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moment

Meaning of “moment”

A very short portion of time; an instant.

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Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
22 occurrences22 verses12 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 33:5

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Exodus 33:5
For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 33:5 · retained source text

For the LORD had saide vnto Moses, Say vnto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffenecked people: I wil come vp into the midst of thee in a moment, & consume thee: Therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to doe vnto thee.

Numbers 16:21
Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 16:21 · retained source text

Separate your selues from among this Congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.

Numbers 16:45
Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 16:45 · retained source text

Get you vp from among this Congregation, that I may consume them, as in a moment: and they fell vpon their faces.

Job 7:18
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 7:18 · retained source text

And that thou shouldest visite him euery morning, and trie him euery moment?

Job 20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 20:5 · retained source text

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the ioy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

1611 marginal noteHebr. from neere.

1611 marginal notePsal. 37.37.

Job 21:13
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 21:13 · retained source text

They spend their daies in wealth, and in a moment goe downe to the graue.

1611 marginal noteOr, in mirth.

Job 34:20
In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 34:20 · retained source text

In a moment shall they die, and the people shalbe troubled at midnight, and passe away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

1611 marginal noteHeb. they shall take away the mighty.

Psalms 30:5
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 30:5 · retained source text

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his fauour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but ioy commeth in the morning.

1611 marginal noteHeb. there is but a moment in his anger.

1611 marginal noteHebr. in the euening.

1611 marginal noteHebr. singing.

Psalms 73:19
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 73:19 · retained source text

How are they brought into desolation as in a moment? they are vtterly consumed with terrours.

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1 Corinthians 15:52

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

The most minute and indivisible part of time; an instant.

volume 2, leaf 152 (noun entry)