Lexical Definition

‎θαυμάζω‎ thaumázō (thou-mad'-zo) to marvel ^G:V
from ‎θαῦμα‎

admire, have in admiration, marvel, wonder.

• to wonder
• by implication, to admire

Abbott-Smith

θαυμάζω, [in LXX for נשׂא, etc.;]
to marvel, wonder, wonder at: absol., Mt 8:10, 27 9:33 15:31 21:20 22:22 27:14, Mk 5:20 15:5, Lk 1:21 (R, txt.; ICC, in l., but v. infr.), Lk 1:63 8:25 11:14 24:41, Jo 5:20 7:15, Ac 2:7 4:13 13:41, Re 17:7, 8; c. acc pers., Lk 7:9; c. acc. rei, Lk 24:12 (WH, R, mg. om.), Jo 5:28, Ac 7:31; θαῦμα μέγα, Re 17:6; πρόσωπον (LXX for נָשָׂא פָּנִים, De 10:17, al.), Ju 16; seq. διά, c. acc., Mk 6:6, Jo 7:21; seq. ἐν, c. dat. obj., Lk 1:21 (? R, mg., but v. supr); seq. ἐπί, c. dat. rei, Lk 2:33 4:22 9:43 20:26, Ac 3:12; περί, Lk 2:18; ὀπίσω, Re 13:3; ὅτι, Lk 11:38, Jo 3:7 4:27, Ga 1:6; εἰ, Mk 15:44, I Jo 3:13. Pass. (Si 38:3, Wi 8:11): seq. ἐν, c. dat. pers., II Th 1:10 (cf. ἐκ-θαυμάζω).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

θαυμάζω-άζω,

Ionic dialect θωμ-, Attic dialect future θαυμάζωάσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect θαυμάζωάσσομαι [θαυμάζωάσω 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 29, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.823f, etc. (in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.12 θαυμάζωάζουσι is restored for -σουσι, θαυμάζωάσετε">Refs 8th c.BC+] is variant for{-σαιτε}, [Refs]: aorist ἐθαύμασα [Refs 4th c.BC+], etc., Epic dialect θαύμασα [Refs]: perfect τεθαύμακα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]aorist 1 ἐθαυμάζωασάμην variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἂν θαυμάζωας ώμεθα (to be read -σαίμεθα) [Refs 5th c.AD+]; θαυμάζωάσαιτο variant in [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, future -ασθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐθαυμάζωάσθην [Refs]: perfect τεθαύμασμαι [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

__1 absolutely, wonder, marvel, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 with accusative, marvel at, [θαυμάζωάσαι μὲν ἀξία 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 777, compare “OC” 1152, “El.” 393:">Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, ὡς τέρας θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ παρὼν -άζεται I wonder why he is not present, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b honour, admire, worship, once in [θαυμάζωαίνω), οὔτε τι θαυμάζωάζειν.. οὔτ᾽ ἀγάασθαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.203; frequently later, as 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 772 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1093, etc.; θ. τύμβον πατρός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 519; μηδὲ τὸν πλοῦτον μηδὲ τὴν δόξαν τὴν τούτων θαυμάζωάζετε, ἀλλ᾽ ὑμᾶς αὐτούς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.210 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; μηδὲν θ., Latin nil admirari, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; technically, of the attendance of small birds on the owl, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; θ. πρόσωπον to show respect to a person, i.e. comply with their request, [LXX]; θ. τινά τινος for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, to be admired, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς ὁμοίως τεθαυμάζωασμένους [ποιητάς] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ εἰκότα θ. to receive proper marks of respect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.c say with astonishment, ἵνα μηδεὶς.. εἶτα τότ᾽ οὐκ ἔλεγες ταῦτα..; θαυμάζωάζῃ [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 with genitive, wonder at, marvel at, τούτου (conjecture for τοῦτο) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, ὃ δ᾽ ἐθαύμασά σου λέγοντος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. τί τινος to wonder at a thing in a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 rarely with dative of things, to wonder at, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 followed by Preps., τὰ -όμενα περί τινος [θαυμάζωάζω, πῶς δύνῃ.. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 23.5.12; θαυμάζωάσονται ἐπ᾽ αὐτῇ LXX.Lev.26.32. ">LXX+5th c.BC+]
__6 frequently followed by an interrogative sentence, θαυμάζωάζομεν οἷον ἐτύχθη [θαυμάζωάζοντες τί ἔσοιτο ἡ πολιτεία 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.17; θ. ὡς οὔπω πάρεισιν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.20, etc.">Refs 8th c.BC+]; θ. ὅτι I wonder at the fact that.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but more commonly, θ. εἰ.. I wonder if.. , as a more polite way of saying I wonder that.. , [θαυμάζωάσῃς [prev. author] “Smp.” 215a; ὃ καὶ θαυμάζωάζω, εἰ.. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.86 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; θαύμαζον ἀκούων, εἰ σὺ μὴ εἴης.., Latin mirum ni.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+] —This construction is frequently combined with one or other of the {θαῦμα}.
__6.b with accusative, θαύμαζ᾽ Ἀχιλῆα, ὅσσος ἔην οἷός τε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Τηλέμαχον θαύμαζον, ὃ θαρσαλέως ἀγόρευε they marvelled at Telemachus, that he spake so boldly, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ δὲ θαυμάζωάζεσκον (Ionic dialect imperfect), ὡς.. [Refs 4th c.BC+]: sometimes without a connective, ἀλλὰ τὸ θαυμάζωάζω· ἴδον.. [θαυμάζωάσας ἔχω τόδε· χρῆν γὰρ.. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1362 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]: sometimes with infinitive, θαυμάζωάζομεν Ἕκτορα δῖον, αἰχμητὴν ἔμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__6.c with genitive, θ. τινός, ἥντινα γνώμην ἔχων κτλ. [θαυμάζωάζω τινὸς ὅτι.. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.1 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. τῶν δυναστευόντων εἰ ἡγοῦνται I wonder at men in power supposing, [Refs]; ὑμῶν θ. εἰ μὴ βοηθήσετε [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__7 with accusative et infinitive, πενθεῖν οὔ σε θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: after a genitive, θαυμάζωάζω δέ σου.. κυρεῖν λέγουσαν [Refs 4th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Gen.19.21 ☩ LXX.Lev.26.32}