Nay <1,,3756, ostrong>
"no, not," expressing a negation absolutely, is rendered "nay," e.g., in Mat 5:37, Mat 13:29, Joh 7:12, AV (RV, "not so"); Act 16:37, 2Co 1:1-19, Jam 5:12.
<2,,3780, ouchi>
a strengthened form of No. 1, is used, e.g., in Luk 12:51, Luk 13:3, Luk 13:5, Luk 16:30, Rom 3:27.
<3,,235, alla>
"but," to mark contrast or opposition, is rendered "nay" in Rom 3:31, RV, "nay" (AV, "yea"); in Rom 7:7, RV, "howbeit" (AV, "nay"); Rom 8:37, 1Co 3:2, RV; 1Co 6:8, 1Co 12:22; in Heb 3:16, RV, "nay" (AV, "howbeit").
<4,,3304, menounge>
(i.e., men oun ge), "nay rather," is rendered "nay but" in Rom 9:20 (in Rom 10:18, Phi 3:8, "yea verily," AV, "yea doubtless"). See YEA.
