Words the Bible translates as wonder
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- sēmeionσημεῖονa sign: a perceptible mark or event that points beyond itself to a meaning, an identity, or the action of God
- thaumazōθαυμάζωto marvel: to be brought up short by something extraordinary, from awed amazement to bewildered surprise.
+1 more meaning
- to show partiality: to flatter or defer to people for what you can get out of them.
- otאוֹתa sign: something tangible that points beyond itself so a person recognizes, remembers, or trusts what God has said or done
- palaפָּלָאto surpass the ordinary: what is too hard for a person and what is wondrous from God are two perspectives on the same crossing of a normal limit
- mophetמוֹפֵתa God-given sign or wonder: a striking act, event, or person meant to point beyond itself and demand attention
- peleפֶּלֶאa wonder: an act or thing so far past what people can do or figure out that it can only be credited to God
- thambosθάμβοςstunned awe: the wonder mixed with fear that seizes people who have just seen overwhelming power at work
- tamahתָּמַהּto be stunned by something that does not make sense: struck with astonishment, usually edged with alarm
- temahתְּמַהּwondernot studied yet
- miphla'ahמִפְלָאָהwondernot studied yet
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