Greatly
Greatly
“very, exceedingly,” is rendered “greatly” in Mat 27:14, of wonder; 2Ti 4:15, of opposition; 2Jo 1:4; 3Jo 1:3, of joy. See EXCEEDING, SORE, VERY.
is used in the neuter singular (polu) or the plural (polla), as an adverb; in the sing., e.g., Mar 12:27; in the plural, e.g., Mar 1:45, “much;” Mar 5:23, “greatly” (RV, “much”); Mar 5:38, AV and RV, “greatly;” 1Co 16:12 (RV, “much”). See LONG, MUCH.
Note: In Act 28:6, AV, polu is rendered “a great while” (RV, “long”).
from megas (GREAT, No. 1), is used of rejoicing, Phi 4:10.
“joy,” is used in the dative case adverbially with the verb chairo, “to rejoice,” in Joh 3:29, “rejoiceth greatly,” lit., “rejoiceth with joy.”
Notes: (1) For sphodra, RV, “exceedingly,” in Mat 27:54; Act 6:7, see EXCEED, B, No. 2. (2) In the following the RV omits “greatly,” as the verbs are adequately translated without, Phi 1:8; 1Th 3:6; 2Ti 1:4. In the following the RV adds “greatly” to express the fuller force of the verb, Luk 1:29; Act 16:34; 1Pe 1:8. (3) In 1Pe 1:6, “ye greatly rejoice,” the adverb is not separately expressed, but is incorporated in the rendering of the verb agalliao, “to rejoice much, to exult.”