Strong's Greek: 2235. ἤδη (édé) -- Already, now, by this time

Strong's Lexicon

édé: Already, now, by this time

Original Word: ἤδη
Part of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: édé
Pronunciation: ay'-day
Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-day)
Definition: Already, now, by this time
Meaning: already; now at length, now after all this waiting.

Word Origin: Derived from a primary particle of time

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "édé," the concept of time fulfillment and immediacy can be seen in Hebrew words like עַתָּה (attah, Strong's H6258) meaning "now" or "at this time."

Usage: The Greek adverb "édé" is used to indicate that something has occurred or is occurring at the present moment or by a certain point in time. It often conveys a sense of immediacy or completion, suggesting that an action or state is already in effect.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the context of the New Testament, "édé" is used to emphasize the fulfillment of time or the present reality of a situation. The term reflects the Greek understanding of time as both linear and cyclical, where certain events are anticipated and then realized. In the biblical narrative, it often underscores the fulfillment of prophecy or the realization of God's promises.

HELPS Word-studies

2235 ḗdē (a temporal adverb) – already now, even now, referring to what is not yet strictly present but already (now) impacts the present (= "already now").

[2235 (ḗdē) is "a point of time preceding another point of time and implying completion – 'already'" (L & N, 1, 67.20). It often factors in something strictly future, but can include anything that is not strictly present.]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. adverb of time
Definition
already
NASB Translation
already (42), as soon as (1), now (14), soon* (1), this time (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2235: ἤδη

ἤδη, adverb (from Homer down; on the derivation see Vanicek, p. 745; Peile, p. 395), in the N. T. everywhere of time, now, already (Latinjam): Matthew 3:10; Matthew 5:28; Matthew 14:15; Mark 4:37; Mark 11:11; Luke 7:6; Luke 12:49; (Luke 24:29 T WH Tr text, L Tr marginal reading brackets); John 4:35(

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Apparently from e (or possibly e) and de; even now -- already, (even) now (already), by this time.

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Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 3:10 Adv
GRK: ἤδη δὲ ἡ
NAS: The axe is already laid at the root
KJV: And now also the axe
INT: already moreover the

Matthew 5:28 Adv
GRK: ἐπιθυμῆσαι αὐτὴν ἤδη ἐμοίχευσεν αὐτὴν
NAS: with lust for her has already committed adultery
KJV: with her already in
INT: lust after her already has committed adultery with her

Matthew 14:15 Adv
GRK: ἡ ὥρα ἤδη παρῆλθεν ἀπόλυσον
NAS: and the hour is already late;
KJV: and the time is now past; send
INT: the time already is gone by dismiss

Matthew 14:24 Adv
GRK: δὲ πλοῖον ἤδη σταδίους πολλοὺς
NAS: But the boat was already a long
KJV: was now in the midst
INT: and [the] boat now distance long

Matthew 15:32 Adv
GRK: ὄχλον ὅτι ἤδη ἡμέραι τρεῖς
NAS: they have remained with Me now three
KJV: they continue with me now three days,
INT: crowd because already days three

Matthew 17:12 Adv
GRK: ὅτι Ἠλίας ἤδη ἦλθεν καὶ
NAS: to you that Elijah already came,
KJV: Elias is come already, and they knew
INT: that Elijah already is come and

Matthew 24:32 Adv
GRK: παραβολήν ὅταν ἤδη ὁ κλάδος
NAS: its branch has already become
KJV: branch is yet tender, and
INT: parable When already the branch

Mark 4:37 Adv
GRK: πλοῖον ὥστε ἤδη γεμίζεσθαι τὸ
NAS: much that the boat was already filling
KJV: it was now full.
INT: boat so that already was filled the

Mark 6:35 Adv
GRK: Καὶ ἤδη ὥρας πολλῆς
NAS: When it was already quite late,
KJV: when the day was now far spent, his
INT: And already an hour late

Mark 6:35 Adv
GRK: τόπος καὶ ἤδη ὥρα πολλή
NAS: is desolate and it is already quite
KJV: and now the time
INT: place and already [it is] an hour late

Mark 8:2 Adv
GRK: ὄχλον ὅτι ἤδη ἡμέραι τρεῖς
NAS: they have remained with Me now three
KJV: because they have now been with me
INT: crowd because already days three

Mark 11:11 Adv
GRK: πάντα ὀψίας ἤδη οὔσης τῆς
NAS: with the twelve, since it was already late.
KJV: all things, and now the eventide
INT: all things late already being the

Mark 13:28 Adv
GRK: παραβολήν ὅταν ἤδη ὁ κλάδος
NAS: its branch has already become
KJV: branch is yet tender, and
INT: parable when already the branch

Mark 15:42 Adv
GRK: Καὶ ἤδη ὀψίας γενομένης
NAS: When evening had already come, because
KJV: And now when the even was come,
INT: And already evening having arrived

Mark 15:44 Adv
GRK: ἐθαύμασεν εἰ ἤδη τέθνηκεν καὶ
NAS: He was dead by this time, and summoning
KJV: if he were already dead: and
INT: wondered if already he were dead and

Luke 3:9 Adv
GRK: ἤδη δὲ καὶ
NAS: the axe is already laid
KJV: And now also the axe
INT: already moreover also

Luke 7:6 Adv
GRK: σὺν αὐτοῖς ἤδη δὲ αὐτοῦ
KJV: when he was now not far
INT: with them already moreover he

Luke 11:7 Adv
GRK: κόπους πάρεχε ἤδη ἡ θύρα
NAS: me; the door has already been shut
KJV: the door is now shut, and
INT: trouble cause already the door

Luke 12:49 Adv
GRK: θέλω εἰ ἤδη ἀνήφθη
NAS: I wish it were already kindled!
KJV: if it be already kindled?
INT: I wish if already it be kindled

Luke 14:17 Adv
GRK: Ἔρχεσθε ὅτι ἤδη ἕτοιμά ἐστιν
NAS: Come; for everything is ready now.'
KJV: all things are now ready.
INT: Come for now ready is

Luke 19:37 Adv
GRK: δὲ αὐτοῦ ἤδη πρὸς τῇ
KJV: was come nigh, even now at the descent
INT: moreover of him already at the

Luke 21:30 Adv
GRK: ὅταν προβάλωσιν ἤδη βλέποντες ἀφ'
NAS: that summer is now near.
KJV: When they now shoot forth, ye see
INT: when they sprout already looking [on them] of

Luke 21:30 Adv
GRK: γινώσκετε ὅτι ἤδη ἐγγὺς τὸ
KJV: summer is now nigh at hand.
INT: you know that already near the

Luke 23:44 Adv
GRK: Καὶ ἦν ἤδη ὡσεὶ ὥρα
NAS: It was now about the sixth
INT: And it was now about [the] hour

Luke 24:29 Adv
GRK: καὶ κέκλικεν ἤδη ἡ ἡμέρα
NAS: and the day is now nearly over.
INT: and has declined now the day