- Original: חפז - Transliteration: Chaphaz - Phonetic: khaw-faz' - Definition: 1. to hurry, flee, hasten, fear, be terrified a. (Qal) to be in a hurry, be alarmed b. (Niphal) to be in a hurry - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 708 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; properly to start up suddenly that is (by implication) to hasten away to fear: - (make) haste (away) tremble. Total KJV Occurrences: 9 • away, 2 Psalm 48:5; Psalm 104:7 • haste, 5 1 Samuel 23:26; 2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Kings 7:15; Psalm 31:22; Psalm 116:11 • hasteth, 1 Job 40:23 • tremble, 1 Deuteronomy 20:3