adverb
sfodra
Greekσφόδρα (sfodra)
Strong’sG4970
exceedingly, greatly
stem sfodr-11 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books
Translated as
What it means
σφόδρα adv. (prop. neut. of σφοδρός, excessive, violent)
[in LXX chiefly for מְאֹד;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4970 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsfod'-rah
of uncertain derivation) as adverb; vehemently, i.e. in a high degree, much
Fromneuter plural of σφοδρός (violent;
King Jamesexceeding(-ly), greatly, sore, very.
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
11 occurrences, every one of them listed
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Matthew 2:10“exceedingly”horaratois de ton astēron chairila charan megan sfodra.When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.
Matthew 17:6“greatly”kai akouaratois tois mathētois piptala epi prosōpem autoiu kai fobila sfodra.When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown in terror.
Matthew 17:23“deeply”kai apokteinali auton, kai ta trita hēmera egeiriti. kai lupila sfodra.They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.
Matthew 18:31“greatly”horaratois oun tois sundoulois autou teim ginerateim lupila sfodra, kai ercharatois diasafala to kurio heautoiu panteim teim ginerateim.When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.
Matthew 19:25“greatly”akouaratois de tois mathētois ekplēssile sfodra legarōtois; Tinos ara dunetō sōzira?When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”
Matthew 26:22“greatly”kai lupirōtois sfodra archela legarō auto henos hekastos; Mēti mis amō, kurior?They were deeply grieved and began to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”
Matthew 27:54“extremely”Tos de hekatontarchos kai tois meta autou tērarōtois ton Iēsun horaratois ton seismon kai teim ginerateim fobila sfodra legarōtois; Alēthōs theou huios ate houtos.When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”
Mark 16:4“very”kai anableparatais theōralō hoti apokuliitē tos lithos, ate gar megos sfodra.But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, even though it was extremely large.
Luke 18:23“very”tos de akouaratos houteim perilupos ginita, ate gar plousios sfodra.But when the ruler heard this, he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.
Acts 6:7“greatly”Kai tos logos tou theou auxanate, kai plēthunite tos arithmos toiu mathētoiu en Ierousalēm sfodra, pollos tē ochlos toiu hierevoiu hupakouale ta pistia.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 16:21“extremely”kai chalazas megas hōs talantiaias katabainatō ek tou ouranou epi toin anthrōpoin; kai blasfēmala tois anthrōpois ton theon ek tau plēgau tau chalazau, hoti megas atō tas plēgas autau sfodra.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.