Strong G4975σχεδόν
nearly
- Transliteration
- schedon
- Pronunciation
- skhed-on'
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Neuter of a presumed derivative of the alternate of G2192 as an adverb;
nigh that is nearly: - almost.
nigh that is nearly: - almost.
Detailed definition
σχέδον
adv. (ἔχω), [in LXX: 2Ma.5:2, 3Ma.5:14 3Mac 5:45 *;]
1. of place, near.
2. Of degree, almost, nearly: Act.13:44 19:26, Heb.9:22.†
(AS)
adv. (ἔχω), [in LXX: 2Ma.5:2, 3Ma.5:14 3Mac 5:45 *;]
1. of place, near.
2. Of degree, almost, nearly: Act.13:44 19:26, Heb.9:22.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4975 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- almost3
First verses
- Acts 13:44And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
- Acts 19:26Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
- Hebrews 9:22And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σχεδ-όν,
adverb, (ἔχω, σχεῖν):
I of Place, near, hard by, Epic dialect and Lyric poetry, δυσμενέες δ᾽ ἄνδρες σ. εἵαται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.100; σ. εἴσιδε γαῖαν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.392, compare 24.493)]; σ. οὔτασε at close quarters, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.458; μή πώς σ᾽ ἠὲ βάλῃ ἠὲ σ. ἄορι τύψῃ 20.378, compare 13.576, 16.828: sometimes with _dative_, οὐ γάρ σφιν παῖδες σ. εἵαται 10.422; νῆσοι ναιετάουσι σ. ἀλλήλῃσι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.23; οἳ δή σφι σ. εἰσι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 113)]; so στάθεν τύμβῳ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.66 (also πὰρ ποδὶ σ. [prev. author] “O.” 1.74)]; ἀμφ᾽ ἀνδριάντι σ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “P.” 5.40): more frequently with _genitive_, Φαιήκων γαίης σ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.288, compare 475, 6.125, 9.117, 10.156, etc.; σ. αἵματος 11.142.)]
I.2 with Verbs of motion, σ. ἐλθεῖν τινι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.304, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 435)]; τινος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.439; Ἀχαιίδος 11.481; ὅστις σ. ἔγχεος ἔλθῃ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.363.)]
II metaphorically ofrelationship, καὶ πηῷ περ ἐόντι μάλα σ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.441.)]
II.2 similar to, with dative, σ. τούτοις.. αἱ παραλλαγαὶ.. εἰσίν [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de communi mathematica scientia” 27.)]
III of Time, [θάνατος] δή τοις. εἶσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.202, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.284; σοὶ δὲ γάμος σ. ἐστιν 6.27)]; σοὶ.. φημὶ σ. ἔμμεναι, ὁππότε.. [the time] is near, when.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.817.)]
IV after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], about, approximately, more or less, roughly speaking, σ. κατὰ ταὐτά [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.42; σ. τι ταὐτά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 128b; σ. τι τοιαῦτα [prev. author] “Smp.” 201e; σ. τι ταῦτα [prev. author] “Grg.” 472c; σ. πάντες 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.65, 2.48, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.33, cf. NT.Act.13.44, “PRyl.” 81.7 (2nd c.AD))]; πάντα σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 350b21; σ. ἅπαντας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1157; πάντες σ. ἢ οἵ γε πλεῖστοι 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.11.7; σ. ἐκ κρηνῶν οἱ πλεῖστοι ῥέουσιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 350b34; σ. περὶ τριακόσια στάδια [prev. work] 351a14)]; σ. τι πρόσθεν ἢ.. not long before, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 736; σ. ἤδη τῆς κοίτης ὥρη προσέρχεται ὑμῖν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.20)]; σὺν τοῖς θεοῖς σ. ἔσται ὁ διάλογος (audit) ἕως τῆς λ τοῦ Παχών [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 58.58 (2nd c.BC))]; σ... τὸν αὐτὸν.. καιρόν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Inscription Prien.” 105.13 (1st c.BC))]; also σ. ἴσως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 253c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 118a13; σ. που 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 36.10; σ. ὡς εἰπεῖν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 79a20, “Rh.” 1382b28, 1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 16.28)]; σ. εἰπεῖν one might almost say, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 237c, 2nd c.BC: Athenaeus Mechanicus 3.4, “POxy.” 1033.11 (4th c.AD), “PLips.” 34.16 (4th c.AD).)]
IV.2 with Verbs (frequently in perfect), especially of saying or knowing, σ. εἴρηχ᾽ ἂ νομίζω συμφέρειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.36; εἴρηται σ. ἱκανῶς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 32a16)]; διώρισται σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pol.” 1328a19; τὸν ἐμὸν.. σ. ἤδη νομίζων ἐκτετοξεῦσθαι βίον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 33; σ. ἐπίσταμαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 43; σ. οἶδα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 898; ἐγὼ σ. τὸ πρᾶγμα γιγνώσκειν δοκῶ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 860)]; frequently used to soften a positive assertion with a sense of modesty, sometimes of irony, σ. γὰρ.. συνίημι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.19)]; σ. τι τὴν σὴν οὐ καταισχύνω φύσιν I dare say I do not.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 609)]; σ. τι μώρῳ μωρίαν ὀφλισκάνω I dare say it is a fool who thinks me foolish, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 470)]; σ. δέ τι καὶ τὸ ξύμπαν generally speaking in every respect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.68)]; σ. οὐδ᾽ ὁπωστιοῦν σοι πείσεται probably not at all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61c)]; σ. γὰρ ἔχω ὃ εἰπὼν ἀναγκάσω σε I think I have an argument, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phdr.” 236d.)]
IV.3 used in affirmative answers, I suppose so, I dare say, [Refs ([prev. author] “Sph.” 250c, 255c, +others)]
V perhaps, ὑποδραμὼν σ. φασεῖ (φάσει codices) [Refs 5th c.AD+ (Dius cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.21.17.)]
VI ={σχέδην}, ἠκολούθει σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.17.2)] (unless = followed at no long distance).
adverb, (ἔχω, σχεῖν):
I of Place, near, hard by, Epic dialect and Lyric poetry, δυσμενέες δ᾽ ἄνδρες σ. εἵαται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.100; σ. εἴσιδε γαῖαν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.392, compare 24.493)]; σ. οὔτασε at close quarters, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.458; μή πώς σ᾽ ἠὲ βάλῃ ἠὲ σ. ἄορι τύψῃ 20.378, compare 13.576, 16.828: sometimes with _dative_, οὐ γάρ σφιν παῖδες σ. εἵαται 10.422; νῆσοι ναιετάουσι σ. ἀλλήλῃσι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.23; οἳ δή σφι σ. εἰσι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 113)]; so στάθεν τύμβῳ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.66 (also πὰρ ποδὶ σ. [prev. author] “O.” 1.74)]; ἀμφ᾽ ἀνδριάντι σ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “P.” 5.40): more frequently with _genitive_, Φαιήκων γαίης σ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.288, compare 475, 6.125, 9.117, 10.156, etc.; σ. αἵματος 11.142.)]
I.2 with Verbs of motion, σ. ἐλθεῖν τινι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.304, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 435)]; τινος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.439; Ἀχαιίδος 11.481; ὅστις σ. ἔγχεος ἔλθῃ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.363.)]
II metaphorically ofrelationship, καὶ πηῷ περ ἐόντι μάλα σ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.441.)]
II.2 similar to, with dative, σ. τούτοις.. αἱ παραλλαγαὶ.. εἰσίν [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de communi mathematica scientia” 27.)]
III of Time, [θάνατος] δή τοις. εἶσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.202, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.284; σοὶ δὲ γάμος σ. ἐστιν 6.27)]; σοὶ.. φημὶ σ. ἔμμεναι, ὁππότε.. [the time] is near, when.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.817.)]
IV after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], about, approximately, more or less, roughly speaking, σ. κατὰ ταὐτά [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.42; σ. τι ταὐτά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 128b; σ. τι τοιαῦτα [prev. author] “Smp.” 201e; σ. τι ταῦτα [prev. author] “Grg.” 472c; σ. πάντες 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.65, 2.48, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.33, cf. NT.Act.13.44, “PRyl.” 81.7 (2nd c.AD))]; πάντα σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 350b21; σ. ἅπαντας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1157; πάντες σ. ἢ οἵ γε πλεῖστοι 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.11.7; σ. ἐκ κρηνῶν οἱ πλεῖστοι ῥέουσιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 350b34; σ. περὶ τριακόσια στάδια [prev. work] 351a14)]; σ. τι πρόσθεν ἢ.. not long before, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 736; σ. ἤδη τῆς κοίτης ὥρη προσέρχεται ὑμῖν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.20)]; σὺν τοῖς θεοῖς σ. ἔσται ὁ διάλογος (audit) ἕως τῆς λ τοῦ Παχών [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 58.58 (2nd c.BC))]; σ... τὸν αὐτὸν.. καιρόν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Inscription Prien.” 105.13 (1st c.BC))]; also σ. ἴσως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 253c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 118a13; σ. που 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 36.10; σ. ὡς εἰπεῖν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 79a20, “Rh.” 1382b28, 1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 16.28)]; σ. εἰπεῖν one might almost say, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 237c, 2nd c.BC: Athenaeus Mechanicus 3.4, “POxy.” 1033.11 (4th c.AD), “PLips.” 34.16 (4th c.AD).)]
IV.2 with Verbs (frequently in perfect), especially of saying or knowing, σ. εἴρηχ᾽ ἂ νομίζω συμφέρειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.36; εἴρηται σ. ἱκανῶς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 32a16)]; διώρισται σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pol.” 1328a19; τὸν ἐμὸν.. σ. ἤδη νομίζων ἐκτετοξεῦσθαι βίον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 33; σ. ἐπίσταμαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 43; σ. οἶδα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 898; ἐγὼ σ. τὸ πρᾶγμα γιγνώσκειν δοκῶ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 860)]; frequently used to soften a positive assertion with a sense of modesty, sometimes of irony, σ. γὰρ.. συνίημι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.19)]; σ. τι τὴν σὴν οὐ καταισχύνω φύσιν I dare say I do not.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 609)]; σ. τι μώρῳ μωρίαν ὀφλισκάνω I dare say it is a fool who thinks me foolish, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 470)]; σ. δέ τι καὶ τὸ ξύμπαν generally speaking in every respect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.68)]; σ. οὐδ᾽ ὁπωστιοῦν σοι πείσεται probably not at all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61c)]; σ. γὰρ ἔχω ὃ εἰπὼν ἀναγκάσω σε I think I have an argument, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phdr.” 236d.)]
IV.3 used in affirmative answers, I suppose so, I dare say, [Refs ([prev. author] “Sph.” 250c, 255c, +others)]
V perhaps, ὑποδραμὼν σ. φασεῖ (φάσει codices) [Refs 5th c.AD+ (Dius cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.21.17.)]
VI ={σχέδην}, ἠκολούθει σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.17.2)] (unless = followed at no long distance).