Strong's Greek · G2285

θάμβος

thámbos

X amazed, + astonished, wonder

Definition

stupefaction (by surprise), i.e. astonishment

Derivation

akin to an obsolete (to dumbfound);

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Luke 4:36

All the people were overcome with amazement and asked one another, “What is this message? With authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”

Acts 3:10

they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Luke 5:9

For he and his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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