International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Admiration

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Admiration


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ad-mi-rā´shun (θαῦμα, thaúma, “a marvel” or “wonder”; θαυμάζω, thaumázō, “to wonder”): A term thrice used in the King James Version in the New Testament, to express a wonder that includes approval, high esteem; replaced in the Revised Version (British and American) by three renderings better suited to convey the various kinds of surprise, wonder, admiration, expressed, by this fertile word: namely, in , “to be admired,” reads in the Revised Version (British and American) “to be marveled at”; in “having men's persons in admiration” is rendered “showing respect of persons”; in “wondered with great admiration” is replaced by “with a great wonder.” The Greek original is used frequently in the New Testament, especially in the Gospels, to express marvel and wonder at the supernatural works of Jesus.