פִּתְאֹם
pitʾōm
suddenness
Strong's H6597AdverbHebrewTWOT 1859a

פִּתְאֹם (pitʾōm) is a Hebrew adverb meaning suddenness. It appears 25 times in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6597).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1859a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1859a)suddenness, suddenly; instantly; straightway, sudden
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

פִּתְאֹם substantive: suddenness, suddenly

once פֵּתְאוֹם substantive suddenness, usually as adverb, suddenly

Strong's H6597 פִּתְאוֹם: instantly
KJV:straightway, sudden(-ly).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1859: פֶּתַע petaʿ — suddenness; wink, moment, quickly, unexpectedly; at an instant, suddenly

See it in Scripture

Numbers 6:9Joshua 10:92 Chronicles 29:36

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