sphodra · greatly, very

What it means

sphodra (σφόδρα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “greatly, very”.

Very, greatly, exceedingly.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To a great degree, with great force.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• very ×5
• deeply ×2
• extremely ×2
• greatly ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×7
• Mark×1
• Luke×1
• Acts×1
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 2:10

  And seeing the star, they rejoiced with a very great joy.

• Matthew 17:6

  And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were very afraid.

• Matthew 17:23

  and they will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised.” And they were deeply grieved.

• Matthew 18:31

  So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very grieved, and they went and reported to their master all that had happened.

• Matthew 19:25

  And when the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”

• Matthew 26:22

  And being deeply grieved, they began to say to him each one, “It is not I, is it, Lord?”

• Matthew 27:54

  Now the centurion and those with him keeping watch over Jesus, seeing the earthquake and the things that had happened, were very afraid, saying, “Truly this man was God’s Son.”

• Mark 16:4

  And looking up, they see that the stone had been rolled away; for it was very large.

• Luke 18:23

  But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.

• Acts 6:7

  And the word of God kept growing, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was multiplying greatly, and a great crowd of the priests were obeying the faith.

• Revelation 16:21

  And great hailstones, about a talent in weight, come down from heaven on people; and people blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague is extremely great.