Strong's Greek: 3029. λίαν (lian) -- very, exceedingly

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Lexicon

lian: very, exceedingly

Original Word: λίαν
Part of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: lian
Phonetic Spelling: (lee'-an)
Short Definition: very, very much, exceedingly
Definition: very; very much, exceedingly, greatly.

HELPS word-Studies

3029 lían (an emphatic adverb) – very, exceedingly. 3029 (lían) intensifies (raises) a thought, taking it from much ("a high extent") to "very much" ("a great extent"), i.e. utterly (strongly, "to the max").

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
very, exceedingly
NASB Translation
exceedingly (1), extremely (1), quite (1), still (1), utterly* (1), very (6), vigorously (1).

Thayer's

STRONGS NT 3029: λίαν

λίαν (in Homer and Ionic λίην) (for λιλαν, λαῷ to desire: cf. Curtius, § 532), adverb, greatly, exceedingly: Matthew 2:16; Matthew 4:8; Matthew 8:28; Matthew 27:14; Mark 1:35; Mark 9:3; Mark 16:2; Luke 23:8; 2 Timothy 4:15; 2 John 1:4; 3 John 1:3; (2 Macc. 11:1; 4 Macc. 8:16; Tobit 9:4, etc.; for מְאֹד, Genesis 1:31; Genesis 4:5; 1 Samuel 11:15); λίαν ἐκ περισσοῦ, exceedingly beyond measure, Mark 6:51 (WH omits; Tr brackets ἐκπερισσοῦ). See ὑπερλίαν.

Strong's

exceeding, greatly

Of uncertain affinity; much (adverbially) -- exceeding, great(-ly), sore, very (+ chiefest).