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Strong's G2298 θαυμαστός (thaumastos)

Thaumastos means “wondered at” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2298 — chad (“first”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2298
Language Greek
Linked Usages 44
Books 23

Strong's G2298 Quick Answer

Strong's G2298 θαυμαστός (thaumastos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. thaumastos (thau-mas-tos') adj. 1. wondered at 2. (by implication) wonderful It has 44 linked Bible usages across 23 books. Visible English usage signals include marvel. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
thaumastos (thau-mas-tos') adj. 1. wondered at 2. (by implication) wonderful
Usage
44 linked usages
Books
23 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
marvel

Meaning and Definition

thaumastos (thau-mas-tos') adj. 1. wondered at 2. (by implication) wonderful [from G2296] KJV: marvel(-lous) Root(s): G2296

Original Word
θαυμαστός
Transliteration
thaumastos
Derivation
Root: θαυμάζω R1: 2296
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2298. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

marvellous

Usage: θαυμαστός, -ή, -όν (θαυμάζω), [in LXX for פָּלָא and cogn. forms (Psa.118:22-23 119:129, Isa.25:1, al.), יָרֵא ni. (Exo.15:11, Psa.65:5, al.), אַדִּיר (Psa.8:1, 9 93:4), etc. ;] wonderful, marvellous: Mat.21:42 (LXX) Mrk.12:11, Jhn.9:30, 1Pe.2:9, Rev.15:1, 3.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2298 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render thaumastos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's G2298 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 24 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2298 (θαυμαστός) appears 38 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2298 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2298 in the New Testament

7 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 21:42 KJV

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Mark 12:11 KJV

This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

John 9:30 KJV

The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.

Strong's G2298 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

24 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 15:11 Septuagint / Brenton

Who is like to thee among the gods, O Lord? Who is like to thee? glorified in holiness, Marvelous in glories, doing wonders.

Exodus 34:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I establish a covenant for thee in the presence of all thy people; I will do glorious things, which have not been done in all the earth, or in any nation; and all the people among whom thou art shall see the works of the Lord, that they are wonderful, which I will do for thee.

Deuteronomy 28:58 Septuagint / Brenton

If thou wilt not hearken to do all the words of this law, which have been written in this book, to fear this glorious and wonderful name, the Lord thy God;

Strong's G2298 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

13 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 4:29 Septuagint / Brenton

Yet did I see him and Apame the king’s concubine, the daughter of the admirable Bartacus, sitting at the right hand of the king,

Judith 11:8 Septuagint / Brenton

For we have heard of thy wisdom and thy policies, and it is reported in all the earth, that thou only art excellent in all the kingdom, and mighty in knowledge, and wonderful in feats of war.

Judith 16:13 Septuagint / Brenton

I will sing unto my God a new song: O Lord, thou art great and glorious, Wonderful in strength, and invincible.

Usage Excerpts

First 44 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2298.

Exodus 15:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who is like to thee among the gods, O Lord? Who is like to thee? glorified in holiness, Marvelous in glories, doing wonders.
Exodus 34:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I establish a covenant for thee in the presence of all thy people; I will do glorious things, which have not been done in all the earth, or in any nation; and all the people among whom thou art shall see the works of the Lord, that they are wonderful, which I will do for thee.
Deuteronomy 28:58 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If thou wilt not hearken to do all the words of this law, which have been written in this book, to fear this glorious and wonderful name, the Lord thy God;
Deuteronomy 28:59 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the Lord shall magnify thy plagues, and the plagues of thy seed, great and wonderful plagues, and evil and abiding diseases.
Joshua 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
Judges 13:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why dost thou thus ask after my name; whereas it is wonderful?
Job 42:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For who is he that hides counsel from thee? Or who keeps back his words, and thinks to hide them from thee? And who will tell me what I knew not, Great and wonderful things which I understood not?
Psalms 8:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth! For thy magnificence is exalted above the heavens.
Psalms 8:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth!
Psalms 41:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I remembered these things, and poured out my soul in me, For I will go to the place of thy wondrous tabernacle, even to the house of God, With a voice of exultation and thanksgiving and of the sound of those who keep festival.
Psalms 64:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and adopted; He shall dwell in thy courts; We shall be filled with the good things of thy house; Thy temple is holy.
Psalms 67:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
God is wonderful in his holy places, The God of Israel: he will give power and strength to his people: Blessed be God.
Psalms 92:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
At the voices of many waters: The billows of the sea are wonderful: The Lord is wonderful in high places.
Psalms 97:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A Psalm of David. Sing to the Lord a new song; For the Lord has wrought wonderful works, His right hand, and his holy arm, Have wrought salvation for him.
Psalms 105:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, And terrible things at the Red Sea.
Psalms 117:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This has been done of the Lord; And it is wonderful in our eyes.
Psalms 118:129 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy testimonies are wonderful: Therefore my soul has sought them out.
Proverbs 6:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For he steals that when hungry he may satisfy his soul:
Isaiah 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the captain of fifty also, and the honorable counselor, and the wise artificer, and the intelligent hearer.
Isaiah 25:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord God, I will glorify thee, I will sing to thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, even an ancient and faithful counsel. So be it.
Daniel 8:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his power shall be great, and he shall destroy wonderfully, and prosper, and practice, and shall destroy mighty men, and the holy people.
Daniel 9:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I prayed to the Lord my God, and confessed, and said, O Lord, the great and wonderful God, keeping thy covenant and thy mercy to them that love thee, and to them that keep thy commandments; we have sinned,
Amos 3:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Proclaim it to the regions among the Assyrians, and to the regions of Egypt, and say, Gather yourselves to the mountain of Samaria, and behold many wonderful things in the midst of it, and the oppression that is in it.
Micah 7:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And according to the days of thy departure out of Egypt shall ye see marvelous things.
Matthew 21:42 New Testament, KJV
Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
Mark 12:11 New Testament, KJV
This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
John 9:30 New Testament, KJV
The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
2 Corinthians 11:14 New Testament, KJV
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
1 Peter 2:9 New Testament, KJV
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
Revelation 15:1 New Testament, KJV
And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
Revelation 15:3 New Testament, KJV
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
1 Esdras 4:29 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet did I see him and Apame the king’s concubine, the daughter of the admirable Bartacus, sitting at the right hand of the king,
Judith 11:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For we have heard of thy wisdom and thy policies, and it is reported in all the earth, that thou only art excellent in all the kingdom, and mighty in knowledge, and wonderful in feats of war.
Judith 16:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
I will sing unto my God a new song: O Lord, thou art great and glorious, Wonderful in strength, and invincible.
2 Maccabees 7:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But the mother was marvelous above all, and worthy of honorable memory: for when she saw her seven sons slain within the space of one day, she bare it with a good courage, because of the hope she had in the Lord.
2 Maccabees 15:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
This done, in like manner there appeared a man with gray hairs, and exceeding glorious, who was of a wonderful and excellent majesty.
4 Maccabees 2:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And what wonder? if the lusts of the soul, after participation with what is beautiful, are frustrated,
4 Maccabees 14:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And think it not wonderful that reasoning bore rule over those men in their torments, when even a woman’s mind despised more manifold pains.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Rendered to the righteous a reward of their labors, Guided them in a marvelous way, And was unto them for a cover by day, And a light of stars in the night season;
Wisdom of Solomon 19:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Through which all the people went that were defended with thy hand, Seeing thy marvelous strange wonders.
Wisdom of Sirach 11:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Boast not of thy clothing and raiment, And exalt not thyself in the day of honor: For the works of the Lord are wonderful, And his works among men are hidden.
Wisdom of Sirach 16:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And if there be one stiff-necked among the people, It is marvel if he escape unpunished: For mercy and wrath are with him; He is mighty to forgive and to pour out displeasure.
Wisdom of Sirach 43:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The sun when it appeareth, declaring at his rising A marvelous instrument, the work of the most High:
Wisdom of Sirach 43:29 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord is terrible and very great, And marvelous is his power.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2298, grouped by book.

Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 2 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2298 FAQ

What does thaumastos (θαυμαστός) mean?

Thaumastos (Strong's G2298) is a Greek word most simply glossed "wondered at". thaumastos (thau-mas-tos') adj. 1. wondered at 2. (by implication) wonderful

How many times is thaumastos (θαυμαστός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 44 linked usages for Strong's G2298 across 23 books.

Where can I study thaumastos (θαυμαστός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2298 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate thaumastos (θαυμαστός)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as marvel. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2298 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 24 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 13 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2298, with linked reader references where each row is available.