Greek adverb · G4970
σφόδρα
sphodrasfod'-rah
very
11 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: sphódra
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4970is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4970
of uncertain derivation) as adverb; vehemently, i.e. in a high degree, much
The King James renders it: exceeding(-ly), greatly, sore, very.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
sphodra is rendered "very". It stands 11 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:10When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.
Matthew 2:10σφόδρα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's eleven uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- exceedingly5
- deeply2
- extremely2
- greatly2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| σφοδρῶς | sphodros | violently | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- σφόδρα8
- σφόδρα.¶3
The grammar of each form
- adverb11ADV
Matthew
seven uses
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.
- σφόδραsphodraadverbtagged: exceedingly
When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown in terror.
- σφόδραsphodraadverbtagged: greatly
They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.
- σφόδρα.¶sphodraadverbtagged: deeply
When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.
- σφόδραsphodraadverbtagged: deeply
When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”
- σφόδραsphodraadverbtagged: exceedingly
They were deeply grieved and began to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”
- σφόδραsphodraadverbtagged: exceedingly
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.”
- σφόδραsphodraadverbtagged: greatly
Mark
one use
But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, even though it was extremely large.
- σφόδραsphodraadverbtagged: extremely
Luke
one use
But when the ruler heard this, he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.
- σφόδρα.¶sphodraadverbtagged: extremely
Acts
one use
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.
- σφόδραsphodraadverbtagged: exceedingly
Revelation
one use
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.
- σφόδρα.¶sphodraadverbtagged: exceedingly
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.