thaumastos · marvelous

What it means

thaumastos (θαυμαστός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “marvelous”.

Astonishing.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Causing wonder, because only God can do it.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• amazing ×3
• marvelous ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• John×1
• 1 Peter×1
• Revelation×2

• Matthew 21:42

  Jesus says to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone that the builders rejected, this has become the head of the corner; this came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

• Mark 12:11

  this came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

• John 9:30

  The man answered and said to them, “Why, this is an amazing thing, that you do not know where he is from, and yet he opened my eyes!

• 1 Peter 2:9

  But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

• Revelation 15:1

  And I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing: seven angels having seven plagues, the last ones, because with them the fury of God is completed.

• Revelation 15:3

  And they sing the song of Moses, the slave of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and amazing are your works, Lord God the Almighty; righteous and true are your ways, King of the ages.