King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3513
Transliteration: nē
Phonetic Spelling: (nay)
Part of Speech: Particle, Disjunctive Particle
Short Definition: by (a particle of affirmation employed in oaths)
Meaning: by (a particle of affirmation employed in oaths)
νή, a particle employed in affirmations and oaths (common in Attic), and joined to an accusative of the person (for the most part, a divinity) or of the thing affirmed or sworn by (Buttmann, § 149, 17); by (Latinper, German bei): 1 Corinthians 15:31 (Genesis 42:15f).
Word Summary
nē: by (a particle of affirmation employed in oaths)
Original Word: νήTransliteration: nē
Phonetic Spelling: (nay)
Part of Speech: Particle, Disjunctive Particle
Short Definition: by (a particle of affirmation employed in oaths)
Meaning: by (a particle of affirmation employed in oaths)
Strong's Concordance
by, as sure asProbably an intensive form of nai; a particle of attestation (accompanied by the object invoked or appealed to in confirmation); as sure as -- I protest by.
see GREEK nai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3513: νήνή, a particle employed in affirmations and oaths (common in Attic), and joined to an accusative of the person (for the most part, a divinity) or of the thing affirmed or sworn by (Buttmann, § 149, 17); by (Latinper, German bei): 1 Corinthians 15:31 (Genesis 42:15f).