G4970Adverb11 times in the New Testament (critical text)Where it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Matthew 2:10σφόδρα
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.
- Mark 16:4σφόδρα
But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, even though it was extremely large.
- Luke 18:23σφόδρα¶
But when the ruler heard this, he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.
- Acts 6:7σφόδρα
So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.
- Revelation 16:21σφόδρα¶
And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.
Abbott-Smith
[in LXX chiefly for מְאֹד ;]
very, very much, exceedingly: with verbs, Mat.17:6, 23 18:31 19:25 26:22 27:54, Act.6:7; with adjectives, Mat.2:10, Mrk.16:4, Luk.18:23, Rev.16:21.†
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.