Word Summary
exaiphnēs: suddenly
Original Word: ἐξαίφνηςTransliteration: exaiphnēs
Phonetic Spelling: (ex-ah'-eef-nace)
Part of Speech: Adverb
Short Definition: suddenly
Meaning: suddenly
Strong's Concordance
suddenly.
From ek and the base of aiphnidios; of a sudden (unexpectedly) -- suddenly. Compare exapina.
see GREEK ek
see GREEK aiphnidios
see GREEK exapina
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1810: ἐξαίφνηςἐξαίφνης (
WH ἐξέφνης (except in
Acts 22:6), see their Appendix, p. 151), adverb (
αἰφνης,
ἄφνω,
ἀφνως suddenly),
of a sudden, suddenly, unexpectedly:
Mark 13:36;
Luke 2:13;
Luke 9:39;
Acts 9:3;
Acts 22:6. (
Homer, et al.; the
Sept..)
STRONGS NT 1810: ἐξέφνης [ἐξέφνης, see ἐξαίφνης.]