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Strong's #2235 - ἤδη

Transliteration

ḗdē

Phonetics

ay'-day

Root Word (Etymology)

apparently from (G2228) (or possibly (G2229)) and (G1211)

Parts of Speech

Adverb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

now, already

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (59)

Matthew 7

Mark 8

Luke 8

John 16

Acts 3

Romans 3

1 Corinthians 4

Philippians 3

2 Thessalonians 1

1 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 2

2 Peter 1

1 John 2

NAS (60)

Matthew 7

Mark 10

Luke 7

John 17

Acts 3

Romans 2

1 Corinthians 4

Philippians 3

2 Thessalonians 1

1 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 2

2 Peter 1

1 John 2

HCS (54)

Matthew 7

Mark 8

Luke 6

John 14

Acts 3

Romans 3

1 Corinthians 4

Philippians 2

2 Thessalonians 1

1 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 2

2 Peter 1

1 John 2

BSB (61)

Matthew 7

Mark 8

Luke 10

John 16

Acts 3

Romans 3

1 Corinthians 4

Philippians 3

2 Thessalonians 1

1 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 2

2 Peter 1

1 John 2

ESV (48)

Matthew 5

Mark 5

Luke 5

John 14

Acts 3

Romans 3

1 Corinthians 3

Philippians 3

2 Thessalonians 1

1 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 2

2 Peter 1

1 John 2

WEB (60)

Matthew 7

Mark 8

Luke 8

John 16

Acts 3

Romans 3

1 Corinthians 4

Philippians 3

2 Thessalonians 1

1 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 2

2 Peter 1

1 John 3

KJV (59)

Now 4

already 18

now 34

time 1

yet 2

NAS (60)

Already 1

already 41

now 14

this 2

time 2

HCS (54)

already 2

has already 2

is already 3

it were already 1

now 1

they've already 2

* 2

Even now 1

He was already 1

I already 1

I have already 1

I may now 1

You are already 1

already 9

am already 2

had already 4

has already 1

have already 2

he had already 1

he's already 1

is already 2

is now 1

it is already 3

now 2

to be already 1

was already 4

was now 2

BSB (61)

* 30

Already 2

[is] already 1

already 10

by now 1

has come 1

is already 1

is already late 1

now 4

was already 1

when 1

{had} already 1

{has} already 2

{is} already 2

{was} still 1

ESV (48)

Already 4

already 25

come 1

now 13

time 2

was 2

when 1

WEB (60)

As 1

You have already 1

already 22

are already 1

by this time 1

had already 2

had now 1

have already 1

in 2

is 1

is already 1

is now 1

it being now 1

it is already 1

nbsp 1

now 17

sick for 1

was already 1

was now 1

were now 1

when it was now 1

RAH

D 21

ANT

ADV 59

BEZ

ADV 59

BGB

Adv 61

BMT

ADV 59

BYZ

ADV 59

ELZ

ADV 59

NA26

ADV 60

CONJ 1

SBL

D 60

SCV

ADV 59

STV

ADV 59

TIS

ADV 58

ADV 59

ADV 63

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἤδη,

Adv.:

1 already, by this time, νὺξ ἤ. τελέθει 'tis already night, Il. 7.282; ἤ. Τρώεσσιν ὀλέθρου πείρατ' ἐφῆπται ib. 402: with numerals, ἤ. γὰρ τρίτον ἔτος Od. 2.89; τρίτην ἤ. ἡμέραν Pl. Prt. 309d; ἔτος τόδ' ἤ. δέκατον S. Ph. 312; ἦν δ' ἦμαρ ἤ. δεύτερον ib. 354; τελοῦντες ἕκτον ἕβδομόν τ' ἤ. δρόμον Id. El. 726; ἤ. γὰρ πολὺς ἐκτέταται χρόνος Id. Aj. 1402.

2. forthwith, immediately, φρονέω δὲ διακρινθήμεναι ἤ. Ἁργείους καὶ Τρῶας Il. 3.98; λέξον νῦν με τάχιστα, ὄφρα καὶ ἤδη.. ταρπώμεθα κοιμηθέντες Il. 24.635, cf. Od. 4.294; ἤ. νῦν.. μεγάλ' εὔχεο Il. 16.844; στείχοις ἂν ἤ. S. Tr. 624; ἤδη.. στέλλεσθε; Id. Ph. 466; μετὰ τοῦτ' ἤ. Ar. Th. 655; ἤ. ποτέ now at length, Mitteis Chr. 87.8 (ii A.D.); on the verso of a letter, urgent, immediate, PCair. Zen. 154 (iii B.C.); ἤ. ἤ. ταχὺ ταχύ PMag.Osl. 1.319.

3. opp. to the future or past, actually, now, οὐκ ὄναρ, ἀλλ' ὕπαρ ἤ. Od. 20.90; τοῖς μὲν γὰρ ἤ., τοῖς δ' ἐν ὑστέρῳ χρόνῳ S. OC 614; οἱ μὲν τάχ', οἱ δ' ἐσαῦθις, οἱ δ' ἤ. E. Supp. 551; οὐ τάχ', ἀλλ' ἤ. Ar. Ra. 527; ἡ ἤ. χάρις present favour, D. 23.134; τὸ ἤ. κολάζειν X. An. 7.7.24.

4. of logical proximity, ἤ. γὰρ ἂν προστίθεσθαι Pl. Tht. 201e; τὰ ἐκ τούτων ἤ. συγκείμενα ib. 202b; πᾶς ἤ. ἂν εὕροι Id. R. 398c; ἃν σὺ ὁμολογήσῃς, ταῦτ' ἤ. ἐστὶν αὐτὰ τἀληθῆ Id. Grg. 486e; τοῦτο τοὔπος δεινὸν ἤ. Ar. Ach. 315; τὰ πάντα τὰ πράγματα διαφθείραντα ταῦτ' ἐστὶν ἤ. D. 19.19. καὶ ἤ. and further, as well, ἐμέ τε καὶ σὲ καὶ τα[]λλ' ἤ. Pl. Tht. 159b, cf. S.E. P. 1.53, 219, etc. for instance, Aen. Tact. 4.1, 10.25. only then, then and not before, τότ' ἤδη A. Pr. 911, Isoc. 12.25, Ephesians 6:9; ἐνταῦθ' ἤ. Aeschin. 3.140; κακοπαθοῦντες ἤ. τῶν λόγων ἅπτονται Th. 1.78.

5. with Sup., ὦ πάντων ἀνδρῶν ἤ. μάλιστα.. κτησάμενε up to this time, Hdt. 8.106; μέγιστος ἤ. διάπλους Th. 6.31: with Comp., ἤδη.. λόγου μέζων Hdt. 2.148.

II joined with other words of time, ἤ. νῦν now already, Il. 1.456, A. Ag. 1578; νῦν ἤ. Od. 23.54, S. Ant. 801 (anap.); ἤ. ποτέ Il. 1.260, S. Aj. 1142, Ar. Nu. 346; ποτ' ἤ. A. Eu. 50; ἤ. πώποτε Eup. 214, Pl. R. 493d; πάλαι ἤ. S. OC 510 (lyr.); ἤ. τότε even then, Pl. R. 417b; ἐπεὶ ἤ. Od. 4.260; εἰ ἤ. Il. 22.52; τὸ τηνίκ' ἤ. S. OC 440; τὸ λοιπὸν ἤ. Id. Ph. 454; ἄλλοτε ἤ. πολλάκις Pl. R. 507a; ἤ. γε even now, D. 19.52.

III of place, ἀπὸ ταύτης ἤ. Αἴγυπτος after this Egypt begins, Hdt. 3.5, cf. 2.15, 4.99, E. Hipp. 1200; Φωκεῦσιν ἤ. ὅμορος ἡ Βοιωτία ἐστίν Th. 3.95. (In general, cf. Arist. Ph. 222b7.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἤδη, adverb (from Homer down; on the derivation see Vanicek, p. 745; Peile, p. 395), in the N. T. everywhere of time, now, already (Latinjam): Matthew 3:10; Matthew 5:28; Matthew 14:15; Mark 4:37; Mark 11:11; Luke 7:6; Luke 12:49; (Luke 24:29 T WH Tr text, L Tr marginal reading brackets); John 4:35(),; (that all things were now finished and that nothing further remained for him to do or to suffer); Acts 27:9; Romans 13:11 (that it is already time to wake up and indulge no longer in sleep); 1 Corinthians 4:8, and often; νῦν ... ἤδη, now already (Latinjam nunc): 1 John 4:3; ἤδη πότε, now at last, at length now: with future Romans 1:10; (with aorist Philippians 4:10. Synonym: see ἄρτι, at the end)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἤδη ,

adv.,

in NT, always of time; now, already: Matthew 3:10, Mark 4:37, Luke 7:6, John 4:36, al.; νῦν . . . ἤ ., now already, 1 John 4:3; ἤ . ποτέ , now at length, c. fut., Romans 1:10 (cf. ἄρτι ).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For the idea of ";logical proximity and immediateness"; (cf. Bäumlein Griech. Partikeln, p. 138 ff.) which underlies this word and is perhaps to be seen in 1 Corinthians 6:7 (cf. Ellicott ad l.), we may cite the common use of the adverb in magical incantations, e.g. P Par 574.1245 (iii/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 114) ἔξελθε, δαῖμον, . . . καὶ ἀπόστηθι ἀπὸ τοῦ δ (ε)ῖ (να) ἄρτι ἄρτι ἤδη, P Lond 121.873 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 96) ἐν [τ ]ῇ ἄρτι ὤρᾳ ἤδη ἤδη ταχὺ ταχύ : see also Deissmann BS, p. 289, Archiv i. p. 426. Other examples of the word are P Fay 109.4 (early i/A.D.) τοὺς τρεῖς στατῆρες (l. –ας) οὓς εἴρηκέ σοι Σέλευκος δῶναί μοι ἤδη δὸς Κλέωνι, ";the three staters which S. told you to give me, now give to C.,"; P Ryl II. 77.46 (A.D. 192) κα [ὶ ] ὀφείλει στεφῆναι, ἤδη γὰρ ἡ ἀρχὴ ἀδιάπτωτός ἐστιν τῇ πόλ (ει), ";and he ought to be crowned, for the office is now secured to the city"; (Edd.). For ἤδη οὖν see P Tebt II. 423.4 (early iii/A.D.) ε ̣̀μ ̣αθον εἰληφότα παρ᾽ Ἀματί [ο ]υ τὸν ἄρακα. ἤδη οὖν ὡς δι [ε ]τάγη χωρησάτω εἰς τὴν Τ ̣βεκλ ̣υ ̣̑τιν ̣ χορτάρακός τε καὶ ἄρακος μ [ο ]ν ̣α ̣χὸς ε ̣ἰς σπέρματα, ";I have learned that you have received the aracus from Amatius. Now therefore, as was ordered, let the grass-aracus and the aracus go alone to Tbeklutis for seed,"; and for ἤδη ποτέ, ";now at length,"; as in Romans 1:10 (";some near day at last,"; SH), Philippians 4:10, see the ostrakon from Thebes of A.D. 192 published in LAE, p. 186 (= Meyer Ostr 57.6) καὶ ἤδη ποτὲ δὸς τῇ ἐμῇ παιδίσκῃ τὰς τοῦ πυ (ροῦ), ";and now at length give my maid the (artabae) of wheat"; : cf. also Epict iii. 24. 9 οὐκ ἀπογαλακτίσομεν ἤδη ποθ᾽ ἑαυτούς;

List of Word Forms

ηδη ήδη ἤδη πάλαι ede ēdē ḗde ḗdē palai pálai