θαμβ-έω,
to be astounded, οἱ δὲ ἰδόντες θάμβησαν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.77, compare 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.84; οἱ δ᾽ ἀνὰ θυμὸν ἐθάμβεον 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.638, etc.; καὐτὸς τεθάμβηκ᾽ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1246; ἐθάμβησεν δὲ πᾶς.. ὅμιλος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1205. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 with accusative, to be astonished at, θάμβησαν δ᾽ ὄρνιθας [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.155, compare 16.178; τὸν ἐθάμβεον Ἄρτεμίς τε καὶ Ἀθάνα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.50; τέρας δ᾽ ἐθάμβουν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 570 (Lyric poetry): in late Prose, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 34. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II later also causal, alarm, [[ LXX.2Ki.22.5; τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς τινος “PMag.Par.” 1.237 ] LXX]:—passive, to be astounded, [[NT.Mark.1.27, “POxy.” 654.7, “PMag. Leid.W.” 11.39; τεθαμβημένος] NT] astounded, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Brutus” 20; διά τινος [prev. author] “Caes.” [45]. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]