Hebrew wordpithʼôwmpith-ome'פִּתְאוֹםWhat it meansinstantlyWhere it comes fromor פִּתְאֹם; from pethaʻ (פֶּתַע)How the King James translates itsuddenly20sudden2straightway1Every place it appears 23Numbers6:912:4Joshua10:911:72 Chronicles29:36Job5:39:2322:10Psalms64:464:7Proverbs3:256:157:2224:22Isaiah30:1347:1148:3Jeremiah4:206:2615:818:2251:8Malachi3:1