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Lexicon :: Strong's H6621 - peṯaʿ

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פֶּתַע
Transliteration
peṯaʿ
Pronunciation
peh'-thah
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Part of Speech
substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to open (the eyes)
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TWOT Reference: 1859

Strong’s Definitions

פֶּתַע pethaʻ, peh'-thah; from an unused root meaning to open (the eyes); (compare H6597) a wink, i.e. moment (used only [with or without preposition] adverbially, quickly or unexpectedly):—at an instant, suddenly, × very.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H6621 in the following manner: suddenly (4x), instant (2x), very (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H6621 in the following manner: suddenly (4x), instant (2x), very (1x).

  1. suddenness, in an instant

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פֶּתַע pethaʻ, peh'-thah; from an unused root meaning to open (the eyes); (compare H6597) a wink, i.e. moment (used only [with or without preposition] adverbially, quickly or unexpectedly):—at an instant, suddenly, × very.
STRONGS H6621: Abbreviations
† פֶּתַע substantive suddenness (√ unknown: compare Assyrian ina pitti, ina pittimma, in suddenness, instantly, DlHWB 553): — Numbers 35:22 ֗֗֗ הֲדָפוֺ וְאִםבְּֿפֶתַע if he have thrust him in suddenness, before he is aware what he has done (i.e. accidentally); + פִּתְאֹם Numbers 6:9 וכי ימות מת עליו בפתע פתאם i.e. very suddenly; לְפֶתַע according to (לְ, p. 5 I 6 b) suddenness, Isaiah 29:5 והיה לפתע פתאם = at an instant, suddenly, Isaiah 30:13 שִׁבְרָהּ אשׁר פתאם לפתע יבוא. As adverb accusative, suddenly, Proverbs 6:15 (= Proverbs 29:1) יִשָּׁבֵר פֶּתַע, Habakkuk 2:7.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

6:9; 35:22

Proverbs

6:15; 29:1

Isaiah

29:5; 30:13

Habakkuk

2:7

H6621

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Strong's Number H6621 matches the Hebrew פֶּתַע (peṯaʿ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:9 - And if any one should die suddenly by him, immediately the head of his vow shall be defiled; and he shall shave his head in whatever day he shall be purified: on the seventh day he shall be shaved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:22 - But if he should thrust him suddenly, not through enmity, or cast [fn]any thing upon him, not from an ambuscade,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:15 - Therefore his destruction shall come suddenly; overthrow and irretrievable ruin.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 - A reprover is better than a stiff-necked man: for when the latter is suddenly set on fire, there shall be no remedy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:5 - But the wealth of the ungodly shall be as dust from a wheel, and the multitude of them that oppress thee as flying chaff, and it shall be suddenly as a moment,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:13 - therefore shall this sin be to you as a wall suddenly falling when a strong city has been taken, of which the fall is very near at hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:7 - For suddenly there shall arise up those that bite him, and they that plot against thee shall awake, and thou shalt be a plunder to them.
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