[B-Greek] Words for "to be amazed"

Alan Terlep atterlep at gmail.com
Wed Jan 24 10:49:26 EST 2007


I have a question that illustrates why a little Greek is a good thing.

I'm a new pastor (6 months in) with not enough Greek to feel
confident.  But I'm preparing a sermon on miracles and I want to focus
on the reactions of the crowd to miracles.  I note that there are
several different words used to describe the "amazement" or
"astonishment" that people feel when they witness miracles, and the
English translations seem to use these words interchangeably.  I can
look them up in my BDAG but I would appreciate some input on the
connotations of various words for "to be amazed."

EKQAMAZW
EKQAMBEW
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