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Lexicon :: Strong's G3483 - nai

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ναί
Transliteration
nai (Key)
Pronunciation
nahee
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Part of Speech
particle
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary particle of strong affirmation
mGNT
33x in 2 unique form(s) TR
34x in 4 unique form(s) LXX
4x in 2 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ναί naí, nahee; a primary particle of strong affirmation; yes:—even so, surely, truth, verily, yea, yes.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's G3483 in the following manner: yea (23x), even so (5x), yes (3x), truth (1x), verily (1x), surely (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's G3483 in the following manner: yea (23x), even so (5x), yes (3x), truth (1x), verily (1x), surely (1x).

  1. yea, verily, truly, assuredly, even so

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ναί naí, nahee; a primary particle of strong affirmation; yes:—even so, surely, truth, verily, yea, yes.
STRONGS G3483:
ναί, a particle of assertion or confirmation (akin to νή; cf. Donaldson, Cratylus § 189), from Homer down, yea, verily, truly, assuredly, even so: Matthew 11:26; Luke 10:21; Philemon 1:20; Revelation 1:7; Revelation 16:7; Revelation 22:20; ναί, λέγω ὑμῖν κτλ., Matthew 11:9; Luke 7:26; Luke 11:51; Luke 12:5; ναί, λέγει τό πνεῦμα, Revelation 14:13; it is responsive and confirmatory of the substance of some question or statement: Matthew 9:28; Matthew 13:51; Matthew 15:27; Matthew 17:25; Matthew 21:16; Mark 7:28; John 11:27; John 21:15; Acts 5:8 (Acts 5:9); Acts 22:27; Romans 3:29; a repeated ναί, most assuredly (A. V. yea, yea), expresses emphatic assertion, Matthew 5:37; ἤτω ὑμῶν τό ναί ναί, let your ναί be ναί, i. e. let your allegation be true, James 5:12 (Buttmann, 163 (142); Winer's Grammar, 59 (58)); εἶναι or γίνεσθαι ναί καί οὐ, to be or show oneself double-tongued, i. e. faithless, wavering, false, 2 Corinthians 1:18f; ἵνα παῥ ἐμοί τό ναί ναί καί τό οὐ οὐ, that with me should be found both a solemn affirmation and a most emphatic denial, i. e. that I so form my resolves as, at the dictate of pleasure or profit, not to carry them out, ibid. 17 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 460 (429)); ναί ἐν αὐτῷ γέγονεν, in him what was promised has come to pass, 2 Corinthians 1:19; ἐπαγγελίαι ἐν αὐτῷ τό ναί namely, γεγόνασιν, have been fulfilled, have been confirmed by the event, 2 Corinthians 1:20 (cf. Meyer at the passage). It is a particle of appeal or entreaty, like the (English yea) (German ja): with an imperative, ναί... συλλαμβάνου αὐταῖς, Philippians 4:3 (where Rec. has καί for ναί); ναί ἔρχου, Revelation 22:20 Rec.; so ναί ναί, Judith 9:12. (A classification of the uses of ναί in the N. T. is given by Ellicott on Philippians 4:3; cf. Green, 'Grit. Note' on Matthew 11:26.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:37; 9:28; 11:9; 11:26; 11:26; 13:51; 15:27; 17:25; 21:16
Mark
7:28
Luke
7:26; 10:21; 11:51; 12:5
John
11:27; 21:15
Acts
5:8; 5:9; 22:27
Romans
3:29
2 Corinthians
1:18; 1:19; 1:20
Philippians
4:3; 4:3
Philemon
1:20
James
5:12
Revelation
1:7; 14:13; 16:7; 22:20; 22:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3483 matches the Greek ναί (nai),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the LXX Greek.

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But God said, “No. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac.[fn] I will confirm my covenant with him as a permanent covenant for his future offspring.

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Then they said to each other, “Obviously, we are being punished for what we did to our brother. We saw his deep distress when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this trouble has come to us.”

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Even if it is true that I have sinned,

my mistake concerns only[fn] me.

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“They have been created now, and not long ago;

you have not heard of them before today,

so you could not claim, ‘I already knew them! ’

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