פֶּתַעpethaʻ
suddenness (Numbers 35:22; Numbers 6:9; Isaiah 29:5; Isaiah 30:13; Proverbs 6:15)
Pronunciation: peh'-thah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6621
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 6:9 “If someone falls dead beside them, the hair they have dedicated will be defiled. They must wait for seven days and then shave their heads. Then they will be cleansed from their defilement.
- Numbers 35:22 “But suppose someone pushes another person without having shown previous hostility, or throws something that unintentionally hits another person,
- Proverbs 6:15 But they will be destroyed suddenly, broken in an instant beyond all hope of healing.
- Proverbs 29:1 Whoever stubbornly refuses to accept criticism will suddenly be destroyed beyond recovery.
- Isaiah 29:5 “But suddenly, your ruthless enemies will be crushed like the finest of dust. Your many attackers will be driven away like chaff before the wind. Suddenly, in an instant,
- Isaiah 30:13 calamity will come upon you suddenly— like a bulging wall that bursts and falls. In an instant it will collapse and come crashing down.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).