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me.od marks an intensified degree—especially strong feelings, qualities, and actions—and can also describe an abundant amount.
The attested use most often heightens the degree of a quality, emotion, condition, or action: fear, anger, distress, praise, sin, and physical condition are all presented as especially intense. It also accompanies expressions of quantity or extent, where the surrounding clause concerns plentiful goods, spoil, bronze, spices, gold, or many compassions.
Senses in use
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Intensified quality, feeling, or action · dominant
As an adverb, the form heightens what is said of people and events: in 1 Samuel 28:5 the APB renders Saul's heart as trembling "greatly," and in 1 Samuel 30:6 it renders David as "greatly distressed." The same intensified force appears with fear in 1 Samuel 17:11, praise in 1 Chronicles 16:25, and David's sin and foolish action in 1 Chronicles 21:8.
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Abundant quantity or extensive amount · common
In clauses about material goods or numerical abundance, the adverb marks a large amount: 1 Kings 10:2 speaks of "very much gold," while 1 Chronicles 18:8 and 1 Chronicles 20:2 describe bronze and spoil in a very large quantity. In 1 Chronicles 21:13, the clause similarly speaks of the LORD's compassions as "very many."
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Marked extent in a specified direction · rare
In 1 Samuel 20:19, the adverb occurs in the instruction to go down "far" to the designated hiding place. The clause uses it to strengthen the stated extent of the movement rather than to name an object or emotion.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the intensified degree with "very" or "greatly," and in quantity clauses with expressions such as "very much" and "so much." Because the APB is a translation, these renderings confirm the clause-level emphasis rather than assigning a fixed English equivalent in every occurrence.