Bible Dictionary
APACE
Apace means rapidly, hastily, or quickly. It is used in older English expressions describing swift movement, such as fleeing quickly.
Definition
Apace means rapidly, hastily, or at a fast pace. It can describe movement carried out with speed or intensity.
Biblical Usage
The term is used in older English expressions for coming rapidly and fleeing quickly.
Historical Background
The word means “at a pace” and corresponds to a Hebrew idiom that intensifies an idea by repetition of a word or its equivalent.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>a-pas' ("at a pace"): With "come," 2Sa 18:25; "flee," Jer 46:5, for "rapidly," "hastily," "fast," corresponding to a Hebrew idiom that adds emphasis or intensity to an idea by repetition of the word or its equivalent.</p>