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Strong's #2298 - θαυμαστός
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θαυμ-αστός,
Ion. θωμ-, ή, όν,
I wonderful, marvellous, first in neut. as Adv., θαυμαστὸν γανόωντα h.Cer. 10; ἔργα μεγάλα καὶ θ. Hdt. 1 Prooem.; θ. καρπός Id. 9.122; θ. λόχος γυναικῶν, of the Furies, A. Eu. 46; οὐδὲν τούτων θαυμαστὸν ἐμοί S. Ph. 191, etc.; ὃ πάντων -ότατον Pl. Smp. 220a; θ. πλέγμα, Medic., the rete mirabile, Gal. 5.196: c. acc., θαυμαστὴ τὸ κάλλος Pl. Phd. 110c; πᾶσαν ἀρετήν Id. Lg. 945e: c. gen., τῆς εὐσταθείας Plu. Publ. 14; τῆς ἐπιεικείας Id. Per. 39: c. dat., πλήθει Id. Caes. 6; πλέοσι ἐσόμεθα θωμαστότεροι Hdt. 9.122; πρός τι Plu. 2.980d: folld. by an interrog., εἰ, etc., θαυμαστὸν ὅσον.., Lat. mirum quantum, Pl. Tht. 150d, etc.; θαυμαστὸν ἡλίκον D. 24.122; θαυμαστά γ', εἰ.. X. Smp. 4.3; οὐδὲν θ., εἰ.., Pl. Phdr. 279a, R. 390a; οὐ δὴ θ., εἰ.. D. 2.23. Adv. -τῶς Pl. Lg. 633b; θαυμαστῶς ὡς σφόδρα Id. R. 331a: neut. pl. as Adv., Id. Smp. 192b; θαυμαστὰ ὡς S. Fr. 960, E. IA 943.
II admirable, excellent, πατήρ, υἱός, ὄλβος, Pi. P. 3.71, 4.241, N. 9.45; ἁνὴρ γὰρ οὐ στενακτὸς.., ἀλλ' εἴ τις βροτῶν θ. S. OC 1665; iron., πράξας μὲν εὖ θ. ἂν γένοιτ' ἀνήρ A. Pers. 212; strange, absurd, θ. καὶ γελοῖα Pl. Tht. 154b; θαυμαστὰ δρῶντες ib. 151a; θαυμαστὰ ἐργάζεται behaves in an extraordinary way, Id. Smp. 213d, cf. θαυμάσιος 111; θαυμαστὸν ποιεῖς, ὅς.. X. Mem. 2.7.13; ὦ θαυμαστέ Pl. Plt. 265a; ὦ θαυμαστότατοι X. An. 7.7.10.
III to be worshipped, οὐδείς μ' ἀρέσκει νυκτὶ θαυμαστὸς θεῶν E. Hipp. 106.
θαυμαστός , -ή , -όν
(< θαυμάζω ),
[in LXX for H6381 and cogn. forms (Psalms 118:22-23; Psalms 119:129, Isaiah 25:1, al.), H3372 ni. (Exodus 15:11, Psalms 65:5, al.), H117 (Psalms 8:1; Psalms 8:9; Psalms 93:4), etc.;]
wonderful, marvellous: Matthew 21:42 (LXX) Mark 12:11, John 9:30, 1 Peter 2:9, Revelation 15:1; Revelation 15:3.†
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θαυμαστός occurs in the important soldier’s narrative regarding the Syrian campaign during the reign of Ptolemy III., P Petr II, 45iii. 15 ἦ ]σαν γὰρ θαυμαστοί —the immediately preceding words are unfortunately lost. See also the Christian amulet P Oxy VIII. 1151.53 (v/A.D. ?) ὅτι τὸ ὄνομά σου, κ (ύρι)ε ὁ θ (εό)ς, ἐπικαλεσά [μ ]ην τὸ θαυμαστὸν καὶ ὑπερένδοξον καὶ φοβερὸν τοῖς ὑπεναντι ̣ο ̣ι ̣ς, ";upon thy name, O Lord God, have I called, the wonderful and exceeding glorious name, the terror of thy foes"; (Ed.). From the inscrr. we may note Preisigke 1908 θαυμαστὰς σύριγγας.
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