Strong G5059τέρας
wonders
- Transliteration
- teras
- Pronunciation
- ter'-as
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; a prodigy or omen: - wonder.
Detailed definition
τέρας, -ατος, τό
[in LXX chiefly for מוֹפֵת;]
a wonder, marvel: in NT always pl., τ. κ. σημεῖα, Mat.24:24, al. (see: σημεῖον)
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for מוֹפֵת;]
a wonder, marvel: in NT always pl., τ. κ. σημεῖα, Mat.24:24, al. (see: σημεῖον)
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5059 appears in 16 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wonder16
First verses
- Matthew 24:24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
- Mark 13:22For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
- John 4:48Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
- Acts 2:19And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
- Acts 2:22Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
- Acts 2:43And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
- Acts 4:30By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
- Acts 5:12And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
- Acts 6:8And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
- Acts 7:36He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
- Acts 14:3Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
- Acts 15:12Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
- Romans 15:19Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 12:12Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
- Hebrews 2:4God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
τέρας, τό:
genitive Epic dialect αος (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus or 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus))], Ionic dialect εος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.37)]: plural, nominative Epic dialect τέραα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.394)], Ionic dialect τέρεα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [same place], τεράᾰτᾰ 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 604, 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 5.43; τέρᾱ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1410, but τέρᾰ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 186; τέρα (quantity not stated) _Attic dialect_ _accusative_ to Moer. p.369 P.,compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1343)]; genitive Epic dialect τεράων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.229, τερέων 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 155; _Attic dialect_ τερῶν _accusative_ to Moer.[same place], Thom.Mag. p.348 R.)]; dative Epic dialect τεράεσσι [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.398, +others; later τέρασι LXX.Deu.26.8, +others: the forms τέρατ-ος, -ι, -α, -ων are Hellenistic, Moer. pp.366,369 P., Thom.Mag. p.348 R. (τέρατα LXX.Exo.4.21, +others, τεράτωνLXX.Psa.104(105).27))]; genitive singular τέρως variant in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.26.3: lengthened for the sake of meter τείρεα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.485 (= “IG” 42(1).129.9), 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 692, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1362; τείρεσιν “hymnus ad Martem” 7; later τείρεσσι “IG” 14.2461.11 (from Massilia))]:— sign, wonder, marvel, portent, ἡμῖν μὲν τόδ᾽ ἔφηνε τ. Ζεύς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.324)]; ᾐτέομεν δὲ θεὸν φῆναι τ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.173; τοῖσιν.. θεοὶ τέραα προὔφαινον 12.394; τέρας ἧκε Κρόνου πάϊς 21.415)]; Ζεὺς δ᾽ Ἔριδα προΐαλλε.., πολέμοιοτ. μετὰ χερσὶν ἔχουσαν a sign of coming battle, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.4)]; especially of signs in heaven, ἀστέρα ἧκε Κρόνου πάϊς.., ναύτῃσι τ[Refs (. 4.76; ἴρισσιν ἐοικότες, ἅς τε Κρονίων ἐν νέφεϊ στήριξε τ. μερόπων ἀνθρώπων 11.28, compare 17.548)]; and with passive Verbs, τ. φανήτω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.101)]:—so always when the first syllable is lengthened, [NT+8th c.BC+ (see above:—also in Prose, ἢν δὲ χειμῶνος βροντὴ γένηται, ὡς τέρας θωμάζεται 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.28, compare 6.98; τ. πέμπειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.15; ἐφάνη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.57; ἐπιγίνεταί σφι τέρεα [prev. author] 8.37, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 744, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.73, etc.; frequently in “NT”, σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα NT.Mark.13.22, +others)]
II in concrete sense, monster, Διὸς τ. αἰγιόχοιο, of the [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Gorgon 's head, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.742)]; of a serpent, [Refs (12.209, “hymnus ad Apollinem” 302)]; δάϊον τ., of Typhoeus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 354)]; ἀπρόσμαχον τ., of Cerberus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1098)]; οὔρειον τ., of the Sphinx, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 806 (Lyric poetry))]; ταῦρον, ἄγριον τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 1214, compare 1247; ὅλον τ. ὀπτήσας.. βασιλεῖ παρέθηκε κάμηλον 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 172.7 (_anapaest meter_), compare 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 3.13)]; used by Cicero of Caesar, [Refs (“Attic” 8.9.4.)]
II.2 monstrous birth, monstrosity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 393b, 394a, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.111, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 769b30, 773a3, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 341.13)]; ὡς ἔθρεψεν ἔκπαγλον τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 548.)]
III in colloquial language, τέρας λέγεις καὶ θαυμαστόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 283c, compare “Tht.” 163d; τέρας λέγεις, εἰ.. [prev. author] “Men.” 91d)]; 'a marvel' of a cup, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.56)]: plural, of incredible statements, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.74 K.)]
genitive Epic dialect αος (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus or 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus))], Ionic dialect εος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.37)]: plural, nominative Epic dialect τέραα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.394)], Ionic dialect τέρεα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [same place], τεράᾰτᾰ 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 604, 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 5.43; τέρᾱ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1410, but τέρᾰ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 186; τέρα (quantity not stated) _Attic dialect_ _accusative_ to Moer. p.369 P.,compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1343)]; genitive Epic dialect τεράων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.229, τερέων 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 155; _Attic dialect_ τερῶν _accusative_ to Moer.[same place], Thom.Mag. p.348 R.)]; dative Epic dialect τεράεσσι [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.398, +others; later τέρασι LXX.Deu.26.8, +others: the forms τέρατ-ος, -ι, -α, -ων are Hellenistic, Moer. pp.366,369 P., Thom.Mag. p.348 R. (τέρατα LXX.Exo.4.21, +others, τεράτωνLXX.Psa.104(105).27))]; genitive singular τέρως variant in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.26.3: lengthened for the sake of meter τείρεα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.485 (= “IG” 42(1).129.9), 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 692, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1362; τείρεσιν “hymnus ad Martem” 7; later τείρεσσι “IG” 14.2461.11 (from Massilia))]:— sign, wonder, marvel, portent, ἡμῖν μὲν τόδ᾽ ἔφηνε τ. Ζεύς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.324)]; ᾐτέομεν δὲ θεὸν φῆναι τ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.173; τοῖσιν.. θεοὶ τέραα προὔφαινον 12.394; τέρας ἧκε Κρόνου πάϊς 21.415)]; Ζεὺς δ᾽ Ἔριδα προΐαλλε.., πολέμοιοτ. μετὰ χερσὶν ἔχουσαν a sign of coming battle, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.4)]; especially of signs in heaven, ἀστέρα ἧκε Κρόνου πάϊς.., ναύτῃσι τ[Refs (. 4.76; ἴρισσιν ἐοικότες, ἅς τε Κρονίων ἐν νέφεϊ στήριξε τ. μερόπων ἀνθρώπων 11.28, compare 17.548)]; and with passive Verbs, τ. φανήτω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.101)]:—so always when the first syllable is lengthened, [NT+8th c.BC+ (see above:—also in Prose, ἢν δὲ χειμῶνος βροντὴ γένηται, ὡς τέρας θωμάζεται 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.28, compare 6.98; τ. πέμπειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.15; ἐφάνη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.57; ἐπιγίνεταί σφι τέρεα [prev. author] 8.37, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 744, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.73, etc.; frequently in “NT”, σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα NT.Mark.13.22, +others)]
II in concrete sense, monster, Διὸς τ. αἰγιόχοιο, of the [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Gorgon 's head, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.742)]; of a serpent, [Refs (12.209, “hymnus ad Apollinem” 302)]; δάϊον τ., of Typhoeus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 354)]; ἀπρόσμαχον τ., of Cerberus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1098)]; οὔρειον τ., of the Sphinx, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 806 (Lyric poetry))]; ταῦρον, ἄγριον τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 1214, compare 1247; ὅλον τ. ὀπτήσας.. βασιλεῖ παρέθηκε κάμηλον 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 172.7 (_anapaest meter_), compare 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 3.13)]; used by Cicero of Caesar, [Refs (“Attic” 8.9.4.)]
II.2 monstrous birth, monstrosity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 393b, 394a, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.111, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 769b30, 773a3, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 341.13)]; ὡς ἔθρεψεν ἔκπαγλον τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 548.)]
III in colloquial language, τέρας λέγεις καὶ θαυμαστόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 283c, compare “Tht.” 163d; τέρας λέγεις, εἰ.. [prev. author] “Men.” 91d)]; 'a marvel' of a cup, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.56)]: plural, of incredible statements, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.74 K.)]