King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1211
Transliteration: dē
Phonetic Spelling: (day)
Part of Speech: Particle, Disjunctive Particle
Short Definition: indeed, now (used to give emphasis or urgency to a statement)
Meaning: indeed, now (used to give emphasis or urgency to a statement)
δή (shortened from ἤδη (others besides)), a particle which, the epic phrases δή τότε, δή γάρ excepted, is never placed at the beginning of a sentence, but is joined to some preceding word, and indicates that what it introduces can be taken as something settled, laid down in deed and in truth (Klotz ad Devar. ii. 2, p. 392): now therefore, then, verily, in truth, (Latinjam, igitur, sane, etc. — although neither Latin, German (nor English) has a word precisely equivalent to δή).
Word Summary
dē: indeed, now (used to give emphasis or urgency to a statement)
Original Word: δήTransliteration: dē
Phonetic Spelling: (day)
Part of Speech: Particle, Disjunctive Particle
Short Definition: indeed, now (used to give emphasis or urgency to a statement)
Meaning: indeed, now (used to give emphasis or urgency to a statement)
Strong's Concordance
also, and, doubtless, now, therefore. Probably akin to de; a particle of emphasis or explicitness; now, then, etc. -- also, and, doubtless, now, therefore.
see GREEK de
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1211: δήδή (shortened from ἤδη (others besides)), a particle which, the epic phrases δή τότε, δή γάρ excepted, is never placed at the beginning of a sentence, but is joined to some preceding word, and indicates that what it introduces can be taken as something settled, laid down in deed and in truth (Klotz ad Devar. ii. 2, p. 392): now therefore, then, verily, in truth, (Latinjam, igitur, sane, etc. — although neither Latin, German (nor English) has a word precisely equivalent to δή).
1. added to relative pronouns: ὅς δή, who is such a one as, who preeminently, who then, Matthew 13:23.
2. joined to imperatives and hortatory subjunctives it signifies that the thing enjoined must be done forthwith, at once (cf. Winers Grammar, § 43, 3 a.), so that it may be evident that it is being done (cf. Passow, i., p. 612{b}), where the Latin saysagedum,jam, German doch,nur (English, now, only, but): Luke 2:15; Acts ( 3. surely, certainly: 2 Corinthians 12:1 R G.