θαμβέω
thambéō · G2284 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to be astonished, to be startled, to be amazed
(Derivative of θάμβος ‘astonishment,’) To experience astonishment as the result of some unusual event
ExamplesMark 1:27 And they were all amazed, so they debated among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”
Mark 10:24 And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus responded again and said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
Mark 10:32 Now they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking on ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were fearful. And again He took the twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him,
How it’s used In 2 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
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- μαθητήςdisciple 1
- ἅπαςall 1
- Not stated: they 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐπίon+ λόγοςword, saying, message 1
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Near synonyms 2 words
- ἐκπλήσσω ekplḗssō · G1605 · to be greatly astounded
- The target term θαμβέω-adjacent term and ἐκπλήσσω (“to strike with astonishment”) both denote states of profound astonishment; the difference between the two domain titles is one of intensity — being greatly astounded versus being amazed — rather than a fundamental difference in sense.
- ἐξίστημι exístēmi · G1839 · to astonish greatly, to greatly astound, to astound completely
- Both terms describe states of astonishment or being overwhelmed with amazement. ἐξίστημι (exístēmi, G1839) covers a broader semantic range including both transitive causation of astonishment and reflexive states of being astounded or losing composure (even to the point of insanity), while θαμβέω (thambéō, G2284) focuses specifically on the stupefying effect of surprise or wonder.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To be astonished, to be startled, to be amazed25.209
- In Mark 1:27, after Jesus cast out an unclean spirit, “they were all amazed, so they debated among themselves, saying, ‘What is this? A new teaching with authority!’” using this verb for a startled, astonished reaction.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon θαμβω; passive, imperfect ἐθαμβουμην; 1 aorist ἐθαμβήθην; (θάμβος, which see); 1. to be…
1. to be astonished: Acts 9:6 Rec. (Homer, Sophocles, Euripides)
2. to astonish, terrify: 2 Sam 22:5; passive to be amazed: Mk 1:27; Mk 10:32; followed by ἐπί with the dative of the thing, Mk 10:24; to be frightened, 1 Macc. 6:8; Wis. 17:3; Plutarch, Caesar 45; Brut. 20. (Compare: θάμβος (allied with τάφος amazement, from a Sanskrit root signifying to render immovable; Curtius, § 233; Vanicek, p. 1130), θάμβους, τό; from Homer down; amazement: Lk 4:36; Lk 5:9; Acts 3:10.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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