Strong’s G2285 · Greek
θάμβος
thámbos · tham'-bos
Origin akin to an obsolete τάφω (to dumbfound);
Meaning stupefaction (by surprise), i.e. astonishment
In the King James Version X amazed, + astonished, wonder.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Luke 4:36And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
- Luke 5:9For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:
- Acts 3:10And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.