Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong's Definition
a particle of attestation (accompanied by the object invoked or appealed to in confirmation); as sure as
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
by, BDAG 690, calls it a “particle of strong affirmation,” and is followed by the person or thing (in the acc) by which the person swears, 1 Cor. 15:31*
Translated in KJV as
I protest by
Etymology
probably an intensive form of G3483 (ναί);
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