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Lexicon :: Strong's G2284 - thambeō

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θαμβέω
Transliteration
thambeō (Key)
Pronunciation
tham-beh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:4,312

Strong’s Definitions

θαμβέω thambéō, tham-beh'-o; from G2285; to stupefy (with surprise), i.e. astound:—amaze, astonish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G2284 in the following manner: be amazed (2x), be astonished (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G2284 in the following manner: be amazed (2x), be astonished (2x).

  1. to be astonished

  2. to astonish, terrify

    1. to be amazed

    2. to be frightened

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θαμβέω thambéō, tham-beh'-o; from G2285; to stupefy (with surprise), i.e. astound:—amaze, astonish.
STRONGS G2284:
θαμβέω, -ῶ; passive, imperfect ἐθαμβούμην; 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: ἐκθαμβέω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
22:5
Mark
1:27; 10:24; 10:32
Luke
4:36; 5:9
Acts
3:10; 9:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2284 matches the Greek θαμβέω (thambeō),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:5 - The waves of death swirled about me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:15 - They followed them as far as the Jordan, and they found the whole road strewn with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown away in their headlong flight. So the messengers returned and reported to the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:17 - As he came near the place where I was standing, I was terrified and fell prostrate. “Son of man,”[fn] he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”
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