Acts 2:7:4Acts.2.7.W4TAB
ἐθαύμαζον
ethaumazon
“they were astonished”
- Transliteration
- e-THAU-ma-zon
- Extended
- eh-THAU-mah-zohn
- IPA
- /eˈtʰau.ma.zon/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were astonished
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
e-THAU-ma-zon
- sentence
ek-HIS-tan-to de KAI e-THAU-ma-zon LE-gon-tes OUKH i-DOU PAN-tes hou-TOI EI-sin hoi la-LOUN-tes ga-li-LAI-oi
Exegesis
The verse opens with the imperfective verbal pair existanto {ἐξίσταντο | exístanto} ‘they were amazed’ and ethaumazon {ἐθαύμαζον | ethaúmazon} ‘they were marvelling’, which together depict an ongoing, heightened response of astonishment.
Root and etymology
thaumazotheta–alpha–upsilon–mu–alpha–zeta–omega
“to marvel, to be astonished”
In context — Acts 2:7
And they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galileans ?”
About this coordinate
Acts 2:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 2:7, so the Greek word ἐθαύμαζον (ethaumazon) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.2.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.7.W4.S1) and character.