Yea (yā or yĕ), adv.

(yā or yĕ) (Synop., § 130), adv. [A-S. gea, ia, O. Sax. ia, O. Fries. ie, ge, Icel., Dan., Sw., D., O. & N. H. Ger. & Goth. ja.] Yes; ay. See YES. Let your communication be yea, yea; nay, nay. Matt. v. 37. Yea 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 of the garden?” Gen. iii. 1. Yea is sometimes used to introduce an added specification, in the sense of and moreover, not only so, but also. “Therein I do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.” Phil. i. 18. It is also used substantively to denote an affirmative vote, or the one who cast such a vote; as, the yeas have it; and, in the Scriptures, as a sign of certainty or stability. “All the promises of God in him are yea, and in him amen.” 2 Cor. i. 20.