# G869 ἄφνω

ἄφνω (áphnō), Strong’s G869: unawares, i.e. unexpectedly KJV: suddenly. Occurs 13 times.

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*áphnō* — unawares, i.e. unexpectedly

KJV: suddenly

Derived from [ἀφανής aphanḗs](https://besorah.bible/word/G852) (non-apparent))

Occurs 13 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Acts 2:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/2?v=2) — Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were…
- [Acts 16:26](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/16?v=26) — Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors…
- [Acts 28:6](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/28?v=6) — But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly, but when they watched for a long time and…
- [1 Maccabees 3:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/3?v=23) — Now when he had finished speaking, he rushed suddenly against Seron and his army, and they were defeated before him.
- [1 Maccabees 4:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/4?v=2) — that it might fall upon the army of the Jews and strike them suddenly. The men of the citadel were his guides.
- [1 Maccabees 5:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/5?v=28) — Judas and his army turned suddenly by the way of the wilderness to Bosora; and he took the city, and killed all the…
- [2 Maccabees 3:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/3?v=27) — When he had fallen suddenly to the ground, and great darkness had come over him, his guards picked him up and put him…