Marvel, Marvelous
Marvel, Marvelous
marvel, marvel-us (, tamah, , pala’; , thaumazo, , thaumastos): To marvel is the translation of tamah, to wonder (Gen 43:33; Psa 48:5, the Revised Version (British and American) were amazed; Ecc 5:8); of thaumazo, to admire, wonder (Mat 8:10, Mat 8:27; Mar 5:20; Joh 3:7; Act 2:7; Rev 17:7 the King James Version, etc.); marvel (substantive) occurs in the plural as translation of pala’, to distinguish, figuratively, to make wonderful (Exo 34:10, I will do marvels, such as have not been wrought (the Revised Version margin created)); and of thaumastos (thauma) (2Co 11:14).
Marvelous is the translation of pala’, marvelous works (1Ch 16:12, 1Ch 16:24; Psa 9:1); marvelous things (Job 5:9; Job 10:16; Psa 31:21; Psa 118:23; Isa 29:14; Dan 11:36; Zec 8:6, bis); marvellously, pala’ (Job 37:5; Hab 1:5 twice (tamah), regard and wonder marvelously, literally, marvel marvelously); thaumastos, admirable, wonderful, is translated marvelous (Mat 21:42; 1Pe 2:9; Rev 15:1, Rev 15:3, etc.).
In Apocrypha we have marvel (Ecclesiasticus 11:13; 47:17; 2 Macc 1:22; 7:12); marvelleth (Ecclesiasticus 40:7; 43:18); marvellous (The Wisdom of Solomon 10:17; 19:8, etc., mostly thaumazo and compounds).
The Revised Version (British and American) has wonder for marvel (Rev 17:7)’ the marvel for a marvellous thing (Joh 9:30); marvelled for wondered (Luk 8:25; Luk 11:14); marvelled at for admired (2Th 1:10); marveling for wondered (Luk 9:43); marvellous for wondrous (1Ch 16:9; Psa 105:2); marvellous things for and wonders (Job 9:10); wonderful for marvellous (Psa 139:14); for marvelled (Mat 9:8), were afraid, and (Mar 12:17) marvelled greatly (different texts).