Definition

to strike with astonishment

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G4141 (πλήσσω);

Word family

• ἐκ ek
• πλήσσω plḗssō

How the KJV renders it

• amaze
• astonish

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.