Marvel
θαῦμαStrong’s G2295thauma
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Thauma is the Greek word usually translated “wonder”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.”
Meaning
Usually translated “wonder”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- wonder 1
- with wonder 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 1
- Revelation 1
2 books in all.
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Greek dictionary
θαῦμα thauma · marvel
θαῦμα, -τος, τό [in LXX: Job.17:8 18:20 20:8 21:5 (שַׂעַר, etc.)* ;] 1. a wonder: 2Co.11:14. 2. wonder: Rev.17:6.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “marvel” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
M'ARVEL, noun
[Latin mirabilis, wonderful, from miror; demiror, mora, delay, and perhaps morior; Eng. demur, etc.]
- A wonder; that which arrests the attention and causes a person to stand or gaze, or to pause. [This word is nearly obsolete, or at least little used in elegant writings.]
- Wonder; admiration.
All definitions and other forms of “marvel”
M'ARVEL, verb intransitive
To wonder. It expresses less than astonish or amaze. [Nearly obsolete.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.