Lexical Summary schedon: near, nearly Original Word: σχεδόνTransliteration: schedon Phonetic Spelling: (skhed-on') Part of Speech: Adverb Short Definition: near, nearly Meaning: near, nearly Strong's Concordance almost. Neuter of a presumed derivative of the alternate of echo as adverb; nigh, i.e. Nearly -- almost. see GREEK echo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4975: σχεδόνσχεδόν (ἔχω (σχεῖν), adverb, from Homer down; 1. near, hard by. 2. from Sophocles down (of degree, i. e.) well-nigh, nearly, almost; so in the N. T. three times before πᾶς: Acts 13:44; Acts 19:26; Hebrews 9:22 (but see Winers Grammar, 554 (515) n.; (R. V. I may almost say)); (2 Macc. 5:2; 3Macc. 5:14). |
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