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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3029 - λίαν

Transliteration

lían

Phonetics

lee'-an

Origin

of uncertain affinity

Parts of Speech

adverb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

greatly, exceedingly, exceedingly beyond measure

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3966 ‑ מְאֹד (meh‑ode'); 4100 ‑ מֶה (maw, mah, maw, mah, meh); 5704 ‑ עַד (ad);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (14)

Matthew 4

Mark 4

Luke 1

2 Corinthians 2

2 Timothy 1

2 John 1

3 John 1

BSB (8)

Matthew 4

Mark 4

Luke 1

2 Timothy 1

2 John 1

3 John 1

CSB (10)

Matthew 3

Mark 4

Luke 1

2 Timothy 1

2 John 1

3 John 1

ESV (9)

Matthew 4

Mark 4

Luke 1

2 Corinthians 1

2 Timothy 1

KJV (14)

Matthew 4

Mark 4

Luke 1

2 Corinthians 2

2 Timothy 1

2 John 1

3 John 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (11)

Matthew 4

Mark 3

Luke 1

2 Timothy 1

2 John 1

3 John 1

N95 (11)

Matthew 4

Mark 3

Luke 1

2 Timothy 1

2 John 1

3 John 1

NAS (8)

Matthew 4

Mark 4

Luke 1

2 Timothy 1

2 John 1

3 John 1

NLT (11)

Matthew 5

Mark 4

Luke 2

2 John 1

3 John 1

WEB (14)

Matthew 4

Mark 4

Luke 1

2 Corinthians 2

2 Timothy 1

2 John 1

3 John 1

YLT (11)

Matthew 4

Mark 3

Luke 1

2 Timothy 1

2 John 1

3 John 1

ASV (14)

a great while 1

chiefest 2

exceeding 5

greatly 4

they were sore 1

very 1

BSB (8)

a very 1

greatly 1

much 1

radiantly 1

the disciples were utterly 1

they were so 1

very 1

while it was 1

CSB (10)

completely 1

extremely 1

greatly 1

strongly 1

very 6

ESV (9)

exceeding 1

greatly 1

intensely 1

so 1

strongly 1

utterly 1

very 3

KJV (14)

chiefest 2

exceeding 5

greatly 4

sore 1

very 1

while 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (11)

extremely 1

greatly 4

intensely 1

still 1

very 3

vigorously 1

N95 (11)

exceedingly 1

extremely 1

quite 1

still 1

very 6

vigorously 1

NAS (8)

exceedingly 1

extremely 1

greatly 1

still 1

very 3

vigorously 1

NLT (11)

at 1

dazzling 1

furious 1

how 1

morning 1

so 1

surprise 1

totally 1

very 3

WEB (14)

best 2

exceedingly 5

greatly 4

they were very 1

very 1

while 1

YLT (11)

a very 1

exceedingly 4

greatly 3

very 2

was very 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

ADV 12

ANT

ADV 14

BEZ

ADV 12

BGB

ADV 14

BMT

ADV 14

BYZ

ADV 14

ELZ

ADV 12

NA26

D 12

SBL

ADV 14

SCV

ADV 14

STV

ADV 14

TIS

ADV 14

TRG

ADV 12

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

λίαν

[v. fin.], Ion. and λίην,

I Adv. very, exceedingly, in Hom. with an Adv., λ. ἑκάς Od. 14.496; λ. ἀεικελίως 8.231: with an Adj., λ. μέγα εἶπες 3.227, 16.243; νήπιος λ. τόσον 4.371, cf. 13.238; λ. λυπρός 13.243; λ. ἐνθύμιος ib. 421: alone with a Verb, very much, overmuch, κεχολώατο λ. 14.282; λ. ἄχθομαι ἕλκος Il. 5.361; οὔ τι λ. ποθὴ ἔσσεται not exceedingly, 14.368; μή τι λ. προκαλίζεο Od. 18.20, cf. Il. 6.486; also, in Hom., καὶ λίην, which always begins the sentence or verse, surely, aye surely, καὶ λ. κεῖνός γε ἐοικότι κεῖται ὀλέθρῳ Od. 1.46, cf. 3.203, Il. 1.553, al.

II after Hom., ἀσχάλα μὴ λίην Archil. 66.7, cf. So 6; λίην δὲ δειλιάζεις Anacr. ap. Ptol.Ascal. p.409 H.; λ. πιστεύειν to believe implicitly, Hdt. 4.96; μὴ κάμνε λ. Pi. P. 1.90; μὴ λ. στένε S. El. 1172, cf. E. Med. 158 (lyr.); ἀσπάζου αὐτὴν λ. POxy. 936.13 (iii A.D.); καὶ λ. σαφῶς Ar. Eq. 1231; λ. ἀσελγῶς Lys. 24.15; λ. πόρρω Pl. Prt. 310c; ἐντὸς λ. τῶν τειχῶν Th. 7.5: with other words of like sense, πολὺ λ. Isoc. 9.48; λ. πάνυ Antiph. 184.2 (dub.), cf. Eust. 972.46; κόμπος λ. εἰρημένος, opp. πεπλασμένος (compare our very and verily), A. Pr. 1031: — in Trag.and Com.freq.betw.Art.and Noun, ἡ λ. φιλότης βροτῶν his too great love.., A. Pr. 123 (anap.); τὸ λ. ποτόν Cratin. 187; ἡ λ. τρυφή Men. 587; τὰ λ. μειράκια Theopomp. Com. 29; αἱ πρὸς τυράννους λίαν ὁμιλίαι D. 6.21; τὸ λ. excess, violence, E. Andr. 866, Pl. Cra. 415c. [ Hom. has ῐ nine times, ῑ thirty-two times; the latter is found both in arsi and in thesi. In later and Trag. both quantities are found: ᾱ always.]

Thayer's Expanded Definition

λίαν (in Homer and Ionic λίην) (for λιλαν, λαῷ to desire: cf. Curtius, § 532), adverb, greatly, exceedingly: Matthew 2:16; Matthew 4:8; Matthew 8:28; Matthew 27:14; Mark 1:35; Mark 9:3; Mark 16:2; Luke 23:8; 2 Timothy 4:15; 2 John 1:4; 3 John 1:3; (2 Macc. 11:1; 4 Macc. 8:16; Tobit 9:4, etc.; for מְאֹד, Genesis 1:31; Genesis 4:5; 1 Samuel 11:15); λίαν ἐκ περισσοῦ, exceedingly beyond measure, Mark 6:51 (WH omits; Tr brackets ἐκπερισσοῦ). See ὑπερλίαν.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

λίαν , adv.,

[in LXX chiefly for H3966 Genesis 1:31; Genesis 4:5, Jeremiah 24:3, al.; Tobit 9:4, 2 Maccabees 11:1, al.;]

very, exceedingly: Matthew 2:16; Matthew 4:8; Matthew 8:28; Matthew 27:14 Mark 1:35; Mark 6:51 (Rec. λ . ἐκ περισσοῦ ) Mark 9:3; Mark 16:2, Luke 23:8, 2 Timothy 4:15, 2 John 1:4, 3 John 1:3 (cf. ὑτερλίαν ).†

*† υπερλίαν

(Rec. ὑπὲρλίαν , v. WM, § 50, 7n; B1., § 4, 1),

adv.,

exceedingly, pre-eminently: 2 Corinthians 11:5; 2 Corinthians 12:11.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For the epistolary formula ἐχάρην λίαν in 2 John 1:4, 3 John 1:3, we may compare BGU II. 632.10 (ii/A.D.) καὶ ἐπιγνούς σε ἐρρωμένην λίαν έχάρην, ";and when I knew that you were in sound health I rejoiced greatly,"; P Giss I. 21.3 (time of Trajan) λίαν ἐχάρην ἀκούσασα ὅτι ἔρ ̣ρωσαι : see also P. Par 42.3 (B.C. 156) λίαν σοι χάριν μεγάλην ἐσχήκαμεν. Otherwise the adv. is common, e.g. P Tebt I. 12.24 (B.C. 118) ἀποδέχομαι δὲ τὰ παρὰ σοῦ λίαν, ";I accept completely your views"; (Edd.), P Oxy II. 298.26 (i/A.D.) λίαν αὐτὸν βαρύνομαι, ";I am too severe with him"; (Edd.), ib. III. 525.4 (early ii/A.D.) λείαν τῷ πράγματι καταξύομαι, ";I am extremely worn out with the matter"; (Edd.), ib. IX. 1216.13 (ii/iii A.D.) λείαν γὰρ φιλῶ αὐτόν, ib. XIV. 1676.10 (iii/A.D.) λείαν ἐλυπήθην ὅτι οὐ παρεγένου ἰς τὰ γενέσια τοῦ παιδίου μου. The use with an adj., as in Matthew 4:8 al., may be illustrated by P Tebt II. 315.18 ii/A.D.) ὁ γὰρ ἄνθρωπος λείαν ἐστὶ [ν ] αὐστηρός.

List of Word Forms

λιαν λίαν lian lían