Strong's Concordance tacha: quickly, perhaps Original Word: τάχαPart of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: tacha Phonetic Spelling: (takh'-ah) Short Definition: quickly, perhaps Definition: quickly, presently, perhaps. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 5029 táxa (from 5036 /taxýs, "promptly") – properly, swiftly (without unnecessary delay) – hence, "quick to assume as true" ("perhaps"). See 5035 (taxy). [5029 (táxa), meaning "perhaps," ("quick to assume as true") dates to centuries before the NT – to the time of Homer, around 900 Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5029: τάχατάχα (ταχύς), adverb; 1. hastily, quickly, soon (so from Homer down). 2. as often in Greek writings from (Hesiod, Aeschylus), Herodotus down, perhaps, peradventure: Romans 5:7; Philemon 1:15. As if neuter plural of tachus (adverbially); shortly, i.e. (figuratively) possibly -- peradventure(-haps). see GREEK tachus Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 50292 Occurrences τάχα — 2 Occ. Romans 5:7 Adv GRK: τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ τάχα τις καὶ NAS: though perhaps for the good man KJV: die: yet peradventure for a good man INT: the good [man] perhaps someone even Philemon 1:15 Adv |