θαυμαστός
thaumastós · G2298 · Greek · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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wonderful, remarkable, marvelous
(Derivative of θαυμάζω ‘to be amazed,’) Pertaining to that which causes or is worthy of amazement and wonder
ExamplesMatthew 21:42 Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘A STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE; THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD, AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES’?
Mark 12:11 THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD, AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES’?”
John 9:30 The man answered and said to them, “Well, here is the amazing thing, that you do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes!
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
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λέγωto say 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὗτοςthis 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔργονwork, deed 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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In the other Testament 3 words
- פָּלָא pâlâʼ · H6381 · to be extraordinary, to be wonderful, to be difficult
- θαυμαστός (thaumastós, G2298) emphasizes the observer's response of wonder or amazement at something remarkable, while פָּלָא (pâlâʼ, H6381) focuses on the intrinsic quality of being difficult, extraordinary, or miraculous in nature—the Greek captures the effect on the beholder, the Hebrew the inherent marvelous character of the thing itself.
- אַדִּיר ʼaddîyr · H117 · mighty, majestic, noble
- אַדִּיר (ʼaddîyr, H117) אַדִּיר denotes excellence and majesty in the sense of impressive grandeur (mighty, glorious, noble), while θαυμαστός (thaumastós, G2298) θαυμαστός specifically denotes wonder-inducing quality or marvelousness; the Hebrew term co-occurs as a natural rendering in LXX contexts where divine or regal majesty evokes wonder, but θαυμαστός centers more narrowly on the subjective response of amazement rather than the objective quality of might.
- פֶּלֶא peleʼ · H6382 · miracle, marvel
- Greek θαυμαστός (wondered at, wonderful) serves as the standard Septuagint rendering of Hebrew פֶּלֶא (marvellous thing, wonder), both denoting objects or acts that evoke wonder or astonishment through their extraordinary nature.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Wonderful, remarkable, marvelous25.215
- In Matthew 21:42, Jesus quotes the Scripture, “A STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE; THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD, AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES,” using this word for something remarkable to behold.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon θαυμαστή, θαυμαστόν (θαυμάζω), in Greek writings from (Homer (h. Cer. etc.)), Herodotus,…
b. passing human comprehension: Mt 21:42 and Mk 12:11, (from Psalm 117:22 ff ( ff), where for נִפְלָא, as Job 13:3; Mic 7:15, etc.).
c. causing amazement joined with terror: Rev 15:1, Rev 15:3, (so for נורָא, Ex 15:11, etc.).
d. marvellous i. e. extraordinary, striking, surprising: 2 Cor 11:14 R G (see θαῦμα, 1); Jn 9:30.
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
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
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