Lexical Summary thambeō: to astonish Original Word: θαμβέωTransliteration: thambeō Phonetic Spelling: (tham-beh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to astonish Meaning: to astonish Strong's Concordance amaze, astonish. From thambos; to stupefy (with surprise), i.e. Astound -- amaze, astonish. see GREEK thambos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2284: θαμβέωθαμβέω, θαμβω; passive, imperfect ἐθαμβουμην; 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: θάμβος (allied with τάφος amazement, from a Sanskrit root signifying to render immovable; Curtius, § 233; Vanicek, p. 1130), θάμβους, τό; from Homer down; amazement: Luke 4:36; Luke 5:9; Acts 3:10. |
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