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Lexicon :: Strong's G4970 - sphodra

Aa
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 296 times in 278 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 7:18–Num 22:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:18 - And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:19 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:14 - And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:2 - And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:13 - Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah exceedingly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1 - After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:2 - And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:6 - And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:20 - And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:9 - And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8 - And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:11 - And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:16 - And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - And Jehovah hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and asses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:13 - And the man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:16 - And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34 - When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43 - And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7 - And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:12 - Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:6 - And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not aught that was with him, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was comely, and well-favored.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:31 - and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:13 - And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:27 - And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they gat them possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:9 - And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10 - And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:7 - And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:12 - But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:20 - And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3 - behold, the hand of Jehovah is upon thy cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks: there shall be a very grievous murrain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:18 - Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:24 - So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:14 - And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:3 - And Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:38 - And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:10 - And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:18 - And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:19 - And when the voice of the trumpet waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:10 - And Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah smote the people with a very great plague.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:3 - Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:28 - Howbeit the people that dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:7 - and they spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:39 - And Moses told these words unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:15 - And Moses was very wroth, and said unto Jehovah, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:3 - And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

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