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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2284 - θαμβέω

Transliteration

thambéō

Phonetics

tham-beh'-o

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G2285)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

3:4,312

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to be astonished
to astonish, terrify
1. to be amazed
2. to be frightened

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1204 ‑ בָּעַת (baw‑ath'); 2648 ‑ חָפַז (khaw‑faz'); 6348 ‑ פָּחַז (paw‑khaz'); 7264 ‑ רָגַז (raw‑gaz'); 7290 ‑ רָדַם (raw‑dam');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (5)

Mark 4

Acts 1

NAS (3)

Mark 3

HCS (3)

Mark 3

BSB (3)

Mark 3

ESV (3)

Mark 3

WEB (4)

Mark 4

KJV (5)

amazed 2

astonished 2

were 1

NAS (3)

amazed 3

HCS (3)

They were astonished 1

amazed 1

were astonished 1

BSB (3)

[The disciples] were filled with awe 1

were amazed 2

ESV (3)

amazed 3

WEB (4)

They were 1

amazed 1

they were amazed 1

were amazed 1

RAH

V-AAI3P 1

V-AAI3S 1

V-API1S 1

V-PMN 1

V-PMPAPM 1

ANT

V-API-3P 1

V-IPI-3P 2

BEZ

V-API-3P 1

V-IPI-3P 2

V-PAP-NSM 1

BGB

V-AIP-3P 1

V-IIM/P-3P 2

V-PPA-NM3S 1

BMT

V-API-3P 1

V-IPI-3P 2

BYZ

V-API-3P 1

V-IPI-3P 2

ELZ

V-API-3P 1

V-IPI-3P 2

V-PAP-NSM 1

NA26

V-API-3P 1

V-IPI-3P 2

SBL

V-3APIP 1

V-3IPIP 2

SCV

V-API-3P 1

V-IPI-3P 2

V-PAP-NSM 1

STV

V-API-3P 1

V-IPI-3P 2

V-PAP-NSM 1

TIS

V-API-3P 1

V-IPI-3P 2

V-API-3P 1

V-IPI-3P 2

V-PAP-NSM 1

V-API-3P 1

V-IPI-3P 2

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

θαμβ-έω,

1. to be astounded, οἱ δὲ ἰδόντες θάμβησαν Il. 8.77, cf. B. 5.84; οἱ δ' ἀνὰ θυμὸν ἐθάμβεον Od. 4.638, etc.; καὐτὸς τεθάμβηκ' S. Ant. 1246; ἐθάμβησεν δὲ πᾶς.. ὅμιλος E. Ion 1205.

2. c. acc., to be astonished at, θάμβησαν δ' ὄρνιθας Od. 2.155, cf. 16.178; τὸν ἐθάμβεον Ἄρτεμίς τε καὶ Ἀθάνα Pi. N. 3.50; τέρας δ' ἐθάμβουν A. Supp. 570 (lyr.): in late Prose, Plu. Aem. 34.

II later also causal, alarm, LXX 2 Samuel 22:5; τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς τινος PMag.Par. 1.237: — Pass., to be astounded, Mark 1:27, POxy. 654.7, PMag. Leid.W. 11.39; τεθαμβημένος astounded, Plu. Brut. 20; διά τινος Id. Caes. [45].

Thayer's Expanded Definition

θαμβέω, θαμβω; passive, imperfect ἐθαμβουμην; 1 aorist ἐθαμβήθην; (θάμβος, which see);

1. to be astonished: Acts 9:6 Rec. (Homer, Sophocles, Euripides)

2. to astonish, terrify: 2 Samuel 22:5; passive to be amazed: Mark 1:27; Mark 10:32; followed by ἐπί with the dative of the thing, Mark 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: Luke 4:36; Luke 5:9; Acts 3:10.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

θαμβέω , -ῶ

(θάμβος )

[in LXX for H1204 ni., pi., etc.;]

1. to be amazed.

2. In late Gk., to astonish, terrify (2 Samuel 22:5): pass., Mark 1:27; Mark 10:32; seq. ἐπί c. dat rei, Mark 10:24.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

See P Leid Wv. 30 (ii/iii A.D.) ἰδὼν τὸν δράκοντα ὁ θεὸς ἐθαμβήθη καὶ ἐπόππυσε, and ib.xi. 39 καὶ ἡ γῆ ἀκούσασαἠχοῦς, καὶ ἰδοῦσα αὐτήν, ἐθαμβήθη, where the aor. has its full pass. force as in Mark 1:27 (cf. Blass-Debrunner § 78). The verb is restored in the new Logion, P Oxy IV. 654.7 μὴ παυσάσθω ὁ ζη [τῶν. . . . . . . . ἕως ἂν ] εὕρῃ καὶ ὅταν εὕρῃ [θαμβηθήσεται καὶ θαμ ]βηθεὶς βασιλεύσει. In MGr we have θαμπαίνω and θαμπώνω = ";blind,"; ";dazzle.";

List of Word Forms

εθαμβήθη εθαμβήθην εθαμβηθησαν εθαμβήθησαν ἐθαμβήθησαν εθάμβησάν εθαμβουντο εθαμβούντο ἐθαμβοῦντο θαμβείσθαι θαμβουμένους θαμβών ethambethesan ethambēthēsan ethambḗthesan ethambḗthēsan ethambounto ethamboûnto