This noun describes the stunned reaction of witnesses to divine power. In Luke 4:36 it captures the crowd's amazed response to Jesus' authoritative exorcism. In Luke 5:9 it describes Peter's astonishment at the miraculous catch of fish. In Acts 3:10 it characterizes the onlookers' reaction to the healing of the lame beggar. The classical usage includes both subjective amazement and objective wonder (something that causes amazement). The New Testament uses focus on the emotional response—people gripped by awe at supernatural demonstration. The word suggests not mere surprise but an overwhelming, almost paralyzing wonder that recognizes the presence of divine power.