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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g3029 Greek: lian

Greatly:

"very, exceedingly," is rendered "greatly" in Mat 27:14, of wonder; 2Ti 4:15, of opposition; 2Jo 1:4; 3Jo 1:3, of joy.
See EXCEEDING, SORE, VERY.

2 Strong's Number: g4183 Greek: polus

Greatly:

is used in the neuter singular (polu) or the plural (polla), as an adverb; in the sing., e.g., Mar 12:27; in the plural, e.g., Mar 1:45, "much;" Mar 5:23, "greatly" (RV, "much"); Mar 5:38, AV and RV, "greatly;" 1Cr 16:12 (RV, "much").
See LONG, MUCH.

Note: In Act 28:6, AV, polu is rendered "a great while" (RV, "long").

3 Strong's Number: g3171 Greek: megalos

Greatly:

from megas (GREAT, No. 1), is used of rejoicing, Phl 4:10.

4 Strong's Number: g5479 Greek: chara

Greatly:

"joy," is used in the dative case adverbially with the verb chairo, "to rejoice," in Jhn 3:29, "rejoiceth greatly," lit., "rejoiceth with joy."

Notes:

(1) For sphodra, RV, "exceedingly," in Mat 27:54; Act 6:7, see EXCEED, B, No. 2.

(2) In the following the RV omits "greatly," as the verbs are adequately translated without, Phl 1:8; 1Th 3:6; 2Ti 1:4. In the following the RV adds "greatly" to express the fuller force of the verb, Luk 1:29; Act 16:34; 1Pe 1:8.

(3) In 1Pe 1:6, "ye greatly rejoice," the adverb is not separately expressed, but is incorporated in the rendering of the verb agalliao, "to rejoice much, to exult."

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