Topic
Marvel; Marvelous
46 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 43:33ISBE
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
- Exodus 34:10ISBE
¶ And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I…
- 1 Chronicles 16:9ISBE
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
- 1 Chronicles 16:12ISBE
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
- 1 Chronicles 16:24ISBE
Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.
- Job 5:9ISBE
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
- Job 9:10ISBE
Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
- Job 10:16ISBE
For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
- Job 37:5ISBE
God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
- Psalms 9:1ISBE
I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
- Psalms 31:21ISBE
Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
- Psalms 48:5ISBE
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
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- Psalms 105:2 ISBE
- Psalms 118:23 ISBE
- Psalms 139:14 ISBE
- Ecclesiastes 5:8 ISBE
- Isaiah 29:14 ISBE
- Daniel 11:36 ISBE
- Habakkuk 1:5 ISBE
- Zechariah 8:6 ISBE
- Wisdom of Solomon 10:17 ISBE
- Wisdom of Solomon 19:8 ISBE
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 11:13 ISBE
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 40:7 ISBE
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 43:18 ISBE
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 47:17 ISBE
- 2 Maccabees 1:22 ISBE
- 2 Maccabees 7:12 ISBE
- Matthew 8:10 ISBE
- Matthew 8:27 ISBE
- Matthew 9:8 ISBE
- Matthew 21:42 ISBE
- Mark 5:20 ISBE
- Mark 12:17 ISBE
- Luke 8:25 ISBE
- Luke 9:43 ISBE
- Luke 11:14 ISBE
- John 3:7 ISBE
- John 9:30 ISBE
- Acts 2:7 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 11:14 ISBE
- 2 Thessalonians 1:10 ISBE
- 1 Peter 2:9 ISBE
- Revelation 15:1 ISBE
- Revelation 15:3 ISBE
- Revelation 17:7 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 47 references
mar'-vel, mar'-vel-us (tamah, pala'; thaumazo, thaumastos): "To marvel" is the translation of tamah, "to wonder" (Ge 43:33; Ps 48:5, the Revised Version (British and American) "were amazed"; Ec 5:8); of thaumazo, "to admire," "wonder" (Mt 8:10,27; Mr 5:20; Joh 3:7; Ac 2:7; Re 17:7 the King James Version, etc.); "marvel" (substantive) occurs in the plural as translation of pala', "to distinguish," figuratively, "to make wonderful" (Ex 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 16:12,24; Ps 9:1); "marvelous things" (Job 5:9; 10:16; Ps 31:21; 118:23; Isa 29:14; Da 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" (Mt 21:42; 1Pe 2:9; Re 15:1,3, 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" (Re 17:7)' "the marvel" for a "marvellous thing" (Joh 9:30); "marvelled" for "wondered" (Lu 8:25; 11:14); "marvelled at" for "admired" (2Th 1:10); "marveling" for "wondered" (Lu 9:43); "marvellous" for "wondrous" (1Ch 16:9; Ps 105:2); "marvellous things" for "and wonders" (Job 9:10); "wonderful" for "marvellous" (Ps 139:14); for "marvelled" (Mt 9:8), "were afraid," and (Mr 12:17) "marvelled greatly" (different texts).
W. L. Walker
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.