G2285: θάμβος (thámbos)

Quick Definition

θάμβος, ους, τό n.n. astonishment

Strong's Definition

akin to an obsolete tapho (to dumbfound); stupefaction (by surprise), i.e. astonishment

KJV Usage: X amazed, + astonished, wonder

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

θάμβος (G2285)

noun, n. | -ους | θαμβέομαι

25.208 · Attitudes and Emotions · Surprise, Astonish

astonishment, alarm a state of astonishment due to both the suddenness and the unusualness of the phenomenon and with either a positive or a negative reaction

LUK 4:36 · LUK 5:9 · ACT 3:10

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

θάμβος [allied with τάφος amazement, fr. a Sanskrit root signifying to render immovable; Curtius § 233; Vanitek p. 1130], -ous, τό; fr. Hom. down; amazement: Lk. iv. 86; v. 9; Acts iii. 10.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

θάμβος thambos 3x

astonishment, amazement, awe, Lk. 4:36; 5:9; Acts 3:10*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

θάμβος, -ους, τό,

[in LXX for פַּחַד, etc.;]

amazement: Lk 4:36 5:9, Ac 3:10.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

θάμβος. This originally poetic word (Thumb Dia/. p. 373) is confined in the NT to the Lukan writings, where, to judge from Ac 31°, it is to be regarded as neuter: cf. gen. sing. θάμβους in Cant 3° (Thackeray Gr. i. p. 158). On the other hand in Lk 435 the Bezan text has θ. μέγας : cf. Eccles 12° θάμβοι.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

θάμβος (thambos) — amazement. θάμβ-ος, εος, τό, also ὁ [LXX+4th c.BC+]: (τέθηπα):— amazement, θ. δ᾽ ἔχεν εἰσορόωντας [Refs 8th c.BC+]

2. in objective sense, θάμβοι terrors in the way, [Refs]; object of wonder, [Refs]