Strong G2285θάμβος
amazement
- Transliteration
- thambos
- Pronunciation
- tham'-bos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Akin to an obsolete τάφω taphō (to dumbfound);
stupefaction (by surprise) that is astonishment: - X amazed + astonished wonder.
stupefaction (by surprise) that is astonishment: - X amazed + astonished wonder.
Detailed definition
θάμβος, -ους, τό
[in LXX for פַּחַד, etc.;]
amazement: Luk.4:36 5:9, Act.3:10.†
(AS)
[in LXX for פַּחַד, etc.;]
amazement: Luk.4:36 5:9, Act.3:10.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2285 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- amaze1
- astonish1
- wonder1
First verses
- Luke 4:36And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
- Luke 5:9For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:
- Acts 3:10And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
θάμβ-ος, εος, τό,
also ὁ [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 237, LXX.Eccl.12.5 (_plural_))]: (τέθηπα):— amazement, θ. δ᾽ ἔχεν εἰσορόωντας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.79; θ. δ᾽ ἕλε πάντας ἰδόντας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.372; θάμβει δυσφόρῳ τερπνῷ τε μιχθείς 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.55; θάμβει ἐκπλαγέντες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 291, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 781 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.31, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254c: _plural_, 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 41.2.)]
2 in objective sense, θάμβοι terrors in the way, [Refs (LXX [same place])]; object of wonder, [Refs (epigram Gr. 1068 (from Gerasa).)]
also ὁ [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 237, LXX.Eccl.12.5 (_plural_))]: (τέθηπα):— amazement, θ. δ᾽ ἔχεν εἰσορόωντας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.79; θ. δ᾽ ἕλε πάντας ἰδόντας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.372; θάμβει δυσφόρῳ τερπνῷ τε μιχθείς 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.55; θάμβει ἐκπλαγέντες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 291, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 781 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.31, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254c: _plural_, 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 41.2.)]
2 in objective sense, θάμβοι terrors in the way, [Refs (LXX [same place])]; object of wonder, [Refs (epigram Gr. 1068 (from Gerasa).)]