Sphodra σφόδρα

Sphodra (Greek σφόδρα, Strong's G4970) is a Greek adverb meaning “very”. It occurs 11 times in 11 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Sphodra, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 2:10
  When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.
• Matthew 17:6
  And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown in terror.
• Matthew 17:23
  And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.
• Matthew 18:31
  So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.
• Matthew 19:25
  When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”
• Matthew 26:22
  And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?They were deeply grieved and began to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”
• Matthew 27:54
  Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.When 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.”

Mark

• Mark 16:4
  And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, even though it was extremely large.

Luke

• Luke 18:23
  And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.But when the ruler heard this, he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.

Acts

• Acts 6:7
  And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.So 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.

Revelation

• Revelation 16:21
  And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.And 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.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).