Exceedingly

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words [1]

'''A. Adverb.

Me'ôd (מְאֹד, Strong'S #3966), “exceedingly; very; greatly; highly.” This word occurs about 300 times and in all periods of biblical Hebrew. A verb with a similar basic semantic range appears in Akkadian, Ugaritic, and Arabic. “ Me'ôd functions adverbially, meaning “very.” The more superlative emphasis appears in Gen. 7:18, where the word is applied to the “amount (quantity)” of a thing: “And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth.…” In Ps. 47:9, me'ôd is used of “magnifying” and “exaltation”: “… For the shields of the earth belong unto God; he is greatly exalted.” The doubling of the word is a means of emphasizing its basic meaning, which is “very much”: “And the waters prevailed exceedingly (Nasb, “more and more”) upon the earth …” (Gen. 7:19).

'''B. Noun.

Me'ôd (מְאֹד, Strong'S #3966), “might.” This word is used substantively in the sequence “heart … soul … might”: “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might” (Deut. 6:5).

King James Dictionary [2]

Excee'Dingly, adv. To a very great degree in a degree beyond what is usual greatly very much.

Isaac trembled exceedingly.  Genesis 27

Webster's Dictionary [3]

(adv.) To a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly. It signifies more than very.

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