# H6597 פִּתְאוֹם

פִּתְאוֹם (pithʼôwm), Strong’s H6597: instantly KJV: straightway, sudden(-ly).. Occurs 25 times.

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*pithʼôwm* — instantly

KJV: straightway, sudden(-ly).

Derived from [פֶּתַע pethaʻ](https://besorah.bible/word/H6621) (a wink, i.e. moment)

Occurs 25 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- פִּתְאֹם, once פֵּתְאוֹם subst. suddenness, usu. as adv. acc. suddenly

## Where it occurs
- [Numbers 6:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/6?v=9) — “‘If any man dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles the head of his separation, then he shall shave his head in…
- [Numbers 12:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/12?v=4) — The LORD spoke suddenly to Moses, to Aaron, and to Miriam, “You three come out to the Tent of Meeting!” The three of…
- [Joshua 10:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/10?v=9) — Joshua therefore came to them suddenly. He marched from Gilgal all night.
- [Joshua 11:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/11?v=7) — So Joshua came suddenly, with all the warriors, against them by the waters of Merom, and attacked them.
- [Isaiah 29:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/29?v=5) — But the multitude of your foes will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones like chaff that blows…
- [Isaiah 30:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/30?v=13) — therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes…
- [Isaiah 47:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/47?v=11) — Therefore disaster will come on you. You won’t know when it dawns. Mischief will fall on you. You won’t be able to put…
- [Isaiah 48:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/48?v=3) — I have declared the former things from of old. Yes, they went out of my mouth, and I revealed them. I did them…
- [Jeremiah 4:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/4?v=20) — Destruction on destruction is decreed, for the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, and my…
- [Jeremiah 6:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/6?v=26) — Daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter…