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HebrewH6621Noun (Masculine)

פֶּתַע

pe.ta

7Occurrences
H6621Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a wink, i.e. moment(used only (with or without preposition) adverbially, quickly or unexpectedly

from an unused root meaning to open (the eyes); (compare H6597 (פִּתְאוֹם))

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
suddenness, in an instant

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

פֶּתַע appears 7 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
2
Numbers
2
Proverbs
2
Habakkuk
1

Key Passages

Habakkuk 2:7BSB

Will not your creditors suddenly ariseand those who disturb you awaken?Then you will become their prey.

Isaiah 29:5BSB

But your many foes will be like fine dust,the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff.Then suddenly, in an instant,

Isaiah 30:13BSB

this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail,a bulge in a high wall,whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!

Numbers 35:22BSB

But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,

Numbers 6:9BSB

If someone suddenly dies in his presence and defiles his consecrated head of hair, he must shave his head on the day of his cleansing—the seventh day.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.