Word

ἐκπλήσσω

ekplḗssō · G1605 · Greek · 13 occurrences

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Meanings

to be greatly astounded

To be so amazed as to be practically overwhelmed

Examples
Matthew 7:28 When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at His teaching;
Matthew 13:54 And He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, with the result that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man acquire this wisdom and these miraculous powers?
Matthew 19:25 When the disciples heard this, they were very astonished and said, “Then who can be saved?”

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

13 occurrences in 8 groups

ὄχλοςcrowd, multitude, common people 3
Not stated: they 3
Not stated (participle) 2
μαθητήςdisciple 1
ὁthe (definite article) 1
πᾶςall, every, each 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

7 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐπίon+ διδαχήteaching, doctrine 6
ἐπίon+ μεγαλειότηςprominence 1

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 3 groups

περισσῶςexceedingly, all the more 1
σφόδραexceedingly 1
ὑπερπερισσῶςextreme 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

θαμβέω thambéō · G2284 · to be astonished, to be startled, to be amazed: Both ἐκπλήσσω and θαμβέω (“to stupefy with surprise, to astound”) denote reactions of astonishment or amazement, differing mainly in degree: one describes being greatly astounded, the other being startled or amazed.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To be greatly astounded25.219: Used repeatedly of the crowd's reaction to Jesus' teaching, as in Matthew 7:28 at the end of the Sermon on the Mount, and in Mark 1:22, where the people were astonished at His teaching because He taught them as one having authority.

Word family 6 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

πλήσσω plḗssō · G4141 · to hit, to strike, to beat · 1×πληγή plēgḗ · G4127 · to hit, to strike, to beat · 22×ἐκπλήσσωekplḗssō · G1605πλήκτης plḗktēs · G4131 · bully, violent person · 2×ἐπιπλήσσω epiplḗssō · G1969 · to rebuke, to reproach, to denounce · 1×πελεκίζω pelekízō · G3990 · to cut the head off, to behead · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐκπλήττω: passive (present ἐκπλήσσομαι or ἐκπλήττομαι (so R G Mt 13:54; Tr WH Acts…

ἐκπλήττω: passive (present ἐκπλήσσομαι or ἐκπλήττομαι (so R G Mt 13:54; Tr WH Acts 13:12)); imperfect ἐξεπλησσομην; 2 aorist ἐξεπλάγην; common in Greek from Homer down; properly, to strike out, expel by a blow, drive out or away; to cast off by a blow, to drive out; commonly, to strike one out of self-possession, to strike with panic, shock, astonish; passive to be struck with astonishment, astonished, amazed; absolutely: Mt 13:54; Mt 19:25; Mk 6:2; Mk 10:26; Lk 2:48; used of the glad amazement of the wondering people, Mk 7:37; ἐπί τῇ διδαχή, Mt 7:28; Mt 22:33; Mk 1:22; Mk 11:18; Lk 4:32; Acts 13:12; (ἐπί τῇ μεγαλειότητι, Lk 9:43), (ἐπί τῷ κάλλει, Xenophon, Cyril 1, 4, 27; ἐπί τῇ θεά, Aelian v. h. 12, 41; (Winer's Grammar, § 33, b.); by the Greeks also with simple dative and with accusative of the thing, as Wis. 13:4; 2 Macc. 7:12). (Synonym: see φοβέω, at the end.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Surprise, Astonish13 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0