To marvel
θαυμάζωStrong’s G2296thaumazō
Appears in 44 verses of the New Testament
In short
Thaumazō is the Greek word usually translated “marveled”, “were marveling” and “amaze”. It appears in 44 verses of the New Testament.
“When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.”
Meaning
Usually translated “marveled”, “were marveling” and “amaze”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- marveled 7
- they marveled 4
- were marveling 4
- to amaze 2
- to marvel 1
- he was marveling 1
- wondered 1
- they were wondering 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 13
- Matthew 7
- John 6
- Mark 5
- Acts 5
- Revelation 4
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Jude 1:16In contextThese are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
- Matthew 8:10When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
- Matthew 8:27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
- Matthew 9:33And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
- Matthew 15:31Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
- Matthew 21:20And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
Greek dictionary
θαυμάζω thaumazō · to marvel
θαυμάζω [in LXX for נָשָׂא, etc. ;] to marvel, wonder, wonder at: absol., Mat.8:10, 27 9:33 15:31 21:20 22:22 27:14, Mrk.5:20 15:5, Luk.1:21 (R, txt.; ICC, in l, but see infr.), Luk.1:63 8:25 11:14 24:41, Jhn.5:20 7:15, Act.2:7 4:13 13:41, Rev.17:7-8; with accusative of person(s), Luk.7:9; with accusative of thing(s), Luk.24:12 (WH, R, mg. om.), Jhn.5:28, Act.7:31; θαῦμα μέγα, Rev.17:6; πρόσωπον (LXX for פָּנִים נָשָׂא, Deu.10:17, al.), Ju 16; before διά, with accusative, Mrk.6:6, Jhn.7:21; before ἐν, with dative obj., Luk.1:21 (? R, mg., but see supr); before ἐπί, with dative of thing(s), L …
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.