Quick Definition
θαῦμα, ατος, τό n.n. a marvel, wonder
Strong's Definition
apparently from a form of 2300; wonder (properly concrete; but by implication, abstract)
KJV Usage: admiration
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -τος | θαυμάζω
25.212 · Attitudes and Emotions · Surprise, Astonish
wonder, amazement a state of wonderment or amazement, usually with the implication of marveling
25.216 · Attitudes and Emotions · Surprise, Astonish
wonder, miracle, something to be wondered at an event which causes someone to wonder or marvel
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θαῦμα, -ros, τό, (@AOMAI [to wonder at], to gaze at, οἵ. Bttm. Gram. ὃ 114 s.v.; Ausf. Spr. ii. p. 196 ; Curtius 8 808); 1. a wonderful thing. a marvel: 2 Co. xi. 14 LTTrWH. 2. wonder: θαυμάζειν θαῦμα μέγα (cf. W. § 32, 2; [B. § 131, 5]), to wonder [with great wonder i. e.] exceedingly, Rev. xvii. 6. (In both senses in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down; Sept. Job xvii. 8; xviii. 20.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θαῦμα thauma 2x
a wonder; wonder, admiration, astonishment, 2 Cor. 11:14; Rev. 17:6*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
θαῦμα, -τος, τό,
[in LXX: Jb 17:8 18:20 20:8 21:5 (שַׂעַר, etc.)*;]
a wonder: II Co 11:14.
wonder: Re 17:6.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
θαῦμα. For this subst. (MGr θᾶμα), which in the NT is confined to 2 Cor 1114, Rev 178, we may cite Prezsigke 1002 (time of Diocletian?) where a certain Antonius Theodorus states that he had stayed for a considerable time ἐν τῇ βασιλ[ευ]ο[ὑ]σῃ Ῥώμῃ . . . kal τὰ ἐκεῖ θαύματ[α] εἶδον kal τὰ ἐνταῦθα, and 16. 1909 Καθολικὸς Θέοδμος [ . . Jv ἤγαγεν ἐς τόδε θαῦ[μα, and the poetical inscr. describing the foundation of Magnesia in which the words occur—kal θαῦμα καταθνητοῖσιν ἐφάνθη (Magn 1718). See also the sepulchral inscr. as ῥητορικός, μέγα θαῦμα, φέρων σημεῖον ἐφ᾽ αὑτῷ, and 26. 909° (iv/A.D.) ἹΠάντη ΤΠΠ]λουτάρχοιο κλέος, πάντη δέ τε θαῦμα, πάντη δ᾽ εὐνομίης εὖχος ἀπειρέσιον.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
θαῦμα (thauma) — marvel. θαῦμα, ατος, τό, Ionic dialect θῶμα (compare θαυμάζω): (see. θεάομαι):
I. of objects, wonder, marvel, in Epic dialect always in singular, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θαῦμ᾽ ἐτέτυκτο πελώριον, of Polyphemus, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄσπετόν τι θ., of Hercules, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, θ. ἰδέσθαι a wonder to behold, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θαῦμ᾽ ὅτι.. strange that.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; οὐ θαῦμά [ἐστι] no wonder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so καὶ θ. γ᾽ οὐδέν and no wonder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί τοῦτο θ.; [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τινος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θαυμάτων κρείσσονα or πέρα things more than wondrous, [Refs]
I.2. in plural, also, puppetshow, toy theatre, θ. δεικνύναι, ἐπιδεικνύναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν θ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; mountebank-gambols, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τοῖς θ. ὑπεκρίνετο μίμους in the jugglers' booths, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of menageries, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of mechanical devices, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: singular, puppet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; trick, τὸ τῆς σοφιστικῆς δυνάμεως θ. [Refs]
II. wonder, astonishment, θ. μ᾽ ἔχει ὡς.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔσχον θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ᾽ ἐλάμβανε θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θαύματος ἄξιος worthy of wonder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν θώματι εἶναι to be astonished, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν θώματι ἔχεσθαι, ἐνέχεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν θ. ἐνέχεσθαί τινος at a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]