Definition

unawares, i.e. unexpectedly

Etymology

adverb from G852 (ἀφανής) (contraction);

Word family

• ἀφανής aphanḗs

How the KJV renders it

• suddenly

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.