4975. schedon

Strong's Lexicon

schedon: nearly, almost

Original Word: σχεδόν
Part of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: schedon
Pronunciation: SKHEH-don
Phonetic Spelling: (skhed-on')
Definition: nearly, almost
Meaning: nearly, almost.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
adverb from echó
Definition
near, nearly
NASB Translation
almost (2), nearly (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 4975: σχεδόν

σχεδόν (ἔχω (σχεῖν), adverb, from Homer down;

1. near, hard by.

2. from Sophocles down (of degree, i. e.) well-nigh, nearly, almost; so in the N. T. three times before πᾶς: Acts 13:44; Acts 19:26; Hebrews 9:22 (but see Winers Grammar, 554 (515) n.; (R. V. I may almost say)); (2 Macc. 5:2; 3Macc. 5:14).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

almost.

Neuter of a presumed derivative of the alternate of echo as adverb; nigh, i.e. Nearly -- almost.

see GREEK echo

Forms and Transliterations

σχεδον σχεδόν σχεδὸν schedon schedòn

Englishman's Concordance

Acts 13:44 Adv
GRK: ἐρχομένῳ σαββάτῳ σχεδὸν πᾶσα ἡ
NAS: The next Sabbath nearly the whole city
KJV: sabbath day came almost the whole city
INT: coming Sabbath almost all the

Acts 19:26 Adv
GRK: Ἐφέσου ἀλλὰ σχεδὸν πάσης τῆς
NAS: in Ephesus, but in almost all
KJV: but almost throughout all
INT: of Ephesus but almost of all

Hebrews 9:22 Adv
GRK: καὶ σχεδὸν ἐν αἵματι
NAS: to the Law, [one may] almost [say], all things
KJV: And almost all things are
INT: and almost with blood

Strong's Greek 4975
3 Occurrences

σχεδὸν — 3 Occ.