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Strong's #5029 - τάχα
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- hastily, quickly, soon
- peradventure, perhaps
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τάχᾰ,
Adv., (τᾰχύς)
quickly, presently, forthwith, freq.in Hom., who, like Pi. (O. 2.29, 4.83, al.) and B. (5.89), uses it only of time, Il. 1.205, 2.193,al.; ἦ τ. soon i'faith, Od. 18.73, 338; of past time, τ. δ' Ἕκτορος ἄγχι γένοντο Il. 8.117: also in Trag.and (more rarely) Att. Prose and Com., with fut., τάχ' εἴσομαι A. Th. 261, cf. Ag. 489, 1649, Ch. 305, S. OT 84, Ar. Ra. 527, Pl. Sph. 247d, etc.; ἔοικα θεσπιῳδήσειν τ. A. Ag. 1161; πέμψον πρὸς ἐμὲ τ. Sammelb. 7356.25 (ii A.D.); in this sense not found in LXX or in Papyri (exc. l.c.); τάχα ἐπειδάν, = ἐπειδὰν τάχιστα, as soon as, Pl. Phdr. 242a.
II perhaps, to express any contingency from a probability to bare possibility, δὶς μὲν γὰρ καὶ τρὶς τ. τεύξεαι Hes. Op. 401; τ. οὐδὲ τεθέασθε τυραννουμένην πόλιν Pl. Lg. 711a, cf. Hp. Ma. 303b, X. An. 5.2.17, Theoc. 27.61, Bion Fr. 4.8, Gal. 16.685,690: more freq. τάχ' ἄν, probably, perhaps, Hdt. 1.70, al., freq. in Trag. and Att.; mostly with opt., as Hdt. l.c., A. Pr. 314, Eu. 512 (lyr.), S. OT 139, Th. 1.81, etc.; rarely with aor. ind., Pl. Phdr. 256c, Gal. 16.596; with impf. ind., D. 36.55; with part., S. OT 523, Th. 6.2; with inf., Luc. Icar. 10; τάχ' ἄν alone, in answers, Pl. Sph. 255c, R. 369a, etc.: strengthd., τάχα.. ἴσως Ar. Th. 718; ἴσως τ. X. HG 7.1.24; τ. τοίνυν ἴσως D. 21.191; τάχ' ἂν ἴσως Pl. Plt. 264c; τάχ' ἴσως ἄν Id. Sph. 247d; ἴσως τάχ' ἄν S. Aj. 691, Th. 6.34, Pl. Ti. 38e; ἀμφισβητοῦντες προστιθέασιν ἀεὶ τὸ ἴσως καὶ τ. Arist. Rh. 1389b19; in this sense only twice in LXX (Wi. 13.6, 14.19).
III Sup. τάχιστα, v. ταχύς c. 11. Ar. formed an acc. pl. τάχας, perhaps-es, Fr. 869.
τάχα (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.
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** τάχα (< ταχύς ), adv.,
[in LXX: Wisdom of Solomon 13:6; Wisdom of Solomon 14:19*;]
(a) (chiefly poët.), quickly, presently;
(b) perhaps: Romans 5:7, Philemon 1:15.†
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