ναί

ναί

particle of affirmation,

yea, verily, even so; in answer to a question: Matt 9,28; 13,51; 17,25; 21,16, Joh 11,27; 21,15-16, ApG 5,8; 22,27, Rom 3,29; before λέγω ὑμῖν, Matt 11,9, Luk 7,26; repeated for emphasis, ναὶ ναί (opposite to oὒ oὔ): Matt 5,37 ἤτω ὑμῶν τὸ ναὶ ναί, Jak 5,12 ν. καὶ οὔ, 2 Kor 1,18-19; ἵνα ᾖ . . . τὸ ναὶ ναί, 2 Kor 1,17 τὸ ν., 2 Kor 1,20 in assent to an assertion: Matt 15,27, Mark 7,28, Åb 14,13; 16,7; in confirmation of a previous assertion: Matt 11,26, Luk 10,21; 11,51; 12,5, Fil 4,3, Phm 20; in solemn asseveration Åb 1,7; 22,20.†