Strong G3029λίαν
greatly
- Transliteration
- lian
- Pronunciation
- lee'-an
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Of uncertain affinity;
much (adverb): - exceeding great (-ly) sore very (+ chiefest).
much (adverb): - exceeding great (-ly) sore very (+ chiefest).
Detailed definition
λίαν,
adv. [in LXX chiefly for מְאֹד Gen.1:31 4:5, Jer.24:3, al.; Tob.9:4, 2Ma.11:1, al.;]
very, exceedingly: Mat.2:16 4:8 8:28 27:14 Mrk.1:35 6:51 (Rec. λ. ἐκ περισσοῦ) Mrk.9:3 16:2, Luk.23:8, 2Ti.4:15, II Jn 4, 3Jn.3 (cf. ὑτερλίαν).†
(AS)
adv. [in LXX chiefly for מְאֹד Gen.1:31 4:5, Jer.24:3, al.; Tob.9:4, 2Ma.11:1, al.;]
very, exceedingly: Mat.2:16 4:8 8:28 27:14 Mrk.1:35 6:51 (Rec. λ. ἐκ περισσοῦ) Mrk.9:3 16:2, Luk.23:8, 2Ti.4:15, II Jn 4, 3Jn.3 (cf. ὑτερλίαν).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3029 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- exceed4
- greatly4
- chief2
- exceeding1
- great1
- sore1
- very1
First verses
- Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
- Matthew 4:8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
- Matthew 8:28And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
- Matthew 27:14And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
- Mark 1:35And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
- Mark 6:51And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.
- Mark 9:3And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
- Mark 16:2And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
- Luke 23:8And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.
- 2 Corinthians 11:5For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
- 2 Timothy 4:15Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.
- 2 John 1:4I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
- 3 John 1:3For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
λίαν
[see. near the end], Ionic dialect and Epic dialect λίην, adverb very, exceedingly, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] with an adverb, λ. ἑκάς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.496; λ. ἀεικελίως 8.231)]: with an adjective, λ. μέγα εἶπες [Refs (3.227, 16.243; νήπιος λ. τόσον 4.371, compare 13.238; λ. λυπρός 13.243; λ. ἐνθύμιος [prev. work] 421)]: alone with a Verb, very much, overmuch, κεχολώατο λ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (14.282; λ. ἄχθομαι ἕλκος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.361)]; οὔ τι λ. ποθὴ ἔσσεται not exceedingly,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (14.368; μή τι λ. προκαλίζεο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.20, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.486; also, in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, καὶ λίην)], which always begins the sentence or verse, surely, aye surely, καὶ λ. κεῖνός γε ἐοικότι κεῖται ὀλέθρῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.46, compare 3.203, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.553, +others)]
II after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ἀσχάλα μὴ λίην 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 66.7, compare 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 6; λίην δὲ δειλιάζεις 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus cited in Ptolemaeus Ascalonita p.409 H.)]; λ. πιστεύειν to believe implicitly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.96; μὴ κάμνε λ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.90; μὴ λ. στένε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1172, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 158 (Lyric poetry); ἀσπάζου αὐτὴν λ. “POxy.” 936.13 (3rd c.AD))]; καὶ λ. σαφῶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1231; λ. ἀσελγῶς 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.15; λ. πόρρω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310c; ἐντὸς λ. τῶν τειχῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.5)]: with other words of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (like sense, πολὺ λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.48; λ. πάνυ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 184.2 (uncertain), compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 972.46)]; κόμπος λ. εἰρημένος, opposed to πεπλασμένος (compare our very and verily), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1031:)] —in Trag.and Comedy texts frequently between _Article_ and Noun, ἡ λ. φιλότης βροτῶν his too great love.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 123 (_anapaest meter_); τὸ λ. ποτόν 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 187; ἡ λ. τρυφή 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 587)]; τὰ λ. μειράκια Theopomp.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (Comedy texts 29; αἱ πρὸς τυράννους λίαν ὁμιλίαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.21)]; τὸ λ. excess, violence, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 866, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 415c. [8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] has ῐ nine times, ῑ thirty-two times; the latter is found both in arsi and in thesi. In later Epic dialect and Trag. both quantities are found: ᾱ always.]
[see. near the end], Ionic dialect and Epic dialect λίην, adverb very, exceedingly, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] with an adverb, λ. ἑκάς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.496; λ. ἀεικελίως 8.231)]: with an adjective, λ. μέγα εἶπες [Refs (3.227, 16.243; νήπιος λ. τόσον 4.371, compare 13.238; λ. λυπρός 13.243; λ. ἐνθύμιος [prev. work] 421)]: alone with a Verb, very much, overmuch, κεχολώατο λ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (14.282; λ. ἄχθομαι ἕλκος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.361)]; οὔ τι λ. ποθὴ ἔσσεται not exceedingly,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (14.368; μή τι λ. προκαλίζεο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.20, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.486; also, in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, καὶ λίην)], which always begins the sentence or verse, surely, aye surely, καὶ λ. κεῖνός γε ἐοικότι κεῖται ὀλέθρῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.46, compare 3.203, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.553, +others)]
II after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ἀσχάλα μὴ λίην 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 66.7, compare 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 6; λίην δὲ δειλιάζεις 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus cited in Ptolemaeus Ascalonita p.409 H.)]; λ. πιστεύειν to believe implicitly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.96; μὴ κάμνε λ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.90; μὴ λ. στένε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1172, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 158 (Lyric poetry); ἀσπάζου αὐτὴν λ. “POxy.” 936.13 (3rd c.AD))]; καὶ λ. σαφῶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1231; λ. ἀσελγῶς 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.15; λ. πόρρω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310c; ἐντὸς λ. τῶν τειχῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.5)]: with other words of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (like sense, πολὺ λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.48; λ. πάνυ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 184.2 (uncertain), compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 972.46)]; κόμπος λ. εἰρημένος, opposed to πεπλασμένος (compare our very and verily), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1031:)] —in Trag.and Comedy texts frequently between _Article_ and Noun, ἡ λ. φιλότης βροτῶν his too great love.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 123 (_anapaest meter_); τὸ λ. ποτόν 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 187; ἡ λ. τρυφή 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 587)]; τὰ λ. μειράκια Theopomp.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (Comedy texts 29; αἱ πρὸς τυράννους λίαν ὁμιλίαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.21)]; τὸ λ. excess, violence, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 866, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 415c. [8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] has ῐ nine times, ῑ thirty-two times; the latter is found both in arsi and in thesi. In later Epic dialect and Trag. both quantities are found: ᾱ always.]