Suddenly
פִּתְאֹםStrong’s H6597pitom (pit-om)
Appears in 25 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Pitom is the Hebrew word usually translated “suddenly” and “suddenness”. It appears in 25 verses of the Old Testament.
“And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.”
Meaning
- Suddenly, surprisingly
- Suddenness
How it's translated
- suddenly 23
- in suddenness 1
- and suddenly 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 5
- Proverbs 4
- Isaiah 4
- Job 3
- Numbers 2
- Joshua 2
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 12:4And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.
- Joshua 10:9Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.
- Joshua 11:7So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
- 2 Chronicles 29:36And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
- Job 5:3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
- Job 9:23If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
Hebrew dictionary
פִּתְאֹם pitom · suddenly
adv 1) suddenly, surprisingly subst 2) suddenness
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “suddenly” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SUD'DENLY, adverb
In an unexpected manner; unexpectedly; hastily; without preparation.
- “Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly” Proverbs 6:15
- Without premeditation.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.