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yea

Meaning of “yea”

1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.

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339 occurrences319 verses52 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 3:1

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Nehemiah 5:15

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But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

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1611 witness · Nehemiah 5:15 · retained source text

But the former gouernours that had bene before me, were chargeable vnto the people, and had taken of them bread, and wine, beside fourtie shekels of siluer, yea euen their seruants bare rule ouer the people: but so did not I, because of the feare of God.

Nehemiah 5:16

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Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.

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1611 witness · Nehemiah 5:16 · retained source text

Yea also I continued in the worke of this wall, neither bought wee any land: and all my seruants were gathered thither vnto the worke.

Nehemiah 6:10

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Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

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1611 witness · Nehemiah 6:10 · retained source text

Afterward I came vnto the house of Shemaiah the sonne of Delaiah, the sonne of Mehetabel, who was shut vp, and he said, Let vs meet together in the house of God, within the Temple, and let vs shut the doores of the Temple; for they will come to slay thee, yea in the night wil they come to slay thee.

Nehemiah 9:18

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Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

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1611 witness · Nehemiah 9:18 · retained source text

Yea when they had made them a molten calfe, and said, This is thy God, that brought thee vp out of Egypt, and had wrought great prouocations:

1611 marginal noteExo. 32.4.

Nehemiah 9:21

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Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

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1611 witness · Nehemiah 9:21 · retained source text

Yea fourtie yeeres diddest thou sustaine them in the wildernesse, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes wared not old, and their feet swelled not.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 8.4.

Complete reference index — all 319 verses

Genesis 3:1 Genesis 17:16 Genesis 20:6 Genesis 27:33 Leviticus 25:35 Numbers 10:32 Deuteronomy 33:3 Judges 5:29 1 Samuel 15:20 1 Samuel 21:5 1 Samuel 24:11 2 Samuel 19:30 2 Samuel 22:39 2 Kings 2:3 2 Kings 2:5 2 Kings 16:3 1 Chronicles 16:21 2 Chronicles 26:20 Ezra 9:2 Nehemiah 5:15 Nehemiah 5:16 Nehemiah 6:10 Nehemiah 9:18 Nehemiah 9:21 Esther 5:12 Job 1:15 Job 1:17 Job 2:4 Job 5:19 Job 6:10 Job 6:27 Job 6:29 Job 9:10 Job 11:15 Job 11:18 Job 11:19 Job 12:3 Job 14:10 Job 15:4 Job 15:6 Job 15:15 Job 18:5 Job 19:18 Job 20:8 Job 20:25 Job 21:7 Job 22:25 Job 25:5 Job 28:27 Job 30:2 Job 30:8 Job 30:9 Job 31:8 Job 31:11 Job 32:12 Job 33:14 Job 33:22 Job 34:12 Job 36:7 Job 40:5 Job 41:24 Psalms 7:5 Psalms 8:7 Psalms 16:6 Psalms 18:10 Psalms 18:14 Psalms 18:48 Psalms 19:10 Psalms 23:4 Psalms 25:3 Psalms 27:6 Psalms 29:5 Psalms 29:10 Psalms 31:9 Psalms 35:10 Psalms 35:15 Psalms 35:21 Psalms 35:27 Psalms 37:10 Psalms 37:36 Psalms 40:8 Psalms 41:9 Psalms 43:4 Psalms 44:22 Psalms 57:1 Psalms 58:2 Psalms 59:16 Psalms 68:3 Psalms 68:16 Psalms 68:18 Psalms 72:11 Psalms 78:19 Psalms 78:38 Psalms 78:41 Psalms 83:11 Psalms 83:17 Psalms 84:2 Psalms 84:3 Psalms 85:12 Psalms 90:17 Psalms 93:4 Psalms 94:23 Psalms 102:13 Psalms 102:26 Psalms 105:12 Psalms 105:14 Psalms 106:24 Psalms 106:37 Psalms 109:30 Psalms 116:5 Psalms 118:11 Psalms 119:34 Psalms 119:103 Psalms 119:127 Psalms 128:6 Psalms 137:1 Psalms 138:5 Psalms 139:12 Psalms 144:15 Proverbs 2:3 Proverbs 2:9 Proverbs 3:24 Proverbs 6:16 Proverbs 7:26 Proverbs 8:18 Proverbs 8:19 Proverbs 16:4 Proverbs 22:10 Proverbs 23:16 Proverbs 23:34 Proverbs 24:5 Proverbs 29:17 Proverbs 30:15 Proverbs 30:18 Proverbs 30:29 Proverbs 31:20 Ecclesiastes 1:16 Ecclesiastes 2:18 Ecclesiastes 2:23 Ecclesiastes 3:19 Ecclesiastes 4:3 Ecclesiastes 4:8 Ecclesiastes 6:6 Ecclesiastes 7:18 Ecclesiastes 8:17 Ecclesiastes 9:3 Ecclesiastes 10:3 Ecclesiastes 12:9 Song of Solomon 1:16 Song of Solomon 5:1 Song of Solomon 5:16 Song of Solomon 6:9 Song of Solomon 8:1 Isaiah 1:15 Isaiah 5:10 Isaiah 5:29 Isaiah 14:8 Isaiah 19:21 Isaiah 24:16 Isaiah 26:8 Isaiah 26:9 Isaiah 26:11 Isaiah 29:5 Isaiah 30:33 Isaiah 32:13 Isaiah 40:24 Isaiah 41:10 Isaiah 41:23 Isaiah 41:26 Isaiah 42:13 Isaiah 43:7 Isaiah 43:13 Isaiah 44:8 Isaiah 44:12 Isaiah 44:15 Isaiah 44:16 Isaiah 44:19 Isaiah 45:21 Isaiah 46:6 Isaiah 46:7 Isaiah 46:11 Isaiah 47:3 Isaiah 48:8 Isaiah 48:15 Isaiah 49:15 Isaiah 55:1 Isaiah 56:9 Isaiah 56:11 Isaiah 59:15 Isaiah 60:12 Isaiah 66:3 Jeremiah 2:37 Jeremiah 5:28 Jeremiah 8:7 Jeremiah 12:2 Jeremiah 12:6 Jeremiah 14:5 Jeremiah 14:18 Jeremiah 23:11 Jeremiah 23:26 Jeremiah 27:21 Jeremiah 31:3 Jeremiah 31:19 Jeremiah 32:41 Jeremiah 46:16 Jeremiah 51:44 Lamentations 1:8 Ezekiel 6:14 Ezekiel 16:6 Ezekiel 16:8 Ezekiel 16:9 Ezekiel 16:28 Ezekiel 16:52 Ezekiel 17:10 Ezekiel 22:2 Ezekiel 22:21 Ezekiel 22:29 Ezekiel 23:36 Ezekiel 26:18 Ezekiel 28:26 Ezekiel 32:10 Ezekiel 32:28 Ezekiel 34:6 Ezekiel 36:12 Ezekiel 37:27 Ezekiel 39:13 Daniel 8:11 Daniel 9:11 Daniel 9:21 Daniel 10:19 Daniel 11:22 Daniel 11:24 Daniel 11:26 Hosea 2:19 Hosea 4:3 Hosea 7:9 Hosea 8:10 Hosea 9:12 Hosea 9:16 Hosea 12:4 Hosea 12:11 Joel 1:16 Joel 1:18 Joel 2:3 Joel 2:19 Joel 3:4 Amos 8:6 Obadiah 1:13 Obadiah 1:16 Jonah 3:8 Micah 3:7 Nahum 1:5 Habakkuk 2:5 Zephaniah 2:1 Haggai 2:19 Zechariah 7:12 Zechariah 8:22 Zechariah 10:7 Zechariah 14:5 Zechariah 14:21 Malachi 2:2 Malachi 3:15 Malachi 4:1 Matthew 5:37 Matthew 9:28 Matthew 11:9 Matthew 13:51 Matthew 21:16 Matthew 26:60 Luke 2:35 Luke 7:26 Luke 11:28 Luke 12:5 Luke 12:57 Luke 14:26 Luke 24:22 John 11:27 John 16:2 John 16:32 John 21:15 John 21:16 Acts 3:16 Acts 3:24 Acts 5:8 Acts 7:43 Acts 20:34 Acts 22:27 Romans 3:4 Romans 3:31 Romans 8:34 Romans 14:4 Romans 15:20 1 Corinthians 1:28 1 Corinthians 2:10 1 Corinthians 4:3 1 Corinthians 9:16 1 Corinthians 15:15 1 Corinthians 16:6 2 Corinthians 1:17 2 Corinthians 1:18 2 Corinthians 1:19 2 Corinthians 1:20 2 Corinthians 5:16 2 Corinthians 7:11 2 Corinthians 7:13 2 Corinthians 8:3 Galatians 4:17 Philippians 1:18 Philippians 2:17 Philippians 3:8 2 Timothy 3:12 Philemon 1:20 Hebrews 11:36 James 2:18 James 5:12 1 Peter 5:5 2 Peter 1:13 3 John 1:12 Revelation 14:13

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Genesis 3:1 Matthew 5:37 Romans 3:4,31 Philippians 3:8 Revelation 14:13 2 Kings 2:3 Matthew 9:28 Luke 11:28 2 Corinthians 1:20 Romans 10:18 Acts 16:37 Romans 3:4 Romans 3:31 Job 21:7 Psalms 78:19 Ecclesiastes 1:16 Isaiah 48:8 Daniel 9:11 Luke 12:57

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