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Thursday, September 28th, 2023
the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25

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Strong's #6621 - פֶּתַע

Transliteration

pethaʻ

Phonetics

peh'-thah

Origin

from an unused root meaning to open (the eyes)

Parts of Speech

N/A

TWOT

1859

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) suddenness, in an instant

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1810 ‑ ἐξαίφνης (ex‑ah'eef‑nace); 4743 ‑ στιγμή (stig‑may'); 1819 ‑ ἐξάπινα (ex‑ap'‑ee‑nah); 3916 ‑ παραχρῆμα (par‑akh‑ray'‑mah);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (7)

Numbers 2

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 2

Habakkuk 1

NAS (7)

Numbers 2

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 2

Habakkuk 1

HCS (7)

Numbers 2

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 2

Habakkuk 1

BSB (7)

Numbers 2

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 2

Habakkuk 1

ESV (6)

Numbers 2

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

Habakkuk 1

WEB (7)

Numbers 2

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 2

Habakkuk 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2652) o t p (פתאה PTAh) AC: Wink CO: ? AB: Moment: The sudden closing and opening of the eye. [from: tp- opening the eye]

N^m ) o t p (פתאה PTAh) - Moment: As a wink of time. KJV (7): very, suddenly, instant - Strongs: H6621 (פֶּתַע)

eqp^m) m f o t i p (פיתאהומ PYTAhWM) - Moment: As a wink of time. [df: Mwatp Matp] KJV (25): suddenly, sudden, straightway - Strongs: H6597 (פִּתְאֹם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מֶּתַע substantive suddenness ( √ unknown: compare Assyrian ina pitti, ina pittimma, in suddenness, instantly, Dl^{HWB 553}): — Numbers 35:22 . . . הֲדָפוֺ וְאִםבְּֿפֶתַע if he have thrust him in suddenness, before he is aware what he has done (i.e. accidentally); + מִּתְאֹם 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) מֶּתַע יִשָּׁבֵר, Habakkuk 2:7.

List of Word Forms

בְּפֶ֣תַע בְּפֶ֥תַע בפתע לְפֶ֖תַע לְפֶ֥תַע לפתע פֶ֗תַע פֶּ֥תַע פתע bə·p̄e·ṯa‘ beFeta bəp̄eṯa‘ Feta lə·p̄e·ṯa‘ leFeta ləp̄eṯa‘ pe·ṯa‘ p̄e·ṯa‘ Peta peṯa‘ p̄eṯa‘