Yea , n. An affirmative vote; one who
votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by
yeas and nays.
&fist; 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.
Yea (yā or yē; 277), adv. [OE. ye, ya, &yogh;e, &yogh;a, AS. geá; akin to OFries. gē, iē, OS., D., OHG., G.,
Dan. & Sw. ja, Icel, jā, Goth. ja,
jai, and probably to Gr. "h^ truly, verily. √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 Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes.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. &fist;
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.
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