σπεύδω

[in LXX chiefly for מָהַר pi. also for בָּהַל pi. hi. etc. ;]

__1. most frequently intrans. to hasten: with inf. (as frequently in cl.), Act.20:16; ptcp. with indic. Luk.2:16; with imperat. Luk.19:5-6; σπεῦσον κ. ἔξελθε, Act.22:18

__2. Trans. with accusative;

__(a) to hasten, urge on, accelerate (as Hom. Od. xix, 137; Eur. Med. 152; Sir.33:8 (Sir.36:8): 2Pe.3:12, R, mg. (cf. Mayor and ICC, in l, but see infr.);

__(b) to desire eagerly (find. Pyth. iii, 110; Eur. Suppl. 161; Isa 165): 2Pe, l.with, R, txt. (but see supr.).†

(AS)

to hasten; to hasten, urge on, accelerate; to desire eagerly