פִּתְאוֹם

ἄφνω áphnō · G869 · suddenly, at once, immediately

Greek ἄφνω (aphno) renders Hebrew פִּתְאוֹם (pith'om) as its direct translation equivalent for the semantic field of suddenness/unexpectedness, both denoting events occurring without warning or anticipation.

ἐξάπινα exápina · G1819 · suddenly, at once, immediately

Greek ἐξάπινα translates Hebrew פִּתְאוֹם with direct semantic equivalence, both denoting suddenness or unexpectedness of an event.

ἐξαίφνης exaíphnēs · G1810 · suddenly, at once, immediately

Greek ἐξαίφνης renders Hebrew פִּתְאוֹם in contexts denoting sudden or unexpected occurrence, functioning as the standard LXX equivalent for the adverbial sense of abrupt temporal transition.

παραχρῆμα parachrēma · G3916 · suddenly, at once, immediately

Hebrew פִּתְאוֹם denotes suddenness or immediacy of occurrence; Greek παραχρῆμα conveys instantaneous action at the very moment, both expressing the temporal concept of immediate/sudden happening without intervening delay.

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פִּתְאוֹם means suddenly, marking an abrupt point in time, as of someone dying very suddenly beside a Nazirite in Numbers 6:9, the LORD suddenly speaking to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam in Numbers 12:4, and Joshua's forces coming upon the enemy suddenly in Joshua 10:9 and 11:7.

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.