σφόδρα (sphodra) means “very” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: sfod'-rah Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
σφόδρα · sphodra · very
σφόδρα adv. (prop. neut. of σφοδρός, excessive, violent) [in LXX chiefly for מְאֹד ;] very, very much, exceedingly: with verbs, Mat.17:6, 23 18:31 19:25 26:22 27:54, Act.6:7; with adjectives, Mat.2:10, Mrk.16:4, Luk.18:23, Rev.16:21.† (AS)
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exceedingly, greatly, very much.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| vvv | 5 |
| extremely | 2 |
| rapidly | 1 |
| they were greatly | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| exceeding | 3 |
| very | 3 |
| greatly | 2 |
| exceedingly | 1 |
| sore | 1 |
| with exceeding | 1 |
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When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.
Read word by wordWhen the disciples heard this, they fell facedown in terror.
Read word by wordThey will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.
Read word by wordWhen his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.
Read word by wordWhen the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”
Read word by wordThey were deeply grieved and began to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”
Read word by wordWhen the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”
Read word by wordBut when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, even though it was extremely large.
Read word by wordBut when the ruler heard this, he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.
Read word by wordSo the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.
Read word by wordAnd great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.
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