Quick Definition
θαυμάσιος, α, ον Adj wonderful
Strong's Definition
from 2295; wondrous, i.e. (neuter as noun) a miracle
KJV Usage: wonderful thing
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θαυμάσιος, -α, -ον, rarely of two terminations, (θαῦμα), [fr. Hes., Hom. (h. Mere. 443) down], wonderful, marvellous; neut. plur. θαυμάσια (Sept. often for nix29), also for 875), wonderful deeds, wonders: Mt. xxi. 15. (Cf. Trench § xci.; better, Schmidt ch. 168, 6.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θαυμάσιος thaumasios 1x
wonderful, admirable, marvellous; τὸ θαυμάσιον, a wonder, wonderful work, Mt. 21:15*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
θαυμάσιος, -α, -ον
(< θαῦμα), [in LXX chiefly for פּלא ni. (n. pl. = נִפְלָאוֹת);]
wonderful; n. pl., wonders: Mt 21:15.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
θαυμάσιος. The comparative of this adj., which in the NT is confined to Mt 2115, appears in Sy// 3651} (c. A.D. 37) μεγάλων εν μείζονες kal λαμπρῶν θαυμασιώτεροι. See for the superlative OGZS 50417 (a.p. 128-9) πρὸς τὸν θαυμασιώτατον ἡμῶν ἄρχοντα, and so frequently in addresses in late papyri, eg. P Oxy VI. 940 verso (v/A.D.) ém(S0(s) TO θαυμασίιω(τάτῳ) Ἰωσὴφ votapiw, P Giss I. 57 verso (vi/vii A.D.) ἐπίδ(ος) τῷ δεσπότῃ μου τῷ TA πάντα θαυμασιωτάτῳ Kal [ἐϊναρετῷ ἀδελφῷ Φοιβάμμωνι.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
θαυμάσιος (thaumasios) — marvelous. θαυμάσι-ος [ᾰ], α, ον, Ionic dialect θωμ-, rarely ος, ον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:— wonderful, marvellous, ὄσσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θωμάσια wonders, marvels, [Refs]: superlative -ώτατα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἧττον θαυμαστά, καίπερ ὄντα θαυμάσια less admired, though admirable, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: with infinitive, τέρας θ. προσιδέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ θ. [ἐστι] with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. τοῦ κάλλους marvellous for beauty, [Refs 5th c.BC+] exceedingly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ -ώτατον what is most wonderful, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
2. adverb -ίως wonderfully, i.e. exceedingly, [Refs 5th c.BC+] marvellously wretched, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. ἂν ὡς ηὐλαβούμην I should be wonderfully cautious, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. disposed to wonder, in adverb, ὧν οὐ -ίως γ᾽ ἔχουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. admirable, excellent, with slight irony, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὦ -ώτατε ἄνθρωπε, in scorn, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. θ. καὶ ἄλογον strange and absurd, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θαυμάσια.. ἐργαζομένους behaving in an extraordinary manner, [Refs]
