Miracles in the Bible

Miracle – OT – 4159
Brown-Driver-Briggs’
  • wonder, sign, miracle, portent
  • wonder (as a special display of God’s power)
  • sign, token (of future event)
Sign – OT – 226
Brown-Driver-Briggs’
  1. sign, signal, a distinguishing mark
    miraculous sign
    warning
  2. token, ensign, standard, miracle, proof
Wonder – OT – 6382
Brown-Driver-Briggs’
  • wonder, marvel
  • wonder (extraordinary, hard to understand thing)
  • wonder (of God’s acts of judgment and redemption)
Wonder – OT – 8359
Brown-Driver-Briggs’
  • to be astounded, be stunned, be amazed, be dumbfounded
  • to be astounded
Miracle – NT – 1411
Thayer’s
  • strength power, ability
  • inherent power, power residing in a thing by virtue of its nature, or which a person or thing exerts and puts forth
  • power for performing miracles
Miracle – NT – 4592
Thayer’s
  • a sign, mark, token
  • that by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others and is known
  • a sign, prodigy, portent, i.e. an unusual occurrence, transcending the common course of nature
  • of signs portending remarkable events soon to happen
  • of miracles and wonders by which God authenticates the men sent by him, or by which men prove that the cause they are pleading is God’s
Sign – NT – 4592
(see above)
 
Wonder – NT – 5059
Thayer’s
  • a prodigy, portent
  • miracle: performed by any one

Miracle usage

Exodus 7:9
When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle (4159) for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.

Mark 9:38-40
And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle (1411) in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. For he that is not against us is on our part.

John 2:11
This beginning of miracles (4592) did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

John 4:54
This is again the second miracle (4592) that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.

Sign usage

Exodus 13:8-10
And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. And it shall be for a sign (226) unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt. Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.

Exodus 8:22-23
And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth. And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign (226) be.

Matthew 12:38-40
Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign (4592) from thee. But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; (4592) and there shall no sign (4592) be given to it, but the sign (4592) of the prophet Jonas: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Luke 2:12
And this shall be a sign (4592) unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

Wonder usage

Exodus 4:21
And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders (4159) before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

Exodus 7:3
And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders (4159) in the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 29:14
Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: (6382) for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

Jeremiah 4:9
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. (8539)

Acts 4:29-31
And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders (5059) may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

Collective usage

Acts 6:8
And Stephen, full of faith and power, (1411) did great wonders (5059) and miracles (4592) among the people.

Old testament usage – (4159)
Translated miracle and wonder.
 
New testament usage – (4592)
Translated miracle and sign.