tacheos marks prompt action or change, and it can place an expected event in the near future.

The adverb most often marks an action, reaction, or change carried out without delay; it also accompanies plans and expectations directed toward the near future.

1. Promptly, without delay · dominant

   As an adverb, the form qualifies actions and changes: in Luke 14:21 the APB renders the command to go into the city "quickly," and in Luke 16:6 it renders the instruction to write "quickly." It likewise accompanies Mary’s going out in John 11:31, the Galatians’ removal in Galatians 1:6, a warning against being shaken in 2 Thessalonians 2:2, and a warning against hasty laying on of hands in 1 Timothy 5:22.

   Luke 14:21Luke 16:6John 11:31Galatians 1:62 Thessalonians 2:21 Timothy 5:22
2. In the near future · common

   The adverb accompanies projected coming or sending: in 1 Corinthians 4:19 the APB renders a coming "soon," in 2 Timothy 4:9 it renders the requested coming "soon," and in Philippians 2:19 it renders Timothy’s intended sending "soon." Philippians 2:24 similarly places an expected coming in the near future.

   1 Corinthians 4:192 Timothy 4:9Philippians 2:19Philippians 2:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the adverb with "quickly" for actions or changes and with "soon" for anticipated coming or sending; it also uses "hasty" in 1 Timothy 5:22. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these English terms reflect the clauses’ presentation rather than a fixed one-to-one rendering.