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G1569 ἔκθαμβος (ékthambos)
Greek
Adjective
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Quick Definition

full of astonishment, amazed

Strong's Definition

utterly astounded

Derivation: from G1537 (ἐκ) and G2285 (θάμβος);

KJV Usage: greatly wondering

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἔκθαμβος, ἔκθαμβον (θάμβος, cf. ἔκφοβος), quite astonished, amazed: Act_3:11. (Polybius 20, 10, 9. Ecclesiastical and Byzantine writings; terrifying, dreadful, Dan_12:7 Theod..) STRONGS NT 1569a: ἐκθαυμάζωἐκθαυμάζω: (imperfect ἐξεθαύμαζον); to wonder or marvel greatly (see ἐκ, VI. 6): ἐπί τίνι, at one, Mar_12:17 T WH. (Sir_27:23 Sir_43:18; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Longinus, others.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐκθαυμάζω ekthaumazō 1x to wonder at, wonder greatly, Mar_12:17

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

**† ἔκ -θαμβος , -ον ( < θάμβος ), [in LXX : Wis_10:19 , Da TH Dan_7:7 ( dreadful, terrible: H574 ) * ;] amazed ( cf. Polyb ., xx, 10, 9): Act_3:11 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἔκθαμβος [page 194] For this rare adj. ( Act_3:11 ) which hitherto has been attested in profane Greek only from Polybius (xx. 10. 9), we may cite the imprecatory tablet of iii/A.D. discovered in the necropolis of Hadrumetum, Wόnsch AF 5 .20 καὶ οἱ δαίμονες ἐξεγερθῶσιν ἔκθαμβοι καὶ περίφοβοι [γ ]ενόμενοι .

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἔκθαμβος ἔκ-θαμβος, ον "amazed, astounded", NTest.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἔκ-θαμβος, -ον (θάμβος), [in LXX: Wis.10:19, Da TH Dan.7:7 (dreadful, terrible: אֵמְתָּנִי) * ;] amazed (cf. Polyb., xx, 10, 9): Act.3:11.† (AS)

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