Pitom פִּתְאֹם

Pitom (Hebrew פִּתְאֹם, Strong's H6597) is a Hebrew adverb meaning “suddenly”. It occurs 25 times in 25 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Pitom, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Numbers

• Numbers 6:9
  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.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 12:4
  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.And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out,

Joshua

• Joshua 10:9
  Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.After marching all night from Gilgal, Joshua caught them by surprise.
• Joshua 11:7
  So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.So by the waters of Merom, Joshua and his whole army came upon them suddenly and attacked them,

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 29:36
  And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had prepared for the people, because everything had been accomplished so quickly.

Job

• Job 5:3
  I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
• Job 9:23
  If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
• Job 22:10
  Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;

Psalms

• Psalm 64:4
  That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
• Psalm 64:7
  But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 3:25
  Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
• Proverbs 6:15
  Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
• Proverbs 7:22
  He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
• Proverbs 24:22
  For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 9:12
  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.For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 29:5
  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.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
  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.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!
• Isaiah 47:11
  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.But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.
• Isaiah 48:3
  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.I foretold the former things long ago; they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 4:20
  Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.
• Jeremiah 6:26
  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.O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
• Jeremiah 15:8
  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.I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.
• Jeremiah 18:22
  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.Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.
• Jeremiah 51:8
  Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.

Malachi

• Malachi 3:1
  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.“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).