What does ταχύ (tachý) mean in the Bible?
ταχύ (tachý): Emphasizes immediate, urgent action; conveys both speed and the sense of acting without delay or hesitation.
Greek · G5035
ταχύ
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ταχύ G5035
Pronunciation tachý
What does ταχύ (tachý) mean in the Bible?
ταχύ (tachý): Emphasizes immediate, urgent action; conveys both speed and the sense of acting without delay or hesitation.
Full entry for ταχύ (G5035) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5035?
The BSB source-word alignment has 12 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include soon (4), quickly (3), shortly (2), . . . (1), Quick (1).
Where does ταχύ (tachý) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 5:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (6), Matthew (3), John (1), Luke (1).
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 4× Revelation 3:11, Revelation 22:7, Revelation 22:12, Revelation 22:20
quickly 3× Matthew 5:25, Matthew 28:7, John 11:29
shortly 2× Revelation 2:16, Revelation 11:14
. . . 1× Matthew 28:8
Quick 1× Luke 15:22
turn around 1× Mark 9:39
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 5:25 ταχὺ to quickly Adverb Matthew 28:7 ταχὺ to quickly Adverb Matthew 28:8 ταχὺ to . . . Adverb Mark 9:39 ταχὺ to turn around Adverb Luke 15:22 Ταχὺ to Quick Adverb John 11:29 ταχὺ to quickly Adverb Revelation 2:16 ταχύ to shortly Adverb Revelation 3:11 ταχύ to soon Adverb Revelation 11:14 ταχύ to shortly Adverb Revelation 22:7 ταχύ to soon Adverb
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 5:25
Aligned rows 12
Books represented 5
Matthew 3 Mark 1 Luke 1 John 1 Revelation 6
Source forms
ταχύ 6x tachy Revelation 2:16, Revelation 3:11, Revelation 11:14, Revelation 22:7
ταχὺ 5x tachy Matthew 5:25, Matthew 28:7, Matthew 28:8, Mark 9:39
Ταχὺ 1x Tachy Luke 15:22
Parsing patterns
Adverb 12x Matthew 5:25, Matthew 28:7, Matthew 28:8, Mark 9:39
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Emphasizes immediate, urgent action; conveys both speed and the sense of acting without delay or hesitation.
Strong's G5035
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 13 times Word forms 2 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 28:7-8 Source Gloss
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Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
13 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 5:25 Adverb
ταχύ, tacu
quickly, speedily
Read verse Matthew 28:7 Adverb
ταχὺ tacu
quickly, speedily
Read verse Matthew 28:8 Adverb
ταχὺ tacu
quickly, speedily
Read verse Mark 9:39 Adverb
ταχὺ tacu
quickly, speedily
Read verse Mark 16:8 Adverb
ταχὺ tacu
quickly, speedily
Read verse John 11:29 Adverb
ταχὺ tacu
quickly, speedily
Read verse Revelation 2:5 Adverb
ταχύ, tacu
quickly, speedily
Read verse Revelation 2:16 Adverb
ταχύ, tacu
quickly, speedily
Read verse Revelation 3:11 Adverb
ταχύ· tacu
quickly, speedily
Read verse Revelation 11:14 Adverb
ταχύ. tacu
quickly, speedily
Read verse Revelation 22:7 Adverb
ταχύ. tacu
quickly, speedily
Read verse Revelation 22:12 Adverb
ταχύ, tacu
quickly, speedily
Read verse Revelation 22:20 Adverb
ταχύ. tacu
quickly, speedily
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 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 9 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 Matt 28:7 · Matt 28:8 · Mark 9:39 · John 11:29 4×
Rev 2:16 · Rev 3:11 · Rev 11:14 · Rev 22:7 · Rev 22:20 5×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Women departing rapidly from tomb to tell disciples of resurrection
Father commanding servants to act with speed in welcoming prodigal son
Martha rising and going speedily to meet Jesus
Christ's declaration that He comes swiftly in final judgment
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 9 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ταχύ is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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