adjective

tachinas

Greekταχινός (tachinos)

Strong’sG5031

swift, quick

stem tachin-2 times in the New Testament2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

soon1×swift1×

What it means

ταχινός, -ή, -όν

[in LXX: Pr 1:16, Hb 1:6, Is 59:7 (מָהַר), Wi 13:2, Si 11:22 18:26 *;]

poët. and late for ταχύς, swift: of swift approach, II Pe 1:14 2:1.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5031 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidtakh-ee-nos'

curt, i.e. impending

Fromfrom G5034;

King Jamesshortly, swift.

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

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	tachinos	tachinas1×ταχινή	tachinem	tachinois	tachinais	tachineim
object accusative	tachinon	tachinan1×ταχινὴν		tachinoin	tachinain
direct address vocative	tachinor	tachinar		tachinoir	tachinair
of, belonging to genitive	tachinou	tachinau	tachineu	tachinoiu	tachinaiu	tachineiu
to, for dative	tachino	tachina	tachine	tachinoi	tachinai	tachinei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

tachinstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

tachin 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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

tachinas“soon”subjectnominative singular1×

2 Peter 1:14“soon”horarētos hoti tachinas atō tas apothesias teu skēnōmeu mu, kathōs kai tos kurios nu Iēsus Christos dēlata mi;because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

tachinan“swift”objectaccusative singular1×

2 Peter 2:1“swift”Ginela de kai pseudoprofētois en to lao, hōs kai en vi eli pseudodidaskalois, hotinois pareisagali hairesiain apōleiau, kai ton agorazaraton autoin despoton arnerōtois, epagarōtois heautoi tachinan apōleian;Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them — bringing swift destruction on themselves.