# G1605 ἐκπλήσσω

ἐκπλήσσω (ekplḗssō), Strong’s G1605: to strike with astonishment KJV: amaze, astonish. Occurs 15 times.

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*ekplḗssō* — to strike with astonishment

KJV: amaze, astonish

Built from [ἐκ ek](https://besorah.bible/word/G1537) (literal or figurative) + [πλήσσω plḗssō](https://besorah.bible/word/G4141) (to pound)

Occurs 15 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 7:28](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/7?v=28) — When Yeshua had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
- [Matthew 19:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/19?v=25) — When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”
- [Matthew 22:33](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/22?v=33) — When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
- [Mark 1:22](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/1?v=22) — They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
- [Mark 6:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/6?v=2) — When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, “Where did…
- [Mark 7:37](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/7?v=37) — They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear and the mute…
- [Mark 10:26](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/10?v=26) — They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, “Then who can be saved?”
- [Mark 11:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/11?v=18) — The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the…
- [Luke 2:48](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/2?v=48) — When they saw him, they were astonished; and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us this way? Behold…
- [Luke 4:32](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/4?v=32) — and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.