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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

YEA, adv. Ya.
1. Yes; a word that expresses affirmation or assent. Will you go? Yea. It sometimes introduces a subject, with the sense of indeed, verily, truly, it is so.
Yea, hath God said, ye shall not eat of every tree in the garden? Genesis 3.
Let your communication be yea, yea; nay, nay. Matthew 5.
2. It sometimes enforces the sense of something preceding; not only so, but more.
Therein I do rejoice; yea, and will rejoice. Philippians 1.
3. In Scripture, it is used to denote certainty, consistency, harmony, and stability.
All the promises of God in him are yea, and in him are amen. 2 Corinthians 1.
[In this use, the word may be considered a noun.]
Yea is used only in the sacred and solemn style. [See Yes.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an affirmative; "The yeas have it" [ant: nay] adv
1: not only so, but; "I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice" [syn: yea, yeah]

Merriam Webster's

I. adverb Etymology: Middle English ye, ya, from Old English g?a; akin to Old High German j? yes Date: before 12th century 1. yes — used in oral voting 2. more than this ; not only so but — used to introduce a more explicit or emphatic phrase <yet the impression, yea the evidence, is inescapable — J. G. Harrison> II. noun Date: 13th century 1. affirmation, assent 2. a. an affirmative vote b. a person casting a yea vote

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. & n. archaic --adv. 1 yes. 2 indeed, nay (ready, yea eager). --n. the word 'yea'. Phrases and idioms: yea and nay shilly-shally. yeas and nays affirmative and negative votes. Etymology: OE gea, ge f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Yea Yea, n. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays. Note: In the Scriptures, yea is used as a sign of certainty or stability. ``All the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen.'' --2 Cor. i. 20.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Yea Yea (y[=a] or y[=e]; 277), adv. [OE. ye, ya, [yogh]e, [yogh]a, AS. ge['a]; akin to OFries. g[=e], i[=e], OS., D., OHG., G., Dan. & Sw. ja, Icel, j[=a], Goth. ja, jai, and probably to Gr. "h^ truly, verily. [root]188. Cf. Yes.] 1. Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See Yes. Let your communication be yea, yea; nay, nay. --Matt. v. 37. 2. More than this; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition of a more specific or more emphatic clause. Cf. Nay, adv., 2. I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. --Phil. i. 18. Note: Yea sometimes introduces a clause, with the sense of indeed, verily, truly. ``Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?'' --Gen. iii. 1.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Yea is an old-fashioned, poetic, or religious word for 'yes'. CONVENTION 2. Yea is sometimes used to mean 'yes' when people are talking about voting for or agreeing to do something. The House of Commons can merely say yea or nay to the executive judgment. CONVENTION

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ya.

1. In the Old Testament:

('aph, "also," "moreover," "yea" (1Sa 21:5 the King James Version; 1Sa 24:11, etc.), gam, "also," "likewise," "moreover," "yea" (2Ki 2:3; 16:3, etc.], ki, "inasmuch," "certainly," "doubtless," "yea" (Ps 102:13; 105:12, etc.)): Each of these words occurs frequently, especially the first two.

2. In the New Testament:

In the New Testament we have: nai, "verily," "yea," the usual particle of affirmation (Mt 5:37; 9:28, etc.); de, "however," "on the other hand" (Lu 2:35; Ac 20:34 the King James Version, etc.); alla, "however," "but" (Lu 24:22 the King James Version; Ro 3:31 the King James Version, etc.); kai, "also," "besides," "yea" (Ac 3:16; 7:43 the King James Version, etc.). Christ forbids the employment of any affirmation stronger than the solemn repetition of the first mentioned (Mt 5:37).

Frank E. Hirsch

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

ad. Yes, ay, aye.

Moby Thesaurus

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