פֶּתַע
pethaʻ · peh'-thah
a wink, i.e. moment(used only (with or without preposition) adverbially, quickly or unexpectedly
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to open (the eyes); (compare H6597 (פִּתְאוֹם))
a wink, i.e. moment(used only (with or without preposition) adverbially, quickly or unexpectedly
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: at an instant, suddenly, [idiom] very.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the mark, the covenant sign › to see and know
To speak, the word of the mark, the covenant sign that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פֶּתַע above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- suddenly2 · 29%
- very1 · 14%
- him suddenly1 · 14%
- shall suddenly1 · 14%
- yea, it shall be at an instant1 · 14%
- at an instant1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.