What Does “Haste” Mean in the Bible?
An old word for “hurry.”
A detail
- In the Bible: the shepherds went “with haste” to Bethlehem. Zacchaeus “made haste” and came down from the tree.
Where it appears in the Bible
Luke 19:6; Luke 2:16; Daniel 6:20
What the Bible says
Luke 19:6
And he made haste and came down; and received him with joy.
Luke 2:16
And they came with haste; and they found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger.
Daniel 6:20
Then the king rising very early in the morning, went in haste to the lions’ den:
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “priesa”; Douay-Rheims, Luke 2:16 and 19:6