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Lexicon :: Strong's G4970 - sphodra

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σφόδρα
Transliteration
sphodra (Key)
Pronunciation
sfod'-rah
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Neuter plural of sphodros (violent, of uncertain derivation) as adverb
mGNT
11x in 1 unique form(s) TR
11x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
296x in 1 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

σφόδρα sphódra, sfod'-rah; neuter plural of σφοδρός sphodrós (violent; of uncertain derivation) as adverb; vehemently, i.e. in a high degree, much:—exceeding(-ly), greatly, sore, very.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G4970 in the following manner: exceeding (4x), very (3x), greatly (2x), exceedingly (1x), sore (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G4970 in the following manner: exceeding (4x), very (3x), greatly (2x), exceedingly (1x), sore (1x).

  1. exceedingly, greatly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σφόδρα sphódra, sfod'-rah; neuter plural of σφοδρός sphodrós (violent; of uncertain derivation) as adverb; vehemently, i.e. in a high degree, much:—exceeding(-ly), greatly, sore, very.
STRONGS G4970:
σφόδρα (properly neuter plural of σφοδρός, vehement, violent;), from Pindar and Herodotus down, exceedingly, greatly: placed after adjectives, Matthew 2:10; Mark 16:4; Luke 18:23; Revelation 16:21; with verbs, Matthew 17:6, 23; Matthew 18:31; Matthew 19:25; Matthew 26:22; Matthew 27:54; Acts 6:7.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
2:10; 17:6; 17:23; 18:31; 19:25; 26:22; 27:54
Mark
16:4
Luke
18:23
Acts
6:7
Revelation
16:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4970 matches the Greek σφόδρα (sphodra),
which occurs 296 times in 278 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 7:18–Num 22:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:18 - And the water prevailed and abounded exceedingly upon the earth, and the ark was borne upon the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:19 - And the water prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and covered all the high mountains which were under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:14 - And it came to pass when Abram entered into Egypt—the Egyptians having seen his wife that she was very beautiful—

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:2 - And Abram was very rich in cattle, and silver, and gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:13 - But the men of Sodom were evil, and exceedingly sinful before God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1 - And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield thee, thy reward shall be very great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:2 - And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceedingly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:6 - And I will increase thee very exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - And concerning Ismael, behold, I have heard thee, and, behold, I have blessed him, and will increase him and multiply him exceedingly; twelve nations shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:20 - And the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha has been increased towards me, and their sins are very great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:9 - And they said to him, Stand back there, thou camest in to sojourn, was it also to judge? Now then we would harm thee more than them. And they pressed hard on the man, even Lot, and they drew nigh to break the door.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8 - And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and he spoke all these words in their ears, and all the men feared exceedingly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:11 - But the [fn]word appeared very hard before Abraam concerning his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:16 - And the virgin was very beautiful in appearance, she was a virgin, a man had not known her; and she went down to the well, and filled her water-pot, and came up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - and the Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he is exalted, and he has given him sheep, and calves, and silver, and gold, servants and servant-maids, camels, and asses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:13 - And the man was exalted, and advancing he increased, till he became very great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:16 - And Abimelech said to Isaac, Depart from us, for thou art become much mightier than we.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - And Isaac was amazed with very great amazement, and said, Who then is it that has procured venison for me and brought it to me? and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and I have blessed him, and he shall be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34 - And it came to pass when Esau heard the words of his father Isaac, he cried out with a great and very bitter cry, and said, Bless, I pray thee, me also, father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43 - And the man became very rich, and he had many cattle, and oxen, and servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7 - (LXX 32:8) And Jacob was greatly terrified, and was perplexed; and he divided the people that was with him, and the cows, and the camels, and the sheep, into two camps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7 - And the sons of Jacob came from the plain; and when they heard, the men were deeply pained, and it was very grievous to them, because the man wrought folly in Israel, having lain with the daughter of Jacob, and so it [fn]must not be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:12 - Multiply your demand of dowry very much, and I will give accordingly as ye shall say to me, only ye shall give me this damsel for a wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:6 - And he committed all that he had into the hands of Joseph; and he knew not of anything that belonged to him, save the bread which he himself ate. And Joseph was handsome in form, and exceedingly beautiful in countenance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:31 - And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of the famine that shall be after this, for it shall be very grievous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - And Joseph gathered very much corn as the sand of the sea, until it could not be numbered, for there was no number of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:13 - And there was no corn in all the land, for the famine prevailed greatly; and the land of Egypt, and the land of Chanaan, fainted for the famine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:27 - And Israel dwelt in Egypt, in the land of Gesem, and they gained an inheritance upon it; and they increased and multiplied very greatly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:9 - And there went up with him also chariots and horsemen; and there was a very great company.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10 - And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan; and they bewailed him with a great and very sore lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:7 - And the children of Israel increased and multiplied, and became numerous and grew exceedingly strong, and the land multiplied them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:12 - But as they humbled them, by so much they multiplied, and grew exceedingly strong; and the Egyptians greatly abhorred the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:20 - And God did well to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very strong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3 - behold, the hand of the Lord shall be upon thy cattle in the fields, both on the horses, and on the asses, and on the camels and oxen and sheep, a very great [fn]mortality.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:18 - Behold, to-morrow at this hour I will rain a very great hail, such as has not been in Egypt, from the time it was created until this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:24 - So there was hail and flaming fire mingled with hail; and the hail was very great, such as was not in Egypt, from the time there was a nation upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:14 - and brought them up over all the land of Egypt. And they rested in very great abundance over all the borders of Egypt. Before them there were not such locusts, neither after them shall there be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:3 - And the Lord gave his people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, and they lent to them; and the man Moses was very great before the Egyptians, and before Pharao, and before his servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:38 - And a great mixed company went up with them, and sheep and oxen and very much cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:10 - And Pharao approached, and the children of Israel having [fn]looked up, beheld, and the Egyptians encamped behind them: and they were very greatly terrified, and the children of Israel cried to the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:18 - The mount of Sina was altogether on a smoke, because God had descended upon it in fire; and the smoke went up as the smoke of a furnace, and the people were exceedingly amazed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:19 - And the sounds of the trumpet were waxing very much louder. Moses spoke, and God answered him with a voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:10 - And Moses heard them weeping by their families, every one in his door: and the Lord was very angry; and the thing was evil in the sight of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - The flesh was yet between their teeth, before it failed, when the Lord was wroth with the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:3 - And the man Moses was very meek beyond all the men that were upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:28 - Only the nation that dwells upon it is bold, and they have very great and strong walled towns, and we saw there the children of Enach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:7 - and spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land which we surveyed is indeed extremely good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:39 - And Moses spoke these words to all the children of Israel; and the people mourned exceedingly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:15 - And Moses was exceedingly indignant, and said to the Lord, Do thou take no heed to their sacrifice: I have not taken away [fn]the desire of any one of them, neither have I hurt any one of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:3 - then Moab feared the people exceedingly because they were many; and Moab was grieved [fn]before the face of the children of Israel.

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