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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 Box1Sa 14:15 - Suddenly, panic broke out in the Philistine army, both in the camp and in the field, including even the outposts and raiding parties. And just then an earthquake struck, and everyone was terrified.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:5 - “The waves of death overwhelmed me;
floods of destruction swept over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:15 - They went all the way to the Jordan River, following a trail of clothing and equipment that the Arameans had thrown away in their mad rush to escape. The scouts returned and told the king about it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:17 - As Gabriel approached the place where I was standing, I became so terrified that I fell with my face to the ground. “Son of man,” he said, “you must understand that the events you have seen in your vision relate to the time of the end.”
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