σπεύδω

σπεύδω

[in LXX chiefly for מָהַר pi., also for בָּהַל pi., hi., etc. ;]

1. most frequently intrans., to hasten: with inf. (as frequently in cl.), ApG 20,16 ptcp. with indic., Luk 2,16 with imperat., Luk 19,5-6; σπεῦσον κ. ἔξελθε, ApG 22,18

2. Trans., with accusative;

(a) to hasten, urge on, accelerate (as Hom., Od., xix, 137; Eur., Med., 152; Sir 33,8 (Sir 36,8): 2 Pet 3,12, R, mg. (cf. Mayor and ICC, in l, but see infr.);

(b) to desire eagerly (find., Pyth., iii, 110; Eur., Suppl., 161; Isa 165): 2Pe, l.with, R, txt. (but see supr.).†