τέρας teras

Greek word for “wonders” · Strong’s G5059 · used 16 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

τέρας, -ατος, τό; a wonder, marvel: in NT always pl., τ. κ. σημεῖα, al. (see: σημεῖον);

How it is translated

Glosses given for teras in context, with how often each is used:

• wonders 16

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 2 (3), Matthew 24 (1), Mark 13 (1), John 4 (1), Acts 4 (1), Acts 5 (1), Acts 6 (1), Acts 7 (1), Acts 14 (1), Acts 15 (1)

Forms

• τέρατα 11
• τέρασιν 4
• τεράτων 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with teras more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• σημεῖον sēmeion “sign” 16
• δύναμις dunamis “power” 6
• ψευδόχριστος pseudochristos “false Christ” 2
• ἀπόστολος apostolos “apostle” 3
• ψευδοπροφήτης pseudoprophētēs “false prophet” 2
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 4
• ἐκλεκτός eklektos “select” 2
• χείρ cheir “hand” 3
• τε te “and/both” 3
• δυνατός dunatos “able” 2
• ὥστε hōste “so” 2
• ἐγείρω egeirō “to arise” 2

Key verses

The verses using teras that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 24:24 — 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…
• Mark 13:22 — 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 — Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
• Acts 2:22 — 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…
• Acts 4:30 — 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 — 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 7:36 — 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 — 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…
• Acts 15:12 — 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 — 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…
• 2 Thessalonians 2:9 — Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
• Hebrews 2:4 — 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?

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.