σχεδόν
schedon · almost
Greek word · Strong’s number G4975 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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schedon (σχεδόν) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “almost”.
Nearly.
How to say it
sche·don
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
- Lacking little to be complete.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 13:44
And on the next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered together to hear the word of the Lord.
- Acts 19:26
And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable crowd, saying that those made by hands are not gods.
- Hebrews 9:22
And according to the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.