Greek particle · G3483
ναί
nainahee
yes
33 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: naí
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3483is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3483
yes
The King James renders it: even so, surely, truth, verily, yea, yes.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
nai is rendered "yes". It stands 33 times in the Greek text, across ten books.
- Nine of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:37Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.
Matthew 5:37ναὶ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Nine of the word's thirty-three uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Yes33
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 33, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ναὶ25
- ναί8
The grammar of each form
- particle33PRT
Matthew
nine uses
Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
- ναίnaiparticletagged: Yes
After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered.
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.
- ναίnaiparticletagged: Yes
“Yes, Lord,” she said, “even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
“Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?”
- ναίnaiparticletagged: Yes
“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”
- ναίnaiparticletagged: Yes
Luke
four uses
What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: yes
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
John
three uses
“Yes, Lord,” she answered, “I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus told him, “Shepherd My sheep.”
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
Acts
two uses
“Tell me,” said Peter, “is this the price you and your husband got for the land?” “Yes,” she answered, “that is the price.”
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he answered.
- ναίnaiparticletagged: Yes
Romans
one use
Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
2 Corinthians
six uses
When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” when I really mean “No, no”?
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: yes
But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.
- ναίnaiparticletagged: Yes
Philippians
one use
Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
Philemon
one use
Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
- ναίnaiparticletagged: Yes
James
two uses
Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: yes
Revelation
four uses
Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”
- ναίnaiparticletagged: Yes
And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
- ναὶnaiparticletagged: Yes
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.