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Strong's G5059 τέρας (teras)

Teras means “wonder” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H5059 — nagan (“player on instruments”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G5059
Language Greek
Linked Usages 63
Books 23

Strong's G5059 Quick Answer

Strong's G5059 τέρας (teras) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. teras (ter'-as) n. 1. a prodigy or omen [of uncertain affinity] It has 63 linked Bible usages across 23 books. Visible English usage signals include wonders. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
teras (ter'-as) n. 1. a prodigy or omen [of uncertain affinity]
Usage
63 linked usages
Books
23 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
wonders

Meaning and Definition

teras (ter'-as) n. 1. a prodigy or omen [of uncertain affinity] KJV: wonder

Original Word
τέρας
Transliteration
teras
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5059. 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)

wonders

Usage: τέρας, -ατος, τό [in LXX chiefly for מוֹפֵת ;] a wonder, marvel: in NT always pl., τ. κ. σημεῖα, Mat.24:24, al. (see: σημεῖον) (AS)

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How Strong's G5059 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render teras, 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.

wonders Matthew 24:24 16×

How Strong's G5059 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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 40 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 G5059 (τέρας) appears 47 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G5059 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 G5059 in the New Testament

16 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 24:24 KJV

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Mark 13:22 KJV

For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

John 4:48 KJV

Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

Strong's G5059 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

40 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 10:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And the sons of Ham, Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Exodus 4:21 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord said to Moses, When thou goest and returnest to Egypt, see—all the miracles I have charged thee with, thou shalt work before Pharaoh: and I will harden his heart, and he shall certainly not send away the people.

Exodus 7:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And I will harden the heart of Pharaoh, and I will multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.

Strong's G5059 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Wisdom of Solomon 8:8 Septuagint / Brenton

If a man desire much experience, She knoweth things of old, and conjectureth aright what is to come: She knoweth the subtleties of speeches, and can expound dark sentences: She foreseeth signs and wonders, And the events of seasons and times.

Wisdom of Solomon 10:16 Septuagint / Brenton

She entered into the soul of the servant of the Lord, And withstood dreadful kings in wonders and signs;

Wisdom of Solomon 17:14 Septuagint / Brenton

But they sleeping the same sleep that night, Which was indeed intolerable, And which came upon them out of the bottoms of inevitable hell,

Usage Excerpts

First 63 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5059.

Genesis 10:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Ham, Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Exodus 4:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, When thou goest and returnest to Egypt, see—all the miracles I have charged thee with, thou shalt work before Pharaoh: and I will harden his heart, and he shall certainly not send away the people.
Exodus 7:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will harden the heart of Pharaoh, and I will multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now if Pharaoh should speak to you, saying, Give us a sign or a wonder, then shalt thou say to thy brother Aaron, Take thy rod and cast it upon the ground before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it shall become a serpent.
Exodus 11:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses went forth from Pharaoh with wrath. And the Lord said to Moses, Pharaoh will not hearken to you, that I may greatly multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 11:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses and Aaron wrought all these signs and wonders in the land of Egypt before Pharaoh; and the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not hearken to send forth the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
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.
Deuteronomy 4:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
if God has assayed to go and take to himself a nation out of the midst of another nation with trial, and with signs, and with wonders, and with war, and with a mighty hand, and with a high arm, and with great sights, according to all the things which the Lord our God did in Egypt in thy sight.
Deuteronomy 6:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord wrought signs and great and grievous wonders in Egypt, on Pharaoh and on his house before us.
Deuteronomy 7:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the great temptations which thine eyes have seen, those signs and great wonders, the strong hand, and the high arm; how the Lord thy God brought thee forth: so the Lord your God will do to all the nations, whom thou fearest in their presence.
Deuteronomy 11:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and his miracles, and his wonders, which he wrought in the midst of Egypt on Pharaoh king of Egypt, and all his land;
Deuteronomy 13:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if there arise within thee a prophet, or one who dreams a dream, and he gives thee a sign or a wonder,
Deuteronomy 13:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the sign or the wonder come to pass which he spoke to thee, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye know not;
Deuteronomy 26:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord brought us out of Egypt himself with his great strength, and his mighty hand, and his high arm, and with great visions, and with signs, and with wonders.
Deuteronomy 28:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these things shall be signs in thee, and wonders among thy seed forever;
Deuteronomy 29:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses called all the sons of Israel and said to them, Ye have seen all things that the Lord did in the land of Egypt before you to Pharaoh and his servants, and all his land;
Deuteronomy 34:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
in all the signs and wonders, which the Lord sent him to work in Egypt on Pharaoh, and his servants, and all his land;
3 Kingdoms 13:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in that day one shall give a sign, saying, This is the word which the Lord has spoken, saying, Behold, the altar is rent, and the fatness upon it shall be poured out.
3 Kingdoms 13:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the altar was rent, and the fatness was poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God gave by the word of the Lord.
1 Chronicles 16:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Remember his wonderful works which he has wrought, His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
2 Chronicles 32:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Notwithstanding, in regard to the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who were sent to him to inquire of him concerning the prodigy which came upon the land, the Lord left him, to try him, to know what was in his heart.
Psalms 45:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Come, and behold the works of the Lord, What wonders he has achieved on the earth.
Psalms 70:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I am become as it were a wonder to many; But thou art my strong helper.
Psalms 77:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, And his wonders in the field of Tanis:
Psalms 104:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Remember his wonderful works that he has done; His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
Psalms 104:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He established among them his signs, And his wonders in the land of Ham.
Psalms 134:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He sent signs and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, On Pharaoh, and on all his servants.
Isaiah 8:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold I and the children which God has given me: and they shall be for signs and wonders in the house of Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion.
Isaiah 20:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said, As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years, there shall be three years for signs and wonders to the Egyptians and Ethiopians;
Isaiah 24:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord God of Israel, from the ends of the earth we have heard wonderful things, and there is hope to the godly: but they shall say, Woe to the despisers, that despise the law.
Isaiah 28:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these signs came forth from the Lord of hosts. Take counsel, exalt vain comfort.
Jeremiah 39:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
who hast wrought signs and wonders in the land of Egypt even to this day, and in Israel, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and thou didst make for thyself a name, as at this day;
Jeremiah 39:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thou didst bring out thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, with a mighty hand, and with a high arm, and with great sights;
Ezekiel 12:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
thou shalt be lifted up on men’s shoulders, and shalt go forth in secret: thou shalt cover thy face, and shalt not see the ground: because I have made thee a sign to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 12:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
say, I am performing signs: as I have done, so shall it be to him: they shall go into banishment and captivity.
Ezekiel 24:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ezekiel shall be for a sign to you: according to all that I have done shall ye do, when these things shall come; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 24:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that day thy mouth shall be opened to him that escapes; thou shalt speak, and shalt be no longer dumb: and thou shalt be for a sign to them, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
Daniel 4:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It seemed good to me to declare to you the signs and wonders which the most high God has wrought with me,
Daniel 6:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He helps and delivers, and works signs and wonders in the heaven and on the earth, who has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.
Joel 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will show wonders in heaven, and upon the earth, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.
Matthew 24:24 New Testament, KJV
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Mark 13:22 New Testament, KJV
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
John 4:48 New Testament, KJV
Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
Acts 2:19 New Testament, KJV
And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
Acts 2:22 New Testament, KJV
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
Acts 2:43 New Testament, KJV
And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
Acts 4:30 New Testament, KJV
By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
Acts 5:12 New Testament, KJV
And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.
Acts 6:8 New Testament, KJV
And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
Acts 7:36 New Testament, KJV
He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
Acts 14:3 New Testament, KJV
Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
Acts 15:12 New Testament, KJV
Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
Romans 15:19 New Testament, KJV
Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
2 Corinthians 12:12 New Testament, KJV
Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
2 Thessalonians 2:9 New Testament, KJV
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
Hebrews 2:4 New Testament, KJV
God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
Wisdom of Solomon 8:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
If a man desire much experience, She knoweth things of old, and conjectureth aright what is to come: She knoweth the subtleties of speeches, and can expound dark sentences: She foreseeth signs and wonders, And the events of seasons and times.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
She entered into the soul of the servant of the Lord, And withstood dreadful kings in wonders and signs;
Wisdom of Solomon 17:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But they sleeping the same sleep that night, Which was indeed intolerable, And which came upon them out of the bottoms of inevitable hell,
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 45:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
This the Lord saw, and it displeased him, And in his wrathful indignation were they consumed: He did wonders upon them, to consume them with the fiery flame.
Wisdom of Sirach 48:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He did wonders in his life, And at his death were his works marvelous.
Baruch 2:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, O Lord God of Israel, that hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and high arm, and with signs, and with wonders, and with great power, and hast gotten thyself a name, as appeareth this day:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5059, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 9 usages, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
Wisdom of Solomon 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G5059 FAQ

What does teras (τέρας) mean?

Teras (Strong's G5059) is a Greek word most simply glossed "wonder". teras (ter'-as) n. 1. a prodigy or omen [of uncertain affinity]

How many times is teras (τέρας) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 63 linked usages for Strong's G5059 across 23 books.

Where can I study teras (τέρας) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5059 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate teras (τέρας)?

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

Does Strong's G5059 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 40 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5059, with linked reader references where each row is available.