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Surprise (27 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly;
surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise. ...Surprise (27 Occurrences). ...
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Ambush (39 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of lying in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise. ... 4.
(vt) To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy. ...
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Wonder (148 Occurrences)
... or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great,
extraordinary, or not well understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration ...
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Retribution (14 Occurrences)
... All things considered, the fact of punishment for sinners need not surprise;
the fact of pardon is the surprising thing. The surprise...
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Alarm (26 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in
the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise...
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Startle (2 Occurrences)
... start. 2. (vt) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten
suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise. 3 ...
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Attack (221 Occurrences)
... as you did to Jericho and its king: but their goods and their cattle you may take
for yourselves: let a secret force be stationed to make a surprise attack on ...
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Sounds (64 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 18:16 Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for
ever; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, shaking his head. ...
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Laughter (14 Occurrences)
... LAUGHTER. laf'-ter (chaq, tsachaq, "to laugh," sechoq, "laughter"; gelao, katagelao):
(1) Laughter as the expression of gladness, pleasurable surprise, is the ...
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Lapse (9 Occurrences)
... 10. (vt) To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an
offender. Multi-Version Concordance Lapse (9 Occurrences). ...
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Guard (185 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to
keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to ...
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Capture (53 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey.
4. (vt) To seize or take possession of by force, surprise...
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Astonishment (51 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful,
or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement ...
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Admire (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To regard with wonder or astonishment;
to view with surprise; to marvel at. 2. (vt) To regard ...
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Admiration (2 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise;
a prodigy. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ADMIRATION. ...
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Start (50 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To leap; to jump. 2. (vi) To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from
surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act. ...
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Secretly (104 Occurrences)
... And the cords were broken off his arms like threads. (BBE). Judges 20:29 So Israel
put men secretly all round Gibeah to make a surprise attack on it. (BBE). ...
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Stationed (49 Occurrences)
... as you did to Jericho and its king: but their goods and their cattle you may take
for yourselves: let a secret force be stationed to make a surprise attack on ...
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Surprised (46 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Surprise. Multi-Version Concordance
Surprised (46 Occurrences). Matthew 7:28 And it came ...
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Pontius (4 Occurrences)
... was delivered to Pilate; that Pilate asked Him if He was the king of the Jews,
receiving an affirmative answer; that, to Pilate's surprise, Jesus answered ...
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Pilate (60 Occurrences)
... was delivered to Pilate; that Pilate asked Him if He was the king of the Jews,
receiving an affirmative answer; that, to Pilate's surprise, Jesus answered ...
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Surprising (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surprise. 2. (a.) Exciting
surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder ...
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Troubles (94 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 19:8 And I will make this town a thing of wonder and a cause of surprise;
everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder and make sounds of surprise...
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Nineveh (23 Occurrences)
... The Arabs whom he employed in these excavations, to their great surprise, came upon
the ruins of a building at the mound of Khorsabad, which, on further ...
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Notes (2 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 20:22 And at the first notes of song and praise the Lord sent a surprise
attack against the children of Ammon and Moab and the people of Mount Seir ...
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Unknown (15 Occurrences)
... But this would spoil the whole point of the speech, and the absence of references
to a single inscription among thousands that existed can cause no surprise. ...
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Overtake (113 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome.
3. (vt) Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken. ...
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O (1414 Occurrences)
... calling or directly addressing a person or personified object; also, as an emotional
or impassioned exclamation expressing pain, grief, surprise, desire, fear ...
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Oh (164 Occurrences)
... (interj.) An exclamation expressing various emotions, according to the tone and
manner, especially surprise, pain, sorrow, anxiety, or a wish. ...
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Jehoash (28 Occurrences)
... Athaliah was taken by surprise when she heard the shout of the people, "Long live
the king;" and when she appeared in the temple, Jehoiada commanded her to be ...
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Lack (86 Occurrences)
... quite, etc. 6. (vi) To be in want. 7. (interj.) Exclamation of regret or
surprise. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. LACK. (forms ...
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Water (4571 Occurrences)
... had seen as a surprising fact. Whereon this surprise was founded cannot
now be more than guessed at. Nor is it necessary here to ...
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Wondrous (41 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Wonderful; astonishing; admirable; marvelous; such as excite surprise and
astonishment; strange. Multi-Version Concordance Wondrous (41 Occurrences). ...
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Watchers (16 Occurrences)
... saw that they were overcome: and the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin,
putting their faith in the watchers who were to make the surprise attack on ...
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Witch (2 Occurrences)
... by God's permission, did indeed appear, as much to the woman's dismay as to the
king's; and urge in favor of this the woman's evident surprise and terror at ...
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Wonder-worker (9 Occurrences)
... Acts 8:9 But there was a certain man named Simon, who in the past had been a
wonder-worker and a cause of surprise to the people of Samaria, saying that he ...
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Wonders (111 Occurrences)
... 8:13 And Simon himself had faith and, having had baptism, he went with Philip and,
seeing the signs and the great wonders which he did, he was full of surprise...
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Wit (28 Occurrences)
... the like. 5. (v.) Felicitous association of objects not usually connected,
so as to produce a pleasant surprise; also. the power ...
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Indeed (628 Occurrences)
... is so. (b) Denoting concession or admission; as, indeed, you are right.
(c) Denoting surprise; as, indeed, is it you? Its meaning ...
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That (103354 Occurrences)
... 9. (pron., a., conj., & adv.) In an elliptical sentence to introduce a dependent
sentence expressing a wish, or a cause of surprise, indignation, or the like. ...
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Rushing (61 Occurrences)
... 33 So all the men of Israel got up and put themselves in fighting order at
Baal-tamar: and those who had been waiting secretly to make a surprise attack came ...
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Requests (29 Occurrences)
... Acts 3:10 And they saw that it was the man who made requests for money at the door
of the Temple, and they were full of wonder and surprise at what had taken ...
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Eh (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (interj.) An expression of inquiry or slight surprise.
Multi-Version Concordance Eh (2 Occurrences). Mark 1:24 saying, Eh! ...
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En-dor (3 Occurrences)
... by God's permission, did indeed appear, as much to the woman's dismay as to the
king's; and urge in favor of this the woman's evident surprise and terror at ...
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Exclamation (2 Occurrences)
... clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression
of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger ...
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Endor (3 Occurrences)
... by God's permission, did indeed appear, as much to the woman's dismay as to the
king's; and urge in favor of this the woman's evident surprise and terror at ...
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Daylight (24 Occurrences)
... jealousy. (WEY). 1 Thessalonians 5:4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness,
that daylight should surprise you like a thief; (WEY). 2 ...
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Devil (58 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. 4. (n.) An expletive of
surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation. ...
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Manna (19 Occurrences)
... The name is commonly taken as derived from man, an expression of surprise, "What
is it?" but more probably it is derived from manan, meaning "to allot," and ...
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Marvel (20 Occurrences)
... prodigy; a miracle. 2. (n.) Wonder. 3. (vi) To be struck with surprise,
astonishment, or wonder; to wonder. 4. (vt) To marvel at. 5. (vt ...
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Marvelous (30 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing;
wonderful. 2. (n.) Partaking of the character of miracle ...
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Breakfasting (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Breakfasting (1 Occurrence). Luke 11:38 Now the Pharisee
saw to his surprise that He did not wash His hands before breakfasting. (WEY) ...
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Ha (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (interj.) An exclamation denoting surprise, joy,
or grief. Both as uttered and as written, it expresses ...
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Caesar's (10 Occurrences)
... At a time when many a private citizen in Rome owned several hundreds of slaves,
it need not surprise anyone to know that there was a vastly larger number of ...
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Catch (46 Occurrences)
... house caught fire. 10. (vt) To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to
find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing. 11. (vt) To ...
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Curious (18 Occurrences)
... 4. (a.) Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding
inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare. Int. ...
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Astonied (12 Occurrences)
... The personality, teaching and works of Jesus were so wonderful, Divine, supernatural,
as to awaken emotions of surprise and awe never before known in the ...
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Ahithophel (17 Occurrences)
... were all the time with David. Absalom's only chance of success was by the
method of surprise and stampede. There must be a crisis ...
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Aha!
... Easton's Bible Dictionary An exclamation of ridicule (Psalm 35:21; 40:15; 70:3).
In Isaiah 44:16 it signifies joyful surprise, as also in Job 39:25, RV. ...
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Aha (11 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (interj.) An exclamation expressing, by different
intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise. ...
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Astonish (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (vt) To strike with sudden fear, terror, or wonder; to amaze; to surprise greatly,
as with something unaccountable; to confound with some sudden emotion or ...
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Astonished (92 Occurrences)
... The personality, teaching and works of Jesus were so wonderful, Divine, supernatural,
as to awaken emotions of surprise and awe never before known in the ...
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Ah (43 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (interj.) An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity,
complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according ...
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Amazement (32 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder,
as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration. 2. (n.) Frenzy; madness. ...
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Assassinate (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To kill by surprise or secret assault;
to murder by treacherous violence. 2. (vt) To assail with ...
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Amazed (75 Occurrences)
... Scripture originals range in meaning from amazement accompanied with terror and
trembling to an astonishment full of perplexity, wonder, awe and joyous surprise...
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Sinaiticus
... was wrapped up in a piece of cloth, and on its being unrolled, to the surprise and
delight of the critic the very document presented itself which he had given ...
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Strike (168 Occurrences)
... 9. (vt) To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect sensibly with
some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind, with surprise; to strike one with ...
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Strangely (3 Occurrences)
... 3. (adv.) In a strange manner; in a manner or degree to excite surprise or wonder;
wonderfully. Multi-Version Concordance Strangely (3 Occurrences). ...
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Stare (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence,
etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object. ...
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Swords (50 Occurrences)
... after, before the wounds were well, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's
brothers, took their swords and came into the town by surprise and put ...
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Sudden (33 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate. 4. (adv.) Suddenly; unexpectedly. 5.
(n.) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Shock (6 Occurrences)
... violence. 10. (v.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to
cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates. 11. ...
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Surplus (3 Occurrences)

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Law (670 Occurrences)
... 13. (vt) Same as Lawe, vt. 14. (interj.) An exclamation of mild surprise.
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. LAW IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. ...
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Overcame (84 Occurrences)
... Joshua 8:21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the town had been taken by the
surprise attack, and that the smoke of the town had gone up, turning round ...
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Gideon (45 Occurrences)
... The call not only came to him as a surprise, but found him distrustful both
of himself (Judges 6:15) and of his people (Judges 6:13). ...
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Attacked (93 Occurrences)
... Joshua 8:21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the town had been taken by the
surprise attack, and that the smoke of the town had gone up, turning round ...
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Asmoneans
... When Gorgias attempted to surprise him by night, Judas himself fell like an avalanche
on the rest of the Syrian army and crushed it, then met and defeated the ...
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Foreknow (1 Occurrence)
... Yahweh's prediction that the Prophet will prove his foreknowledge; and that in contrast
with the worshippers of idols which are taken by surprise, Israel is ...
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