Word Summary
aphnō: suddenly
Original Word: ἄφνωTransliteration: aphnō
Phonetic Spelling: (af'-no)
Part of Speech: Adverb
Short Definition: suddenly
Meaning: suddenly
Strong's Concordance
suddenly.
Adverb from aphanes (contraction); unawares, i.e. Unexpectedly -- suddenly.
see GREEK aphanes
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 869: ἄφνωἄφνω, adverb (akin to
αἰφνης, see in
αἰφνίδιος above),
suddenly:
Acts 2:2;
Acts 16:26;
Acts 28:6. (the
Sept.; (
Aeschylus),
Thucydides and subsequent writings.)