YEA, adv. Ya. 1. Yes; a word that expresses affirmation or assent. Will you go? Yea. It sometimes introduces a subject, with the sense of indeed, verily, truly, it is so.Yea, hath God said, ye shall not eat of every tree in the garden? Genesis 3.Let your communication be yea, yea; nay, nay. Matthew 5.2. It sometimes enforces the sense of something preceding; not only so, but more.Therein I do rejoice; yea, and will rejoice. Philippians 1.3. In Scripture, it is used to denote certainty, consistency, harmony, and stability.All the promises of God in him are yea, and in him are amen. 2 Corinthians 1.[In this use, the word may be considered a noun.]Yea is used only in the sacred and solemn style. [See Yes.]
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