In The Twinkling of An Eye

[Meshelemiah]

Job_34:20  In a moment^H7281 shall they die,^H4191 and the people^H5971 shall be troubled^H1607 at midnight,^{H2676 H3915} and pass away:^H5674 and the mighty^H47 shall be taken away^H5493 without^H3808 hand.^H3027

Psa_73:19  How^H349 are^H1961 they brought into desolation,^H8047 as in a moment!^H7281 they are utterly consumed^{H5486 H8552} with^H4480 terrors.^H1091

Isa_26:20  Come,^H1980 my people,^H5971 enter^H935 thou into thy chambers,^H2315 and shut^H5462 thy doors^H1817 about^H1157 thee: hide^H2247 thyself as it were for a little^H4592 moment,^H7281 until^H5704 the indignation^H2195 be overpast.^H5674

Isa_47:9  But these^H428 two^H8147 things shall come^H935 to thee in a moment^H7281 in one^H259 day,^H3117 the loss of children,^H7908 and widowhood:^H489 they shall come^H935 upon^H5921 thee in their perfection^H8537 for the multitude^H7230 of thy sorceries,^H3785 and for the great^H3966 abundance^H6109 of thine enchantments.^H2267

These are but 4 out of 19 verses where we find this word in the Hebrew for "moment".

 

Here is the definition:

H7281

 

רגע

rega‛

reh'-gah

From H7280; a wink (of the eyes), that is, a very short space of time: - instant, moment, space, suddenly.

 

"In the wink of an eye"

 

Where else have we seen this?

 

Please note, that in all three verses in the NT where the word "moment" is used, in each case there is a different Greek word that was written, yet in English it has been translated into the same word.

 

Three verses are found in the NT, using the English word "moment". but in all three the actual Greek word was different and each one had a slightly different meaning. For the purposes of this study we look at two of them.

 

 

Luk_4:5  And^G2532 the^G3588 devil,^G1228 taking him up^{G321 G846} into^G1519 an high^G5308 mountain,^G3735 shewed^G1166 unto him^G846 all^G3956 the^G3588 kingdoms^G932 of the^G3588 world^G3625 in^G1722 a moment^G4743 of time.^G5550

 

G4743

στιγμή

stigmē

stig-may'

Feminine of G4742; a point of time, that is, an instant: - moment.

 

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1Co_15:52  In^G1722 a moment,^G823 in^G1722 the twinkling^G4493 of an eye,^G3788 at^G1722 the^G3588 last^G2078 trump:^G4536 for^G1063 the trumpet shall sound,^G4537 and^G2532 the^G3588 dead^G3498 shall be raised^G1453 incorruptible,^G862 and^G2532 we^G2249 shall be changed.^G236

 

G823

ἄτομος

atomos

at'-om-os

From G1 (as a negative particle) and the base of G5114; uncut, that is, (by implication) indivisible (an “atom” of time): - moment.

 

G4493

ῥιπή

rhipē

hree-pay'

From G4496; a jerk (of the eye, that is, (by analogy) an instant): - twinkling.