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.
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Instant
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2 Timothy 4:2
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
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פֶּתַע
pethaʻ · peh'-thah
2 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
a wink, i.e. moment (used only [with or without preposition] adverbially, quickly or unexpectedly)
Strong's KJV usage: at an instant, suddenly, × very.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 29:5Strong's last: Isaiah 30:13
Open full H6621 profile →רֶגַע
regaʻ · reh'-gah
2 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time
Strong's KJV usage: instant, moment, space, suddenly.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 18:7Strong's last: Jeremiah 18:9
Open full H7281 profile →ἐπίκειμαι
epíkeimai · ep-ik'-i-mahee
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to rest upon (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--impose, be instant, (be) laid (there-, up-)on, (when) lay (on), lie (on), press upon.
Strong's first: Luke 23:23Strong's last: Luke 23:23
Open full G1945 profile →ἐφίστημι
ephístēmi · ef-is'-tay-mee
1 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
to stand upon, i.e. be present (in various applications, friendly or otherwise, usually literal);
Strong's KJV usage: --assault, come (in, to, unto, upon), be at hand (instant), present, stand (before, by, over).
Strong's first: 2 Timothy 4:2Strong's last: 2 Timothy 4:2
Open full G2186 profile →προσκαρτερέω
proskarteréō · pros-kar-ter-eh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
to be earnest towards, i.e. (to a thing) to persevere, be constantly diligent, or (in a place) to attend assiduously all the exercises, or (to a person) to adhere closely to (as a servitor)
Strong's KJV usage: :--attend (give self) continually (upon), continue (in, instant in, with), wait on (continually).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 12:12Strong's last: Romans 12:12
Open full G4342 profile →ὥρα
hṓra · ho'-rah
1 times translated as this KJV form119 total Strong's occurrences
an "hour" (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--day, hour, instant, season, X short, (even-)tide, (high) time.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 2:38Strong's last: Luke 2:38
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H6621
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.
H6621
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.
H7281
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
H7281
And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
G5610
And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
G1945
And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
G4342
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
G2186
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
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instant
IN'STANT, adjective [Latin instans, insto.]
1. Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. Romans 12:12.
2. Immediate; without intervening time; present.
Impending death is thine and instant doom.
3. Quick; making no delay.
Instant he flew with hospitable haste.
4. Present; current. On the tenth of July instant
IN'STANT, noun A point in duration; a moment; a part of duration in which we perceive no succession, or a part that occupies the time of a single thought.
1. A particular time.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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