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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
the neuter of tachus, "swift, quick," signifies "quickly," Matthew 5:25; 28:7,8; Mark 9:39 , RV (AV, "lightly"); Luke 15:22; John 11:29; Revelation 2:16 (ver. 5 in some mss.); 3:11; 11:14; 22:7,12,20. See LIGHTLY.
the comparative degree of No. 1, is translated "quickly" in John 13:27; "out(ran)" in John 20:4 , RV, lit., "(ran before) more quickly (than Peter);" "shortly" in 1 Timothy 3:14; Hebrews 13:23; in Hebrews 13:19 , "(the) sooner." See SHORTLY.
akin to No. 1, is translated "quickly" in Luke 14:21; 16:6; John 11:31 , RV; "shortly" in 1 Corinthians 4:19; Philippians 2:19,24; 2 Timothy 4:9; with a suggestion of rashness in the following, Galatians 1:6 , RV, "quickly" (AV, "soon"); 2 Thessalonians 2:2; and 1 Timothy 5:22 , "hastily," (AV, "suddenly"). See HASTILY , C.
lit., "in, or with, swiftness, with speed" (en, "in," and the dative case of tachos, "speed"), is translated "quickly" in Acts 12:7; 22:18; "speedily" in Luke 18:8; "shortly" in Acts 25:4; Romans 16:20; 1 Timothy 3:14 in some texts; Revelation 1:1; 22:6 . In the last two places, "with speed" is probably the meaning. See SHORTLY , SPEEDILY.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Quickly'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​q/quickly.html. 1940.