Strong G2235ἤδη
already
- Transliteration
- ēdē
- Pronunciation
- ay'-day
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἤδη
adv.,
in NT, always of time; now, already: Mat.3:10, Mrk.4:37, Luk.7:6, Jhn.4:36, al.; νῦν... ἤ., now already, 1Jn.4:3; ἤ. ποτέ, now at length, with fut., Rom.1:10 (cf. ἄρτι)
(AS)
adv.,
in NT, always of time; now, already: Mat.3:10, Mrk.4:37, Luk.7:6, Jhn.4:36, al.; νῦν... ἤ., now already, 1Jn.4:3; ἤ. ποτέ, now at length, with fut., Rom.1:10 (cf. ἄρτι)
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2235 appears in 54 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- now32
- already17
- be3
- yet2
- as1
- time1
First verses
- Matthew 3:10And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
- Matthew 5:28But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
- Matthew 14:15And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
- Matthew 14:24But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
- Matthew 15:32Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
- Matthew 17:12But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
- Matthew 24:32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
- Mark 4:37And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
- Mark 6:35And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:
- Mark 8:2I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
- Mark 11:11And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.
- Mark 13:28Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
- Mark 15:42And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
- Mark 15:44And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
- Luke 3:9And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
- Luke 7:6Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:
- Luke 11:7And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
- Luke 12:49I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
- Luke 14:17And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
- Luke 19:37And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἤδη,
adverb:
1 already, by this time, νὺξ ἤ. τελέθει 'tis already night, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.282; ἤ. Τρώεσσιν ὀλέθρου πείρατ᾽ ἐφῆπται [prev. work] 402)]: with numerals, ἤ. γὰρ τρίτον ἔτος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.89; τρίτην ἤ. ἡμέραν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 309d; ἔτος τόδ᾽ ἤ. δέκατον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 312)]; ἦν δ᾽ ἦμαρ ἤ. δεύτερον[Refs ([prev. work] 354; τελοῦντες ἕκτον ἕβδομόν τ᾽ ἤ. δρόμον [prev. author] “El.” 726; ἤ. γὰρ πολὺς ἐκτέταται χρόνος [prev. author] “Aj.” 1402.)]
2 forthwith, immediately, φρονέω δὲ διακρινθήμεναι ἤ. Ἁργείους καὶ Τρῶας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.98; λέξον νῦν με τάχιστα, ὄφρα καὶ ἤδη.. ταρπώμεθα κοιμηθέντες 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.635, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.294; ἤ. νῦν.. μεγάλ᾽ εὔχεο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.844)]; στείχοις ἂν ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 624)]; ἤδη.. στέλλεσθ; [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 466)]; μετὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 655)]; ἤ. ποτέ now at length, Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 87.8 (2nd c.AD))]; on the verso of a letter, urgent, immediate, PCair. Zen.154 [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ((3rd c.BC))]; ἤ. ἤ. ταχὺ ταχύ [Refs (“PMag.Osl.” 1.319.)]
3 opposed to to the future or past, actually, now, οὐκ ὄναρ, ἀλλ᾽ ὕπαρ ἤ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.90; τοῖς μὲν γὰρ ἤ., τοῖς δ᾽ ἐν ὑστέρῳ χρόνῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 614)]; οἱ μὲν τάχ᾽, οἱ δ᾽ ἐσαῦθις, οἱ δ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 551)]; οὐ τάχ᾽, ἀλλ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 527)]; ἡ ἤ. χάρις present favour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.134; τὸ ἤ. κολάζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.24.)]
4 of logical proximity, ἤ. γὰρ ἂν προστίθεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 201e)]; τὰ ἐκ τούτων ἤ. συγκείμενα[Refs ([prev. work] 202b; πᾶς ἤ. ἂν εὕροι [prev. author] “R.” 398c; ἃν σὺ ὁμολογήσῃς, ταῦτ᾽ ἤ. ἐστὶν αὐτὰ τἀληθῆ [prev. author] “Grg.” 486e)]; τοῦτο τοὔπος δεινὸν ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 315)]; τὰ πάντα τὰ πράγματα διαφθείραντα ταῦτ᾽ ἐστὶν ἤ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.19.)]
4.b καὶ ἤ. and further, as well, ἐμέ τε καὶ σὲ καὶ τἆλλ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 159b, compare 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.53, 219, etc.)]
4.c for instance, [Refs (Aen. Tact. 4.1, 10.25.)]
4.d only then, then and not before, τότ᾽ ἤδη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 911, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.25, “Ep.” 6.9)]; ἐνταῦθ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.140; κακοπαθοῦντες ἤ. τῶν λόγων ἅπτονται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.78.)]
5 with superlative, ὦ πάντων ἀνδρῶν ἤ. μάλιστα.. κτησάμενε up to this time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.106; μέγιστος ἤ. διάπλους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.31)]: with comparative, ἤδη.. λόγου μέζων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.148.)]
II joined with other words of time, ἤ. νῦν now already, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.456, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1578)]; νῦν ἤ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.54, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 801 (_anapaest meter_); ἤ. ποτέ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.260, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1142, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 346)]; ποτ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 50; ἤ. πώποτε 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 214, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 493d)]; πάλαι ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 510 (Lyric poetry))]; ἤ. τότε even then, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 417b)]; ἐπεὶ ἤ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.260)]; εἰ ἤ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.52)]; τὸ τηνίκ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 440)]; τὸ λοιπὸν ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 454; ἄλλοτε ἤ. πολλάκις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 507a)]; ἤ. γε even now, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.52.)]
III of place, ἀπὸ ταύτης ἤ. Αἴγυπτος after this Egypt begins, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.5, compare 2.15, 4.99, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1200; Φωκεῦσιν ἤ. ὅμορος ἡ Βοιωτία ἐστίν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.95. (In general, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 222b7.))]
adverb:
1 already, by this time, νὺξ ἤ. τελέθει 'tis already night, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.282; ἤ. Τρώεσσιν ὀλέθρου πείρατ᾽ ἐφῆπται [prev. work] 402)]: with numerals, ἤ. γὰρ τρίτον ἔτος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.89; τρίτην ἤ. ἡμέραν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 309d; ἔτος τόδ᾽ ἤ. δέκατον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 312)]; ἦν δ᾽ ἦμαρ ἤ. δεύτερον[Refs ([prev. work] 354; τελοῦντες ἕκτον ἕβδομόν τ᾽ ἤ. δρόμον [prev. author] “El.” 726; ἤ. γὰρ πολὺς ἐκτέταται χρόνος [prev. author] “Aj.” 1402.)]
2 forthwith, immediately, φρονέω δὲ διακρινθήμεναι ἤ. Ἁργείους καὶ Τρῶας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.98; λέξον νῦν με τάχιστα, ὄφρα καὶ ἤδη.. ταρπώμεθα κοιμηθέντες 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.635, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.294; ἤ. νῦν.. μεγάλ᾽ εὔχεο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.844)]; στείχοις ἂν ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 624)]; ἤδη.. στέλλεσθ; [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 466)]; μετὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 655)]; ἤ. ποτέ now at length, Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 87.8 (2nd c.AD))]; on the verso of a letter, urgent, immediate, PCair. Zen.154 [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ((3rd c.BC))]; ἤ. ἤ. ταχὺ ταχύ [Refs (“PMag.Osl.” 1.319.)]
3 opposed to to the future or past, actually, now, οὐκ ὄναρ, ἀλλ᾽ ὕπαρ ἤ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.90; τοῖς μὲν γὰρ ἤ., τοῖς δ᾽ ἐν ὑστέρῳ χρόνῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 614)]; οἱ μὲν τάχ᾽, οἱ δ᾽ ἐσαῦθις, οἱ δ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 551)]; οὐ τάχ᾽, ἀλλ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 527)]; ἡ ἤ. χάρις present favour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.134; τὸ ἤ. κολάζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.24.)]
4 of logical proximity, ἤ. γὰρ ἂν προστίθεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 201e)]; τὰ ἐκ τούτων ἤ. συγκείμενα[Refs ([prev. work] 202b; πᾶς ἤ. ἂν εὕροι [prev. author] “R.” 398c; ἃν σὺ ὁμολογήσῃς, ταῦτ᾽ ἤ. ἐστὶν αὐτὰ τἀληθῆ [prev. author] “Grg.” 486e)]; τοῦτο τοὔπος δεινὸν ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 315)]; τὰ πάντα τὰ πράγματα διαφθείραντα ταῦτ᾽ ἐστὶν ἤ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.19.)]
4.b καὶ ἤ. and further, as well, ἐμέ τε καὶ σὲ καὶ τἆλλ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 159b, compare 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.53, 219, etc.)]
4.c for instance, [Refs (Aen. Tact. 4.1, 10.25.)]
4.d only then, then and not before, τότ᾽ ἤδη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 911, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.25, “Ep.” 6.9)]; ἐνταῦθ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.140; κακοπαθοῦντες ἤ. τῶν λόγων ἅπτονται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.78.)]
5 with superlative, ὦ πάντων ἀνδρῶν ἤ. μάλιστα.. κτησάμενε up to this time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.106; μέγιστος ἤ. διάπλους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.31)]: with comparative, ἤδη.. λόγου μέζων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.148.)]
II joined with other words of time, ἤ. νῦν now already, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.456, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1578)]; νῦν ἤ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.54, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 801 (_anapaest meter_); ἤ. ποτέ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.260, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1142, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 346)]; ποτ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 50; ἤ. πώποτε 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 214, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 493d)]; πάλαι ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 510 (Lyric poetry))]; ἤ. τότε even then, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 417b)]; ἐπεὶ ἤ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.260)]; εἰ ἤ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.52)]; τὸ τηνίκ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 440)]; τὸ λοιπὸν ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 454; ἄλλοτε ἤ. πολλάκις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 507a)]; ἤ. γε even now, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.52.)]
III of place, ἀπὸ ταύτης ἤ. Αἴγυπτος after this Egypt begins, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.5, compare 2.15, 4.99, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1200; Φωκεῦσιν ἤ. ὅμορος ἡ Βοιωτία ἐστίν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.95. (In general, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 222b7.))]