Strong's #1824: exautes (pronounced ex-ow'-tace)
from 1537 and the genitive case singular feminine of 846 (5610 being understood); from that hour, i.e. instantly:--by and by, immediately, presently, straightway.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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exautēs
1) on the instant, forthwith
Part of Speech: adverb
Usage:
This word is used 6 times:
Mark 6:25: "that thou give me by and by in a charger the head"
Acts 10:33: " Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well"
Acts 11:11: "And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the"
Acts 21:32: "Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto"
Acts 23:30: "laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee,"
Philippians 2:23: "therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with"