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Strong's #2284 - θαμβέω
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- to be astonished
- to astonish, terrify
- to be amazed
- to be frightened
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θαμβ-έω,
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1. to be astounded, οἱ δὲ ἰδόντες θάμβησαν Il. 8.77, cf. B. 5.84; οἱ δ' ἀνὰ θυμὸν ἐθάμβεον Od. 4.638, etc.; καὐτὸς τεθάμβηκ' S. Ant. 1246; ἐθάμβησεν δὲ πᾶς.. ὅμιλος E. Ion 1205.
2. c. acc., to be astonished at, θάμβησαν δ' ὄρνιθας Od. 2.155, cf. 16.178; τὸν ἐθάμβεον Ἄρτεμίς τε καὶ Ἀθάνα Pi. N. 3.50; τέρας δ' ἐθάμβουν A. Supp. 570 (lyr.): in late Prose, Plu. Aem. 34.
II later also causal, alarm, LXX 2 Samuel 22:5; τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς τινος PMag.Par. 1.237: — Pass., to be astounded, Mark 1:27, POxy. 654.7, PMag. Leid.W. 11.39; τεθαμβημένος astounded, Plu. Brut. 20; διά τινος Id. Caes. [45].
θαμβέω, θαμβω; passive, imperfect ἐθαμβουμην; 1 aorist ἐθαμβήθην; (θάμβος, which see);
1. to be astonished: Acts 9:6 Rec. (Homer, Sophocles, Euripides)
2. to astonish, terrify: 2 Samuel 22:5; passive to be amazed: Mark 1:27; Mark 10:32; followed by ἐπί with the dative of the thing, Mark 10:24; to be frightened, 1 Macc. 6:8; Wis. 17:3; Plutarch, Caesar 45; Brut. 20. (Compare: θάμβος (allied with τάφος amazement, from a Sanskrit root signifying to render immovable; Curtius, § 233; Vanicek, p. 1130), θάμβους, τό; from Homer down; amazement: Luke 4:36; Luke 5:9; Acts 3:10.
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θαμβέω , -ῶ
(θάμβος )
[in LXX for H1204 ni., pi., etc.;]
1. to be amazed.
2. In late Gk., to astonish, terrify (2 Samuel 22:5): pass., Mark 1:27; Mark 10:32; seq. ἐπί c. dat rei, Mark 10:24.†
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See P Leid Wv. 30 (ii/iii A.D.) ἰδὼν τὸν δράκοντα ὁ θεὸς ἐθαμβήθη καὶ ἐπόππυσε, and ib.xi. 39 καὶ ἡ γῆ ἀκούσασαἠχοῦς, καὶ ἰδοῦσα αὐτήν, ἐθαμβήθη, where the aor. has its full pass. force as in Mark 1:27 (cf. Blass-Debrunner § 78). The verb is restored in the new Logion, P Oxy IV. 654.7 μὴ παυσάσθω ὁ ζη [τῶν. . . . . . . . ἕως ἂν ] εὕρῃ καὶ ὅταν εὕρῃ [θαμβηθήσεται καὶ θαμ ]βηθεὶς βασιλεύσει. In MGr we have θαμπαίνω and θαμπώνω = ";blind,"; ";dazzle.";
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