nē

Strong’sG3513

swearing by

stem n-once in the New Testamentnever changes form

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

νή,

particle of affirmation employed in oaths,

[in LXX: ν. τ. ὑγίειαν, Ge 42:15, 16 (חֵי)*;]

by: c. acc., I Co 15:31.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3513 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidnay

a particle of attestation (accompanied by the object invoked or appealed to in confirmation); as sure as

Fromprobably an intensive form of G3483;

King JamesI protest by.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

νή,
Particle of strong affirmation, with accusative of the divinity invoked, once in Trag., ν. τὼ Λαπέρσα, ν. τὸν Εὐρώταν τρίτον, ν. τοὺς ἐν Ἄργει καὶ κατὰ Σπάρτην θεούς Refs 5th c.BC+; frequently in Comedy texts and Prose, especially in the phrase νὴ Δία, Refs 5th c.BC+; with the Article, ν. τὸν Δία Refs 4th c.BC+; with the names of other gods, usually with Article, ν. τὴν Δήμητρα Refs 5th c.BC+; ν. τὴν ἌρτεμινRefs 5th c.BC+; ν. τὼ θεώ (Demeter and Cora) Refs 5th c.BC+; ν. τὼ σιώ (of the Dioscuri) used by a Spartan, Refs 5th c.BC+; ν. τοὺς θεούς Refs 5th c.BC+; ν. τόν alone, Refs 1st c.AD+
II ν. (τὸν) Δία is also used,
II.1 in answering questions, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 in introducing objections or contentions supposed to come from antagonists, followed by γάρ, Refs; followed by ἀλλά, Refs; preceded by ἀλλά, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 to add force by way of climax, ἄλλως τε μέντοι ν. Δία πάντως καὶ.. Refs 5th c.BC+
II.4 in adjurations, Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

that is as certain1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

nē1×

1 Corinthians 15:31“that is as certain”kata hēmeran apothnēskamō, nē tan humeteran kauchēsian, han echamō en …… boast about you in Christ Jesus …