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Lexicon :: Strong's H6597 - piṯ'ōm

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פִּתְאֹם
Transliteration
piṯ'ōm
Pronunciation
pith-ome'
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Part of Speech
adverb, substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1859a

Strong’s Definitions

פִּתְאוֹם pithʼôwm, pith-ome'; or פִּתְאֹם pithʼôm; from H6621; instantly:—straightway, sudden(-ly).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H6597 in the following manner: suddenly (22x), sudden (2x), straightway (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H6597 in the following manner: suddenly (22x), sudden (2x), straightway (1x).
adverb

  1. suddenly, surprisingly

    substantive

  2. suddenness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פִּתְאוֹם pithʼôwm, pith-ome'; or פִּתְאֹם pithʼôm; from H6621; instantly:—straightway, sudden(-ly).
STRONGS H6597: Abbreviations
† פִּתְאֹם, once Psalm 64:8 (see Baer) פִּתְאוֹם substantive suddenness, usually as adverb accusative suddenly (from פֶּתַע, with the term. ־ם (compare שִׁלְשֹׁם), and with ע weakened to א : Sta§ 295 Köii. 255 f. BaNB § 216 b); — Numbers 12:4 אלטֿשׁה פ׳ ויאמר י׳, Joshua 10:9; Joshua 11:7; especially of calamity, invasion, etc., coming suddenly, Isaiah 47:11; Isaiah 48:3; Jeremiah 4:20 שֻׁדְּדוּ אֹהָלי בּ׳, Jeremiah 6:26; Jeremiah 15:8; Jeremiah 18:22; Jeremiah 51:8; Psalms יֹרֻהוּ וְלאֹ יִירָ֑אוּ פ׳, Jeremiah 51:8; Job 5:3; Job 9:23; Ecclesiastes 9:12; Proverbs 6:15; Proverbs 24:22; also Proverbs 7:22; Malachi 3:1; thrice with מֶּתַע (which see). As a genitive † Proverbs 3:25 פ׳מִפַּחַר אל־תירא of the terror of suddenness, i.e. the sudden terror, Job 22:10; and with בְּ, in suddenness, † 2 Chronicles 29:36 היה הדבר בפ׳.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

12:4

Joshua

10:9; 11:7

2 Chronicles

29:36

Job

5:3; 9:23; 22:10

Psalms

64:8

Proverbs

3:25; 6:15; 7:22; 24:22

Ecclesiastes

9:12

Isaiah

47:11; 48:3

Jeremiah

4:20; 6:26; 15:8; 18:22; 51:8; 51:8

Malachi

3:1

H6597

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6597 matches the Hebrew פִּתְאֹם (piṯ'ōm),
which occurs 25 times in 25 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:9 - “And if any man dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head, then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he shall shave it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:4 - And suddenly the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting.” And the three of them came out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:9 - So Joshua came upon them suddenly, having marched up all night from Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:7 - So Joshua and all his warriors came suddenly against them by the waters of Merom and fell upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:36 - And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because God had provided for the people, for the thing came about suddenly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:3 - I have seen the fool taking root,
but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:23 - When disaster brings sudden death,
he mocks at the calamity[fn] of the innocent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:10 - Therefore snares are all around you,
and sudden terror overwhelms you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:4 - shooting from ambush at the blameless,
shooting at him suddenly and without fear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:7 - But God shoots his arrow at them;
they are wounded suddenly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:25 - Do not be afraid of sudden terror
or of the ruin[fn] of the wicked, when it comes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:15 - therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;
in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:22 - All at once he follows her,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a stag is caught fast[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:22 - for disaster will arise suddenly from them,
and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:5 - But the multitude of your foreign foes shall be like small dust,
and the multitude of the ruthless like passing chaff.
And in an instant, suddenly,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:13 - therefore this iniquity shall be to you
like a breach in a high wall, bulging out and about to collapse,
whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:11 - But evil shall come upon you,
which you will not know how to charm away;
disaster shall fall upon you,
for which you will not be able to atone;
and ruin shall come upon you suddenly,
of which you know nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:3 - “The former things I declared of old;
they went out from my mouth, and I announced them;
then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:20 - Crash follows hard on crash;
the whole land is laid waste.
Suddenly my tents are laid waste,
my curtains in a moment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth,
and roll in ashes;
make mourning as for an only son,
most bitter lamentation,
for suddenly the destroyer
will come upon us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8 - I have made their widows more in number
than the sand of the seas;
I have brought against the mothers of young men
a destroyer at noonday;
I have made anguish and terror
fall upon them suddenly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22 - May a cry be heard from their houses,
when you bring the plunderer suddenly upon them!
For they have dug a pit to take me
and laid snares for my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:8 - Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken;
wail for her!
Take balm for her pain;
perhaps she may be healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:1 - “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts.
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