ἔκθαμβ-ος G1569
Greatly amazed, astounded, utterly astonished; overwhelmed with wonder or fear beyond ordinary amazement
This adjective means greatly amazed or utterly astonished—an intensified form of 'amazed.' In Acts 3:11, the crowd was 'greatly amazed' at the healing of the lame man by Peter and John. The prefix intensifies the basic sense of amazement to overwhelming astonishment. Classical usage confirms it could mean amazed/astounded or terrible/terrifying—extremity of emotional response either in wonder or fear. The multilingual evidence (Spanish 'asombrados', French 'très étonné' = very astonished, English 'greatly amazed') consistently conveys heightened astonishment beyond ordinary surprise.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Acts 3:11 describes the crowd as 'greatly amazed (ἔκθαμβοι)' after witnessing the formerly lame man now walking, clinging to Peter and John. Spanish 'asombrados' (astonished) and French 'très étonné' (very astonished) both convey intensified amazement. The intensified prefix (ἐκ-) strengthens ordinary amazement (θαμβέω) to overwhelming astonishment. Classical usage showed both positive amazement and negative terror—extreme emotional response. Here it's wonder at miraculous power, the crowd utterly stunned by undeniable healing of a well-known disabled beggar. 1×
AR["مَدْهُوشِينَ"]·ben["অত্যন্ত-বিস্মিত"]·DE["ἔκθαμβοι"]·EN["greatly-amazed"]·FR["très-étonné"]·heb["נִדְהָמִים"]·ID["sangat-takjub."]·IT["stupore"]·jav["kagum."]·PT["atônitos"]·RU["изумлённые."]·ES["asombrados"]·SW["wakishangaa-sana"]·TR["Süleyman'"]·urd["حیران"]
Related Senses
H7200 1. Qal: to see, perceive (1257×)G4771 2. you (singular address) (1077×)H8085 1. Qal: hear, perceive aurally (921×)H0859a 1. you (2nd person masculine singular pronoun) (743×)H0398 1. eat (consume food) (697×)H4191 1. die (Qal: natural/general death) (645×)G3708 1. see, perceive visually (419×)G0191 1. hear, perceive sound (360×)H???? 3. (352×)G3708 2. behold, look (exclamatory) (256×)H7272 1. foot (body part) (236×)H8354 1. drink, consume liquid (209×)H3205 1. Qal active: bear/give birth (female subject) (204×)H3205 2. Qal active: beget/father (male subject) (198×)H2421 1. Qal: live, be alive (177×)H8085 2. Qal: listen, heed, pay attention (172×)H2416a 1. alive, living (state/attribute) (146×)H2416e 1. life, lifespan, lifetime (145×)G2198 1. be alive, have life (133×)H8193 1. lip, lips (body part) (123×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἔκθαμβ-ος, ον, amazed, astounded, NT+2nd c.BC+ __II terrible, LXX+2nd c.AD+