The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ναί

Lemmaναί
Citation formναί
Part of speechparticle
Glossyes, certainly, even so
Strong’sG3483
Transliterationnaí
Definitionyes
KJV glosses:--even so, surely, truth, verily, yea, yes.
Derivationa primary particle of strong affirmation
SBLGNT occurrences29

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ναὶ
particle (MorphGNT --------)Matthew 5:37
particle (MorphGNT --------)Romans 3:29
particle (MorphGNT --------)2 Corinthians 1:17
particle (MorphGNT --------)Philippians 4:3
particle (MorphGNT --------)James 5:12
ναί
particle (MorphGNT --------)Matthew 11:26
particle (MorphGNT --------)Matthew 11:9
particle (MorphGNT --------)Matthew 5:37
particle (MorphGNT --------)Luke 10:21
particle (MorphGNT --------)Luke 11:51
particle (MorphGNT --------)Luke 12:5
particle (MorphGNT --------)Luke 7:26
particle (MorphGNT --------)Philemon 1:20
particle (MorphGNT --------)Revelation 1:7
particle (MorphGNT --------)Revelation 14:13
Ναί
particle (MorphGNT --------)Matthew 13:51
particle (MorphGNT --------)Matthew 15:27
particle (MorphGNT --------)Matthew 17:25
particle (MorphGNT --------)Matthew 21:16
particle (MorphGNT --------)Matthew 9:28
particle (MorphGNT --------)John 11:27
particle (MorphGNT --------)John 21:15
particle (MorphGNT --------)John 21:16
particle (MorphGNT --------)Acts 22:27
particle (MorphGNT --------)Acts 5:8
particle (MorphGNT --------)2 Corinthians 1:20
particle (MorphGNT --------)Revelation 16:7
particle (MorphGNT --------)Revelation 22:20
Ναὶ
particle (MorphGNT --------)2 Corinthians 1:17
particle (MorphGNT --------)2 Corinthians 1:18
particle (MorphGNT --------)2 Corinthians 1:19
particle (MorphGNT --------)James 5:12

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: ναι, ναι.1.