Strong H8539תָּמַהּ

to astounded

Transliteration
tâmahh
Pronunciation
taw-mah'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to be in consternation: - be {amazed} be {astonished} marvel ({-lously}) wonder.

Detailed definition

1) to be astounded, be stunned, be amazed, be dumbfounded
1a) (Qal) to be astounded
1b)(Hithpael) to astonish yourself, be astounded, be astonished at one another

In the Bible

Strong H8539 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • marvel3
  • wonder3
  • amaze1
  • astonish1
  • marvellously1

First verses

  1. Genesis 43:33
    And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
  2. Job 26:11
    The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
  3. Psalms 48:5
    They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
  4. Ecclesiastes 5:8
    If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
  5. Isaiah 13:8
    And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
  6. Isaiah 29:9
    Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
  7. Jeremiah 4:9
    And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
  8. Habakkuk 1:5
    Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
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