4 occurrences

'Surprise' in the Bible

This house (temple) will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will be appalled and sneer and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this house?’

I am as a wonder to many,For You are my strong refuge.

Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness,Nor of the destruction (sudden death) that lays waste at noon.

But you, believers, [all you who believe in Christ as Savior and acknowledge Him as God’s Son] are not in spiritual darkness [nor held by its power], that the day [of judgment] would overtake you [by surprise] like a thief;

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תּפשׂ 
Taphas 
Usage: 65