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Lexicon :: Strong's H6621 - peṯaʿ

Aa
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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

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‘But if H3588 someone dies H4191 very H6621 suddenly H6597 beside H5921 him and he defiles H2930 his consecrated H5145 head H7218 of hair, then he shall shave H1548 his head H7218 on the day H3117 when he becomes H2893 clean H2893; he shall shave H1548 it on the seventh H7637 day H3117.

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‘But if H518 he pushed H1920 him suddenly H6621, without H3808 hostility H342, or H176 threw H7993 any H3605 object H3627 at him without H3808 [fn]malicious H6660 intent H6660,

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Therefore H5921 H3651 his disaster H343 will come H935 suddenly H6597;

Instantly H6621 he will be broken H7665 and there H369 will H369 be H369 no H369 healing H4832.

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A person H376 [fn]often rebuked H8433 who [fn]becomes H7185 H6203 obstinate H7185 H6203

Will suddenly H6621 be broken H7665 [fn]beyond H369 remedy H4832.

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But the multitude H1995 of your [fn]enemies H2114 will become H1961 like fine H1851 dust H80,

And the multitude H1995 of the ruthless H6184 ones H6184 like the chaff H4671 which [fn]blows H5674 away H5674;

And it will happen H1961 instantly H6621, suddenly H6597.

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Therefore H3651 this H2088 wrongdoing H5771 will be to you

Like a breach H6556 about to fall H5307,

A bulge H1158 in a high H7682 wall H2346,

Whose H834 collapse H7667 comes H935 suddenly H6597 in an instant H6621,

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“Will [fn]your creditors H5391 not rise H6965 up H6965 suddenly H6621,

And those who [fn]collect H2111 from you awaken H3364?

Indeed, you will become H1961 plunder H4933 for them.

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