σφόδρα
sphódra · G4970 · Greek · 11 occurrences
Meanings
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exceedingly, greatly, violently, terrible
A very high point on a scale of extent and in many contexts implying vehemence or violence
ExamplesMatthew 2:10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.
Matthew 17:23 and they will kill Him, and He will be raised on the third day.” And they were deeply grieved.
Matthew 18:31 “So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were deeply grieved and came and reported to their master all that had happened.
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- λίαν lían · G3029 · very
- σφόδρα and λίαν are both degree-intensifying adverbs expressing high intensity, 'very' or 'greatly.' σφόδρα conveys somewhat stronger vehemence, while λίαν functions as a more neutral intensifier; both belong to the same field of adverbial intensity.
In the other Testament 1 word
- מְאֹד mᵉʼôd · H3966 · very, exceedingly
- The Hebrew adverb מְאֹד, denoting an intensive degree, 'very, exceedingly, much,' serves as the semantic and translational equivalent of the Greek intensive adverb σφόδρα across both Testaments.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Exceedingly, greatly, violently, terrible78.19
- Matthew records that when the magi saw the star, “they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy” (Matthew 2:10).
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (properly neuter plural of σφοδρός, vehement, violent;), from Pindar and Herodotus down,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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