Strong's Greek: 4970. σφόδρα (sphodra) -- very much

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Lexicon

sphodra: very much

Original Word: σφόδρα
Part of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: sphodra
Phonetic Spelling: (sfod'-rah)
Short Definition: exceedingly, greatly
Definition: exceedingly, greatly, very much.

HELPS word-Studies

4970 sphódra (from sphodros, "all-out, exceeding; very much", L-S) – properly, "done to the max," going all-out ("wide-open") with total effort – like doing something "with a vengeance!"

[4970 /sphódra ("exceedingly") is "properly the neuter plural of sphodros ('vehement, violent') and means 'exceedingly, greatly,' and is placed after adjectives" (J. Thayer).]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
adverb from sphodros (excessive, violent)
Definition
very much
NASB Translation
deeply (3), exceedingly (1), extremely (3), greatly (1), very (2).

Thayer's

STRONGS NT 4970: σφόδρα

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.

Strong's

exceedingly, greatly, sore, very.

Neuter plural of sphodros (violent; of uncertain derivation) as adverb; vehemently, i.e. In a high degree, much -- exceeding(-ly), greatly, sore, very.