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νή/nē

This word may tell something about the speaker's attitude toward what he is talking about. Or it may tell something about how one group of words in the sentence is related to another group of words. It is a particle.

  • This word is used when someone is swearing that something is true. A person used this word to introduce the thing on which they swear to guarantee that what they say is true.

See: 1 Corinthians 15:31

Advice to translators: This word is sometimes translated in English as "I swear by" or "as surely as."