Original Word: σχεδόν
Part of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: schedon
Phonetic Spelling: (skhed-on')
Definition: near, nearly
Usage: nearly, almost.Word Origin
adverb from echó
Definition
near, nearly
NASB Translation
almost (2), nearly (1).

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).

almost.

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

see GREEK echo

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