Genesis 18:15
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
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Nay
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James 5:12
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
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Joshua
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Judges
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22 verses
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21 verses
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οὐ
ou · oo
11 times translated as this KJV form1,538 total Strong's occurrences
the absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not
Strong's KJV usage: :--+ long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 5:37Strong's last: James 5:12
Open full G3756 profile →οὐχί
ouchí · oo-khee'
5 times translated as this KJV form57 total Strong's occurrences
not indeed
Strong's KJV usage: :--nay, not.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 12:51Strong's last: Romans 3:27
Open full G3780 profile →ἀλλά
allá · al-lah'
4 times translated as this KJV form633 total Strong's occurrences
properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
Strong's KJV usage: :--and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 7:7Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 12:22
Open full G235 profile →שׁוּב
shûwb · shoob
3 times translated as this KJV form1,105 total Strong's occurrences
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Strong's KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) × again, (cause to) answer ( again), × in any case (wise), × at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, × certainly, come again (back), × consider, continually, convert, deliver (again), deny, draw back, fetch home again, × fro, get (oneself) (back) again, × give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, × needs, be past, × pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, × surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 2:17Strong's last: 1 Kings 2:20
Open full H7725 profile →לֹא
lôʼ · lo
2 times translated as this KJV form73 total Strong's occurrences
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Strong's KJV usage: × before, or else, ere, except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (× as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, surely, as truly as, of a truth, verily, for want, whether, without.
Strong's first: Genesis 18:15Strong's last: Genesis 23:11
Open full H3808 profile →אַל
ʼal · al
1 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
Strong's KJV usage: nay, neither, + never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
Strong's first: Judges 19:23Strong's last: Judges 19:23
Open full H408 profile →גַּם
gam · gam
1 times translated as this KJV form34 total Strong's occurrences
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
Strong's KJV usage: again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 6:15Strong's last: Jeremiah 6:15
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G3780
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
G235
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
G235
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
no direct Strong's tag
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
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nay
NAY, adverb [a contracted word, to deny]
1. No; a word that expresses negation.
I tell you nay but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13:3.
2. It expresses also refusal.
He that will not when he may, When he would he shall have nay
[In these senses it is now rarely used; no being substituted.]
3. Not only so; not this alone; intimating that something is to be added y way of amplification. He requested an answer; nay he urged it.
NAY, noun Denial, refusal.
NAY, verb transitive To refuse. [Not in use]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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