Ge γέ

From God's Wiki, the Bible topic encyclopedia
Ge
γέ
Transliterationge
Strong's numberG1065
LanguageGreek
Part of speechparticle
Glossindeed
Occurrences28 in 27 verses
Most frequent inLuke (9)

Ge (Greek γέ, Strong's G1065) is a Greek particle meaning “indeed”. It occurs 28 times in 27 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

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.
2. More frequently with other particles: αλλά γε, Luk.24:21, 1Co.9:2; ἄρα γε, Mat.7:20 17:26, Act.17:27; ἆρά γε, Act.8:30; εἴ γε (Rec. εἴγε), 2Co.5:3, Gal.3:4, Eph.3:2 4:21, Col.1:23 (see Meyer, Ellic., on Ga, Eph, ll. with; Lft., on Ga, Col, ll. with); εἰ δὲ μήγε, following an affirmation, Mat.6:1, Luk.10:6 13:9; a negation, Mat.9:17, Luk.5:36, 37 14:32, 2Co.11:16; καί γε (Rec. καίγε, cl. καὶ . . . γε), Luk.19:42 (WH om.), Act.2:18 17:27; καίτοιγε (L καίτοι γε, Tr. καί τοι γε), Jhn.4:2; μενοῦνγε (see see word); μήτι γε, see: μήτι; ὄφελόν, 1Co.4:8.
† (AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVyet (2), least (1), haply (1), more (1), doubtless (1)
BSByet (2), surely (2), besides (1), even (1), it really was (1), indeed (1)

Verses

Every verse with Ge, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Luke

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Colossians

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
Dark mode