פֶּתַע pethaʻ

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: at an instant, suddenly, [idiom] very.

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

Where it is used

• Numbers 6:9 If someone suddenly dies in his presence and defiles his consecrated head of hair, he must shave his head on the day of his cleansing—the seventh day.
• Numbers 35:22 But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,
• Proverbs 6:15 Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
• Proverbs 29:1 A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
• Isaiah 29:5 But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,
• Isaiah 30:13 this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!
• Habakkuk 2:7 Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.