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Yea
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YEA, adv. Ya.
1. Yes a word that expresses affirmation or assent. Will you go? Yea. It sometimes introduces a subject, with the sense of indeed, verily, truly, it is so.
Yea, hath God said, ye shall not eat of every tree in the garden? Genesis 3 .
Let your communication be yea, yea nay, nay. Matthew 5 .
2. It sometimes enforces the sense of something preceding not only so, but more.
Therein I do rejoice yea, and will rejoice. Philippians 1 .
3. In Scripture, it is used to denote certainty, consistency, harmony, and stability.
All the promises of God in him are yea, and in him are amen. 2 Corinthians 1 .
In this use, the word may be considered a noun.
Yea is used only in the sacred and solemn style. See Yes.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Yea'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/y/yea.html.
Entry for 'Yea'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/y/yea.html.
