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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 18 times in 18 verses in 'Deu' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:4 - and command the people, “You are about to pass through the territory of your brothers, the people of Esau, who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So be very careful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:5 - All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides very many unwalled villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:9 - “Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children’s children—

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:15 - “Therefore watch yourselves very carefully. Since you saw no form on the day that the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:3 - Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:20 - And the LORD was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him. And I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:21 - Then I took the sinful thing, the calf that you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. And I threw the dust of it into the brook that ran down from the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:14 - then you shall inquire and make search and ask diligently. And behold, if it be true and certain that such an abomination has been done among you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:4 - and it is told you and you hear of it, then you shall inquire diligently, and if it is true and certain that such an abomination has been done in Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:10 - Then you shall do according to what they declare to you from that place that the LORD will choose. And you shall be careful to do according to all that they direct you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:17 - And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:15 - Thus you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not cities of the nations here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:8 - “Take care, in a case of leprous[fn] disease, to be very careful to do according to all that the Levitical priests shall direct you. As I commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:8 - And you shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:54

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:54 - The man who is the most tender and refined among you will begrudge food to his brother, to the wife he embraces,[fn] and to the last of the children whom he has left,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:56

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:56 - The most tender and refined woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because she is so delicate and tender, will begrudge to the husband she embraces,[fn] to her son and to her daughter,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:28 - and the LORD uprooted them from their land in anger and fury and great wrath, and cast them into another land, as they are this day.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:14 - But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.
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