ἘΘΑΜΒΗΣΑΝ, ἐθαμβησαν
ETHAMBĒSAN, ethambēsan
Sounds Like: eth-AM-bee-san
Translations: they were amazed, they were astonished, they were astounded
From the root: ΘΑΜΒΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to be amazed' or 'to be astonished'. It describes a state of being overwhelmed with wonder or fear. It is used to indicate that a group of people experienced a sudden and profound sense of awe or shock.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Aorist, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G2284 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Samuel — 22:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΑΜΒΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΘΑΜΒΗΘΗ — was amazed, was astonished, was astounded, was awestruck
- ἘΘΑΜΒΗΘΗΝ — I was amazed, I was astonished, I was awestruck, I was terrified
- ἘΘΑΜΒΗΣΕΝ — he was amazed, he was astonished, he was astounded, he was perplexed, he was awestruck
- ἘΘΑΜΒΟΥΝΤΟ — they were amazed, they were astonished, they were astounded
- ΕΘΑΜΒΗΘΗΣΑΝ — they were amazed, they were astonished, they were astounded, they were utterly amazed, they were utterly astonished
- ΕΘΑΜΒΟΥΝΤΟ — they were amazed, they were astonished, they were astounded
- ΘΑΜΒΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to be amazed, to be astonished, to be awestruck, to be terrified, to be struck with wonder, to be struck with terror
- ΘΑΜΒΕΩ — to be amazed, to be astonished, to be awestruck, to marvel, to be terrified
- ΘΑΜΒΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — being amazed, being astonished, being terrified, amazed, astonished, terrified
- ΘΑΜΒΟΥΝΤΟ — they were amazed, they were astonished, they were astounded
- ΘΑΜΩΘΗΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to be amazed, to be astonished, to be awestruck, to be terrified, to be struck with wonder
- ΤΕΘΑΜΒΗΚΟΤΑΣ — amazed, astonished, astounded, awestruck
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