adverb
exaifnōs
Strong’sG1810
suddenly, unexpectedly
stem exaifn-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 booksnever changes form
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἐξ-αίφνης (WH, ἐξέφνης, exc. Ac 22:6; v. App., p. 151, and cf. M, Pr., 35), adv.
(< ἄφνω), [in LXX chiefly for פִתְאׄם;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1810 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
adverb on a sudden, Refs 8th c.BC+participle, ψυχὴν θεωρεῖν ἐ. ἀποθανόντος ἑκάστου the moment that he is dead, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀκούσαντι ἐ. at first hearing, Refs 4th c.BC+; but τὸ ἐ. the instantaneous, that which is between motion and rest, and not in the time-series, Refs 5th c.BC+; but, ={τὸ ἐν ἀναισθήτῳ χρόνῳ διὰ μικρότητα ἐκστάν}, Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
exaifnōs5×
Mark 13:36“suddenly”mē ercharantos exaifnōs heuriskateia vin katheudarōntoin;… notice and find you sleeping.
Luke 2:13kai exaifnōs geneta sun to angelo plēthem stratiau …And suddenly there appeared with the angel a …
Luke 9:39“suddenly”kai idou pneumem labatō auton, kai exaifnōs krazatō, kai sparassatō auton meta afrou …A spirit keeps seizing him, and he screams abruptly. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It keeps mauling him and rarely departs …
Acts 9:3… poreuorō geneta auton engizarō ta Damaska, exaifnōs tē auton periastraptata fōtem ek tou …… near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around …
Acts 22:6… kai engizarōnto ta Damaska peri mesēmbrian exaifnōs ek tou ouranou periastraptara fōtem hikanem …… noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed …