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adverb

metriōs

Greekμετρίως (metriōs)

Strong’sG3357

moderately, greatly

stem metriō-once in the New Testament

Translated as

a little1×

What it means

** μετρίως,

adv.

(μέτριος, moderate), [in LXX: II Mac 15:38*;]

moderately: litotes, οὐ μ., exceedingly, Ac 20:12.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3357 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmet-ree'-oce

moderately, i.e. slightly

Fromadverb from a derivative of G3358;

King Jamesa little.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

metriōs1×

Acts 20:12“a little”agala de ton paidon zōarōton, kai parakalila ouk metriōs.And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.