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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Every verse containing “fast”

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Ezra 5:8

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Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Ezra 5:8 · retained source text

Be it knowen vnto the king, that we went into the prouince of Iudea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, & timber is laied in the wals, and this worke goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.

1611 marginal noteChald. stones of roling.

Ezra 8:21

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¶ Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Ezra 8:21 · retained source text

¶ Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the riuer Ahaua, that we might afflict our selues before our God, to seeke of him a right way for vs, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

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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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

Open source edition ↗

firmly fixed.

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