarē
Used as an adjective — participle, 4 occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicespeudarōntos1×speudarintosspeudarantos3×σπεύσαςspeudarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
speudstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

speud is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

speudate“hurrying”was happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Acts 20:16“hurrying”… geneteia auto chronotribara en ta Asia, speudate gar ei dunatem atoiō auto tan …… time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of …

speudasar“hurry”happened · youaorist active imperative 2nd person singular1×

Acts 22:18kai horara auton legarōnton mi; Speudasar kai exerchasar en tache ek Ierousalēm, …… saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people …

speudarōntoin“hastening”happening now · objectpresent active participle accusative plural masculine1×

2 Peter 3:12“hastening”prosdokarōntoin kai speudarōntoin tan parousian tau tou theou hēmerau, …… you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the …

speudarantos“hurry”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine2×

Luke 19:5… tos Iēsus legata pros auton; Zakchaior, speudarantos katabainasar, sēmeron gar en to oiko …… He looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at …

Luke 19:6“quickly”kai speudarantos katabainata, kai hupodecheta auton chairarōntos.So Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed Him joyfully.

speudarantois“with haste”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine1×

Luke 2:16“with haste”kai erchala speudarantois kai aneuriskala tan tē Mariam kai …So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and …