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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

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Strong's Number G2284 matches the Greek θαμβέω (thambeō),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:27 - The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching—and with authority! He even gives orders to impure spirits and they obey him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:24 - The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is[fn] to enter the kingdom of God!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:32 - They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him.
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