Greek verb · G1568
ἐκθαμβέω
ekthambeoek-tham-beh'-o
to be amazed; to amaze, terrify
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ekthambéō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1568is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1568
to astonish utterly
The King James renders it: affright, greatly (sore) amaze.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ekthambeo is rendered "to be amazed; to amaze, terrify". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Four of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to be amazed".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 9:15As soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were filled with awe and ran to greet Him.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
As soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were filled with awe and ran to greet Him.
Mark 9:15ἐξεθαμβήθησαν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's four uses are in Mark.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to be amazed, and to amaze, terrify.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to be amazed | Tagged as
| WhereMark 9:15As soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were filled with awe and ran to greet Him. |
| to amaze, terrify(Sir.30:9). Pass., to be amazed, terrified | Tagged as
| WhereMark 9:15As soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were filled with awe and ran to greet Him. |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἔκθαμβος | ekthambos | astonished | Uses1 |
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐξεθαμβήθησαν2
- ἐκθαμβεῖσθαι1
- ἐκθαμβεῖσθε1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-API-3P
- verb · present passive, command · 2nd person plural1V-PPM-2P
- verb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PPN
Mark
four uses
As soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were filled with awe and ran to greet Him.
- ἐξεθαμβήθησανexethambethesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they marvelled
He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
- ἐκθαμβεῖσθαιekthambeisthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be greatly awe-struck
When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
- ἐξεθαμβήθησανexethambethesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were greatly amazed
But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here! See the place where they put Him.
- ἐκθαμβεῖσθεekthambeistheverb · present passive, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do be amazed
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.