Sudden
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Job 22:10
- Last Reference: 1 Thessalonians 5:3
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
SUD'DEN, adjective [Latin subitaneus.]
1. Happening without previous notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparatives.
And sudden fear troubleth thee. Job 22:10.
For when they shall say, peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them. 1 Thessalonians 5:3.
2. Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate; passionate. [Not in use.]
SUD'DEN, noun An unexpected occurrence; surprise. [Not in use.]
On a sudden sooner than was expected; without the usual preparatives.
How art thou lost, how on a sudden lost!
[Of a sudden is not usual, and is less elegant.]
SUD'DENLY, adverb In an unexpected manner; unexpectedly; hastily; without preparation.
Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly Proverbs 6:15.
1. Without premeditation.
SUD'DENNESS, noun State of being sudden; a coming or happening without previous notice. The suddenness of the event precluded preparation.