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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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Gen 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:18 - The water prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark [fn]floated on the [fn]surface of the water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:19 - And the water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains [fn]everywhere under the heavens were covered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:14 - Now it came about, when Abram entered Egypt, that the Egyptians [fn]saw that the woman was very beautiful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:2 -

Now Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:13 - Now the men of Sodom were [fn]exceedingly wicked sinners against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1 -

After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying,

“Do not fear, Abram,

I am a shield to you;

[fn]Your reward shall be very great.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:2 -

“I will [fn]make My covenant between Me and you,

And I will multiply you exceedingly.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:6 -

“I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - “As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him, and make him fruitful and multiply him exceedingly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:20 - And the LORD said, “The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:9 - But they said, “Get out of the way!” They also said, “This one came in [fn]as a foreigner, and already he is acting like a judge; now we will treat you worse than them!” So they pressed hard against [fn]Lot and moved forward to break the door.

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So Abimelech got up early in the morning and called all his servants, and told all these things in their [fn]presence; and the people were greatly frightened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:11 - The matter [fn]distressed Abraham greatly because of his son Ishmael.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:16 - The young woman was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had [fn]had relations with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - “The LORD has greatly blessed my master, so that he has become [fn]rich; and He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and slave women, and camels and donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:13 - and the man became rich, and continued to grow [fn]richer until he became very [fn]wealthy;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:16 - Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are [fn]too powerful for us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - Then Isaac [fn]trembled violently, and said, “Who then was he who hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate from all of it before you came, and blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34 - When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, me as well, my father!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43 - So the man [fn]became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks, and female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7 - Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, the herds, and the camels, into two companies;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7 - Now the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard about it; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry because he had done a [fn]disgraceful thing in Israel by [fn]sleeping with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:12 - “Demand of me ever so much bridal payment and gift, and I will give whatever you tell me; but give me the girl [fn]in marriage.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:6 - So he left [fn]Joseph in charge of everything that he owned; and with him there he did not [fn]concern himself with anything except the [fn]food which he [fn]ate.

Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:31 - “So the abundance will be unknown in the land because of that subsequent famine; for it will be very severe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - Joseph stored up grain [fn]in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped [fn]measuring it, for it was [fn]beyond measure.

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Now there was no [fn]food in all the land, because the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.

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Now Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in [fn]Goshen, and they acquired property in it and were fruitful and became very numerous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:9 - Chariots with teams of horses also went up with him; and it was a very great company.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10 - When they came to the [fn]threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they mourned there with a very great and [fn]sorrowful lamentation; and he [fn]observed seven days of mourning for his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:7 - But the sons of Israel were fruitful and [fn]increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly [fn]mighty, so that the land was filled with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:12 - But the more they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and the more they [fn]spread out, so that they dreaded the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:20 - So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and became very [fn]mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3 - behold, the hand of the LORD [fn]will come with a very severe plague on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:18 - “Behold, about this time tomorrow, I will [fn]send a very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded [fn]until now.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:24 - So there was hail, and fire flashing intermittently in the midst of the hail, which was very heavy, such as had not occurred in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:14 - The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled in all the territory of Egypt; they were very [fn]numerous. There had never been so many [fn]locusts, nor would there be so many [fn]again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:3 - And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Furthermore, the man Moses himself was [fn]greatly esteemed in the land of Egypt, both in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:38 - A mixed multitude also went up with them, [fn]along with flocks and herds, a very large number of livestock.

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As Pharaoh approached, the sons of Israel [fn]looked, and behold, the Egyptians were coming after them, and they became very frightened; so the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:18 - Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the LORD descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the entire mountain [fn]quaked violently.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:19 - When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him with [fn]thunder.

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Now Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, each one at the entrance of his tent; and the anger of the LORD became very hot, and [fn]Moses was displeased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very severe plague.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:3 - (Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any person who was on the face of the earth.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:28 - “Nevertheless, the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And indeed, we saw the [fn]descendants of Anak there!

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:7 - and they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:39

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Now when Moses spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people mourned greatly.

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Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Pay no attention to their offering! I have not taken a single donkey from them, nor have I done harm to any of them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:3 - So Moab was in great fear because of the people, for they were numerous; and Moab was in dread of the sons of Israel.

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