as-ton´ish-ment: Amazement; mental surprise, excitement, wonder; often the cause of the startled emotion, as in : “Thou shall become an astonishment.†The chosen people, visited with calamities for idolatry would become a source of amazement to all nations (, , ); Solomon's' lofty and beautiful temple would be “an astonishment†( the King James Version). For original terms and fuller study see ASTONISHED.