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κατα-σπεύδω

kataspeudo

urge, hasten on

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Where it lives

Siracides 7 · 3.79/10k
Daniel (LXX) 2 · 1.9/10k
Esther 1 · 1.81/10k
Exodus 4 · 1.69/10k
Machabaeorum I 2 · 1.15/10k
Paralipomenon I 1 · 0.75/10k
Paralipomenon II 1 · 0.51/10k
Deuteronomium 1 · 0.45/10k

What it meant

κατα-σπεύδω · kata-speudō — LSJ

urge, hasten on, to be urgent, rapid

urge, hasten on, πρᾶγμα Aeschin. 3.67, cf. LXX Ex. 5.13:—Pass., of words, to be urgent or rapid, κατεσπεῦσθαι τὴν φράσιν D.H. Comp. 20 (Upton for κατεσπάσθαι) κατεσπεῦσθαι (v.l. -εσπάσθαι) τὴν λέξιν Gal. 16.548; τὰ κατεσπευσμένα Longin. 19.2; ἡ ἁρμονία οὐ κ. Id. 40.4.

2 agitate, dismay

agitate, dismay, τινα LXX Da. 4.16(19).

II make haste, hasten

intr., make haste, hasten, ib. De. 33.2.

In the wild

κατέσπευδεν · katespeuden Septuaginta, Daniel (LXX) 4
κατέσπευδον · katespeudon Septuaginta, Daniel (LXX) 5
κατέσπευσεν · katespeusen Septuaginta, Deuteronomium 33
Κατασπεύσατε · Kataspeusate Septuaginta, Esther 5
κατέσπευδεν · katespeuden Septuaginta, Exodus 10
κατέσπευδον · katespeudon Septuaginta, Exodus 5

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Where it came from

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