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The Septuagint 7.19 · 7.19

Exceedingly, exceedingly

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τὸ δὲ ὕδωρ ἐπεκράτει σφόδρα σφοδρῶς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐπεκάλυψεν πάντα τὰ ὄρη τὰ ὑψηλὰ ἃ ἦν ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.

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σφόδρα σφοδρῶς, “exceedingly, exceedingly,” doubles the adverb for emphasis — rendering a Hebrew doubling (מְאֹד מְאֹד) at the flood's high-water mark, when even the highest mountains under heaven vanish.

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