γέ ge

Greek word for “indeed” · Strong’s G1065 · used 26 times in 25 verses

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Meaning

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);

How it is translated

Glosses given for ge in context, with how often each is used:

• indeed 14
• yet 4
• even 3
• surely 2
• also 1
• really 1
• least 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 5 (2), Matthew 6 (1), Matthew 7 (1), Matthew 9 (1), Matthew 17 (1), Luke 10 (1), Luke 11 (1), Luke 13 (1), Luke 14 (1), Luke 18 (1)

Forms

• γε 26

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ge more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• εἰ ei “if” 16
• παλαιός palaios “old” 3
• ἐκχέω ekcheō “to pour out” 3
• ἄρα ara “therefore” 3
• ἀσκός askos “wineskin” 2
• ῥήγνυμι rhēgnumi “to throw violently” 2
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 4
• νέος neos “new” 2
• οἶνος oinos “wine” 2
• καινός kainos “new” 2
• καρπός karpos “fruit” 2
• υἱός uhios “son” 3

Key verses

The verses using ge that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 6:1 — 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.
• Luke 11:8 — I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
• Luke 13:9 — And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
• Acts 8:30 — And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
• Romans 8:32 — He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
• 1 Corinthians 4:8 — Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
• 1 Corinthians 6:3 — Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
• 2 Corinthians 11:16 — I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
• Galatians 3:4 — Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
• Ephesians 3:2 — If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
• Ephesians 4:21 — If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
• Colossians 1:23 — If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.