Strong's H6621

פֶּתַע

Transliteration

pethaʻ

Pronunciation

peh'-thah

Definition

a wink, i.e. moment(used only (with or without preposition) adverbially, quickly or unexpectedly

KJV usage

at an instant, suddenly, [idiom] very.

Derivation

from an unused root meaning to open (the eyes); (compare H6597 (פִּתְאוֹם))

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Hebrew dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.