chush describes moving or acting without delay, including urgent appeals and the speeding of an event.

The attested uses describe acting or moving without delay, especially in commands and appeals for swift response. Forms marked Hiphil also occur where an action, work, or development is pressed to happen sooner.

1. Move or respond urgently · dominant

   Qal forms call for or describe prompt movement and response: in 1 Samuel 20:38 the imperative addresses the youth as Jonathan calls after him, and in Psalm 119:60 the first-person perfect stands with keeping the commandments without delay. The imperatives in Psalm 141:1 and Psalm 71:12 occur in appeals to God for swift attention and help; the APB renders these clauses with "hasten."

   1 Samuel 20:38Psalm 119:60Psalm 141:1Psalm 71:12Numbers 32:17Habakkuk 1:8
2. Press an action or event to happen sooner · common

   Hiphil forms place the urgency on an action or outcome: in Isaiah 5:19 speakers demand that the work be made swift so they may see it, while Isaiah 60:22 has a first-person speaker saying it will be hastened in its time. In Judges 20:37 the ambush's rapid action against Gibeah is followed by its striking the city; the APB renders the clause "hastened and rushed."

   Isaiah 5:19Isaiah 60:22Judges 20:37Psalm 55:9Isaiah 28:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB often presents the urgency with "hasten" or "hastened," and in 1 Samuel 20:38 with "Hurry, make haste." In some supplied verses the immediate English wording does not isolate the term's contribution, so these renderings should be read as whole-verse verse-level presentations rather than fixed word alignment.