What does τάχιον (táchion) mean in the Bible?
τάχιον (táchion) is a Greek word meaning "quicker".
Greek · G5032
τάχιον
Quicker
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τάχιον G5032
Pronunciation táchion
What does τάχιον (táchion) mean in the Bible?
τάχιον (táchion) is a Greek word meaning "quicker".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5032?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include soon (2), . . . (1), quickly (1).
Where does τάχιον (táchion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 13:27. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (2), John (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It soon 2× Hebrews 13:19, Hebrews 13:23
. . . 1× John 20:4
quickly 1× John 13:27
Show sample aligned rows
John 13:27 τάχιον to quickly Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular - Comparative John 20:4 τάχιον to . . . Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular - Comparative Hebrews 13:19 τάχιον to soon Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular - Comparative Hebrews 13:23 τάχιον to soon Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular - Comparative
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row John 13:27
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
John 2 Hebrews 2
Source forms
τάχιον 4x tachion John 13:27, John 20:4, Hebrews 13:19, Hebrews 13:23
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular - Comparative 4x John 13:27, John 20:4, Hebrews 13:19, Hebrews 13:23
Evidence Summary
Greek word. quicker
Strong's G5032
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 1 form 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
quicker
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 13:27 Adverb
τάχιον. tacion
more swiftly
Read verse John 20:4 Adverb
τάχιον tacion
more swiftly
Read verse 1 Timothy 3:14 Adverb
τάχιον· tacion
more swiftly
Read verse Hebrews 13:19 Adverb
τάχιον tacion
more swiftly
Read verse Hebrews 13:23 Adverb
τάχιον tacion
more swiftly
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (4) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Neuter John 13:27 · John 20:4 · Heb 13:19 · Heb 13:23 4×
Word Origins
τάχιον is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain