noun · neuter
tachem
Strong’sG5034
quickness, speed
stem tach-8 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books1 of 6 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.
τάχος, -ους, τό
[in LXX chiefly for parts and derivatives of מָהַר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5034 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtakh'-os
a brief space (of time), i.e. (with G1722 prefixed) in haste
Fromfrom the same as G5036;
King James+ quickly, + shortly, + speedily.
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
(ταχύς) swiftness, speed, ἵπποισι.., οἷσιν Ἀθήνη νῦν ὤρεξε τ. Refs 8th c.BC+: plural, velocities, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 τ. φρενῶν quickness of temper, hastiness, Refs 5th c.BC+; falsa lectio in Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. τῆς ψυχῆς quickness of apprehension, Refs
II τάχος is frequently used in Adverbial phrases for ταχέως, absolutely in accusative, Refs 5th c.BC+; also in dative, τάχει ὁμοίως with like velocities, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς τάχος Refs 5th c.BC+; κατὰ τὸ τ. Refs 3rd c.BC+; μετὰ τάχους Refs 5th c.BC+; μετὰ παντὸς τ. with all speed, Refs 3rd c.AD+; σὺν τάχει Refs 5th c.BC+ ={ὡς τάχιστα}, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅσον τάχος Refs 5th c.BC+; ᾗ (Doric dialect ᾇ) τάχος Refs 5th c.BC+
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.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | tachem | tacheim |
| of, belonging to genitive | tacheu | tacheiu |
| to, for dative | tache8×τάχει | tachei |
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
tache 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
tache“*”to, fordative singular8×
Luke 18:8“soon”… hoti poiati tan ekdikēsian autoiu en tache. plēn tos huios tou anthrōpou ercharantos …… carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He …
Acts 12:7“quickness”… Petrou egerata auton legarōntos; Anastēasar en tache; kai ekpiptala autou tais halusiais ek …… an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
Acts 22:18… legarōnton mi; Speudasar kai exerchasar en tache ek Ierousalēm, dioti ouk paradecheli su …… saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not …
Acts 25:4“quickly”… eis Kaisareian, heauton de mellarō en tache ekporeuorō;… held in Caesarea, and I myself …
Romans 16:20“*”… Satanon hupo toin podoin vu en tache. tas charitas tou kuriou nu Iēsu …… peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be …
1 Timothy 3:14“*”… grafamō, elpizarōntos erchara pros sin en tache,Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these …
Revelation 1:1“speed,”… douloi autou, heim datō genera en tache, kai sēmanata apostelarantos dia tou angelou …This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His …
Revelation 22:6“quickly.”… douloi autou heim datō genera en tache;… to show His servants what must soon take place.”