Strong’s G2235 · Greek

ἤδη
ḗdē

Definition

even now

Etymology

apparently from G2228 (ἤ) (or possibly G2229 (ἦ)) and G1211 (δή);

Where the KJV renders it

  • already
  • (even) now (already)
  • by this time

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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