γέgé
indeed, at least, even (but not always translatable into English)
Greek (New Testament) · G1065
Meanings
1. used alone: Luke 11:8, Luke 18:5, Romans 8:32.
2. More frequently with other particles: αλλά γε, Luke 24:21, 1 Corinthians 9:2; ἄρα γε, Matthew 7:20, Matthew 17:26, Acts 17:27; ἆρά γε, Acts 8:30; εἴ γε (Rec. εἴγε), 2 Corinthians 5:3, Galatians 3:4, Ephesians 3:2, Ephesians 4:21, Colossians 1:23; εἰ δὲ μήγε, following an affirmation, Matthew 6:1, Luke 10:6, Luke 13:9; a negation, Matthew 9:17, Luke 5:36, Luke 5:37, Luke 14:32, 2 Corinthians 11:16; καί γε (Rec. καίγε, classical Greek καὶ... γε), Luke 19:42, Acts 2:18, Acts 17:27; καίτοιγε (L καίτοι γε, Tr. καί τοι γε), John 4:2; μενοῦνγε (see under that word); μήτι γε, see μήτι; ὄφελόν, 1 Corinthians 4:8.
Same root
- καίτοιγεkaítoige · G2544and yet indeed, i.e. although really
- μήτιγεmḗtige · G3386not at all then, i.e. not to say (the rather still)
- μενοῦνγεmenoûnge · G3304so then at least
- καίγεkaíge · G2534and at least (or even, indeed)
- εἴγεeíge · G1489if indeed, seeing that, unless, (with negative) otherwise
- εἰ δὲ μή(γε)ei dè mḗ(ge) · G1490but if not
Where it appears
Appears 26 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 6:1 “Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.
- Matthew 7:20 Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions.
- Matthew 9:17 “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the old skins would burst from the pressure, spilling the wine and ruining the skins. New wine is stored in new wineskins so that both are preserved.”
- Matthew 17:26 “They tax the people they have conquered,” Peter replied. “Well, then,” Jesus said, “the citizens are free!
- Luke 5:36 Then Jesus gave them this illustration: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and uses it to patch an old garment. For then the new garment would be ruined, and the new patch wouldn’t even match the old garment.
- Luke 5:37 “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the new wine would burst the wineskins, spilling the wine and ruining the skins.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.