Suddenness
פֶּתַעStrong’s H6621peta (pe-ta)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Peta is the Hebrew word usually translated “instant”, “suddenly” and “suddenness”. It appears in 7 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
- Suddenness, in an instant
How it's translated
- in an instant 2
- suddenly 2
- to suddenness 2
- an instant 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 2
- Proverbs 2
- Isaiah 2
- Habakkuk 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 35:22But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,
- Proverbs 6:15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
- Proverbs 29:1He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
- Isaiah 29:5Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
- Isaiah 30:13Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
- Habakkuk 2:7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
Hebrew dictionary
פֶּתַע peta · suddenness
suddenness, in an instant
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “suddenness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SUD'DENNESS, noun
State of being sudden; a coming or happening without previous notice. The suddenness of the event precluded preparation.
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.