H6621 · פֶּתַע
pethaʻ · peh'-thah · suddenly
H6621 (pethaʻ, pronounced peh'-thah) is the Hebrew word פֶּתַע in Strong’s dictionary: a wink, i.e. moment(used only (with or without preposition) adverbially, quickly or unexpectedly. It appears 7 times in 7 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- פֶּתַע (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- pethaʻ
- Pronunciation
- peh'-thah
- Derivation
- from an unused root meaning to open (the eyes); (compare H6597 (פִּתְאוֹם))
- Definition
- a wink, i.e. moment(used only (with or without preposition) adverbially, quickly or unexpectedly
- Rendered in the KJV
- at an instant, suddenly, [idiom] very.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
7 occurrences in 7 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “in an instant” ×3
- “suddenly” ×2
- “someone suddenly” ×1
- “will suddenly” ×1
By book
Numbers 2 · Proverbs 2 · Isaiah 2 · Habakkuk 1
Verses
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H6621.