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Charles Buck Dictionary
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
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King James Dictionary
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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• θαῦμα
• ἐκθαυμάζω , θαυμάζω

Is that passion of the mind which is excited by the discovery of any great excellence in an object. It has by some writers been used as synonymous with surprise and wonder; but it is evident they are not the same. Surprise refers to something unexpected; wonder, to something great or strange; but admiration includes the idea of high esteem or respect. Thus, we say we admire a man's excellencies, but we do not say that we are surprised at them. We wonder at an extraordinary object or event, but we do not always admire it.