Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
suddenly
Usage: adv 1) suddenly, surprisingly subst 2) suddenness
Pithom means “straightway” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6597 פִּתאוֹם פִּתאוֹם (pith'owm) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. pith'owm (pith-ome') (or pith.om {pith-ome'}) adv. 1. instantly [from H6621] It has 25 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include sudden and straightway. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
pith'owm (pith-ome') (or pith.om {pith-ome'}) adv. 1. instantly [from H6621] KJV: straightway, sudden(-ly). Root(s): H6621
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suddenly
Usage: adv 1) suddenly, surprisingly subst 2) suddenness
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render pith'owm, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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25 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.
Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.
First 25 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6597.
And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.
Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.
So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
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Pithom (Strong's H6597) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "straightway". pith'owm (pith-ome') (or pith.om {pith-ome'}) adv. 1. instantly [from H6621]
This page currently indexes 25 linked usages for Strong's H6597 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6597 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sudden and straightway. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.