KJV dictionary & concordance

fast

Meaning of “fast”

Sense 1: Firm, fixed, or secure. Sense 2: Moving quickly. Sense 3: A period or act of abstaining from food. Sense 4: To abstain from food for a time.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893

85 occurrences74 verses30 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 20:18

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2 Kings 6:32

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But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · 2 Kings 6:32 · retained source text

But Elisha sate in his house (and the elders sate with him) and the king sent a man from before him: but yer the messenger came to him, hee said to the Elders, See yee how this sonne of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? Looke when the messenger commeth, shut the doore, and hold him fast at the doore: Is not the sound of his masters feete behind him?

Complete reference index — all 74 verses

Genesis 20:18 Judges 4:21 Judges 15:13 Judges 16:11 Ruth 2:8 Ruth 2:21 Ruth 2:23 2 Samuel 12:21 2 Samuel 12:23 1 Kings 21:9 1 Kings 21:12 2 Kings 6:32 2 Chronicles 20:3 Ezra 5:8 Ezra 8:21 Esther 4:16 Job 2:3 Job 8:15 Job 27:6 Job 38:38 Psalms 33:9 Psalms 38:2 Psalms 41:8 Psalms 65:6 Psalms 89:28 Psalms 111:8 Proverbs 4:13 Isaiah 58:3 Isaiah 58:4 Isaiah 58:5 Isaiah 58:6 Jeremiah 8:5 Jeremiah 14:12 Jeremiah 36:9 Jeremiah 46:14 Jeremiah 48:16 Jeremiah 50:33 Joel 1:14 Joel 2:15 Jonah 1:5 Jonah 3:5 Zechariah 7:5 Zechariah 8:19 Matthew 6:16 Matthew 6:18 Matthew 9:14 Matthew 9:15 Matthew 26:48 Mark 2:18 Mark 2:19 Mark 2:20 Luke 5:33 Luke 5:34 Luke 5:35 Luke 18:12 Acts 16:24 Acts 27:9 Acts 27:41 1 Corinthians 16:13 Galatians 5:1 Philippians 1:27 Philippians 4:1 1 Thessalonians 3:8 1 Thessalonians 5:21 2 Thessalonians 2:15 2 Timothy 1:13 Titus 1:9 Hebrews 3:6 Hebrews 4:14 Hebrews 10:23 Revelation 2:13 Revelation 2:25 Revelation 3:3 Revelation 3:11

Where “fast” appears

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Definition evidence

1 · KJV context and cross-references

Genesis 20:18 1 Kings 21:12 Psalms 38:2 Jeremiah 8:5 Zechariah 8:19 Luke 5:34 1 Thessalonians 5:21 Revelation 3:11

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Skeat 1893

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firmly fixed.

printed p. 267; PDF p. 287; Internet Archive leaf n286