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Hebrews 2:4 – Signs, Wonders, Miracles
There are seven Greek words used to describe the miracles by Christ: wonder/teras; sign/semion; miracle/dunamis; great/mighty/wonderful work/megaleion; glory/endoxon; strange/paradoxen; wonderful thing/thaumasion. The first three are the most usual. These are not different classes of miracles, but rather describe the effect upon the witness. A wonder/teras ‘is the miracle regarded as a startling, imposing, amazement-wakening portent or prodigy. . . .” (Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament pp.341-342). “(T)he prime object and end of the (sign/semion) is to lead us to something out of and beyond itself; that, so to speak, it is a kind of finger-post of God. . . .” (Ibid., pp.342-343). A miracle/dunamis illustrated the raw power of God.
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