Indeed
γέStrong’s G1065ge
Appears in 27 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ge is the Greek word usually translated “indeed”, “yet” and “even”. It appears in 27 verses of the New Testament.
“Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.”
Meaning
Usually translated “indeed”, “yet” and “even”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- indeed 16
- yet 4
- even 3
- surely 2
- also 1
- really 1
- at least 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 9
- Matthew 4
- Acts 4
- 1 Corinthians 3
- 2 Corinthians 2
- Ephesians 2
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 7:20Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
- Matthew 9:17Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
- Matthew 17:26Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.
- Luke 5:36And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
- Luke 5:37And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
- Luke 10:6And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
Greek dictionary
γέ ge · indeed
γε, enclitic postpositive particle, rarer in κοινή than in cl., giving special prominence to the word to which it is attached, distinguishing it as the least or the most important (Thayer, see word), indeed, at least, even (but not always translatable into English); 1. used alone: Luk.11:8 18:5 Rom.8:32. …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “indeed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INDEE'D, adverb
[in and deed.]
In reality; in truth; in fact.
- “The carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be” Romans 8:7
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.