ADMIRATION.This word in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] means no more than wonder, as Rev_17:6 I wondered with great admiration (RV [Note: Revised Version.] with a great wonder).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
ad-mi-rā?shun (θαῦμα, thaúma, ?a marvel? or ?wonder?; θαυμάζω, thaumázō, ?to wonder?): A term thrice used in the King James Version in the New Testament, to express a wonder that includes approval, high esteem; replaced in the Revised Version (British and American) by three renderings better suited to convey the various kinds of surprise, wonder, admiration, expressed, by this fertile word: namely, in 2Th_1:10, ?to be admired,? reads in the Revised Version (British and American) ?to be marveled at?; in Jud_1:16 ?having men's persons in admiration? is rendered ?showing respect of persons?; in Rev_17:6 ?wondered with great admiration? is replaced by ?with a great wonder.? The Greek original is used frequently in the New Testament, especially in the Gospels, to express marvel and wonder at the supernatural works of Jesus.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.