Lexical Definition

‎γέ‎ gé (gheh) indeed ^G:PRT
a primary particle of emphasis or qualification (often used with other particles prefixed)

and besides, doubtless, at least, yet.

Abbott-Smith

γε, enclitic postpositive particle, rarer in κοινή than in cl., giving special prominence to the word to which it is attached, distinguishing it as the least or the most important (Thayer, s.v.),
indeed, at least, even (but not always translatable into English);
1. used alone: Lk 11:8 18:5 Ro 8:32.
2. More freq. with other particles: αλλά γε, Lk 24:21, I Co 9:2; ἄρα γε, Mt 7:20 17:26, Ac 17:27; ἆρά γε, Ac 8:30; εἴ γε (Rec. εἴγε), II Co 5:3, Ga 3:4, Eph 3:2 4:21, Col 1:23 (v. Meyer, Ellic., on Ga, Eph, ll. c.; Lft., on Ga, Col, ll. c.); εἰ δὲ μήγε, following an affirmation, Mt 6:1, Lk 10:6 13:9; a negation, Mt 9:17, Lk 5:36, 37 14:32, II Co 11:16; καί γε (Rec. καίγε, cl. καὶ . . . γε), Lk 19:42 (WH om.), Ac 2:18 17:27; καίτοιγε (L καίτοι γε, Tr. καί τοι γε), Jo 4:2; μενοῦνγε (v. s.v.); μήτι γε, v.s. μήτι; ὄφελόν, I Co 4:8.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

γέ,

Doric dialect and Boeotian dialect γα, enclitic Particle, giving emphasis to the word or words which it follows.

__I with single words, at least, at any rate, but often only to be rendered by italics in writing, or emphasis in pronunciation: τὸ γὰρ.. σιδήρου γέ κράτος ἐστίν such is the power of iron, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἴ που πτωχῶν γέ θεοὶ.. εἰσίν if the poor have any gods to care for them,[γέ 4.366 ">Refs]; ὅ γ᾽ ἐνθάδε λεώς at any rate the people here, [γέ">Refs 5th c.BC+] not even two, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὔκουν φθόγγος γέ not the least sound, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 with Pronouns: with pronoun of 1st pers. [γέ, ἔμοιγέ (also ἔγωγα \_Laconian dialect\_, but ἐγώνγα, ἰώνγα \_Boeotian dialect\_): in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus frequently with \_Article\_ used as \_pronoun\_, see at {ὅ γέ}: with \_demonstrative\_ Pronouns, κεῖνός γέ, τοῦτό γέ, etc.: in Comedy texts coalescing with -ί final, αὑτηγί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 784 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; τουτογί, ταυταγί, etc., [γέταυθί “Th.” 646): after possess. Pronouns, ἐμόν γέ θυμόν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.425, etc.: frequently after \_relative\_ Pronouns, ὅς γέ, οἵ γέ, etc., οἵ γέ σου καθύβρισαν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1364; ὅς γ᾽ ἐξέλυσας δασμόν [prev. author] “OT” 35, etc.">Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅσον γέ χρῄζεις even as much as..,[Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely with interrogative Pronouns, τίνα γέ.. εἶπας ;[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποίου γέ τούτου πλήν γ᾽ Ὀδυσσέως ἐρεῖς ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.3 after Conjunctions, to emphasize the modification or condition introduced by the subjoined clause, πρίν γέ, before at least, sometimes repeated, οὐ μὲν.. ὀΐω πρίν γ᾽ ἀποπαύσεσθαι, πρίν γέ.. αἵματος ἆσαι Ἀρῆα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρὶν ἄν γέ or πρίν γ᾽ ἄν, [γέ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 84e; ὁπότε γέ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1699; ἐπεί γέ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.9; ἐπειδή γέ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.18; ὅπου γέ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.11 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ γέ, ἐάν γέ, if that is to say, if really, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also simply to lay stress on the condition, κἄν γέ μὴ λέγω and if I do not.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴπερ γέ if at any rate, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; ὥστε γέ (variant{ὥς γέ}), with infinitive, so far at least as to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥς γέ or ὥσπερ γέ as at least, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—γέ may follow τε, when τε is closely attached to the preceding word, ὡς οἷόν τέ γέ μάλιστα [γέ [prev. author] “Plt.” 293d; οἵ τέ γέ [prev. author] “Grg.” 454e:—for its use in opposed or disjunctive clauses, see below 11.3. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.4 after other Particles, καὶ μὴν.. γέ, οὐ μὴν.. γέ, with words intervening, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; after ἄν in apodosi, when preceded by οὐ or καί, [Refs]; ἄταρ.. γέ but yet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καίτοι γέ, see at {καί το; ἀλλά γέ} (without intervening words) is falsa lectio in [γέ), “R.” 331b (ἀλλά γέ ἕν codices, ἀλλὰ ἕν γέ 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes)">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀλλά γέ δή uncertain in [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__I.5 when preceding other Particles, γέ commonly refers to the preceding word, while the Particle retains its own force: but sometimes modifies the sense of the following Particle, γέ μήν nevertheless, πάντως γέ μήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect and Ionic dialect γέ μέν [γέ μὲν δή 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 661, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 484; γέ μέντοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 164a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.9, etc.: γέ δή">Refs 8th c.BC+] frequently strengthens an assertion, [γέ δή 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 275a (compare also 11.1)">Refs 5th c.BC+]; γέ τοι, implying that the assertion is the least that one can say, [γέ δήπου [prev. author] “Phd.” 94a, etc.">Refs 5th c.BC+]; γέ που at all events, any how, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; for γέ οὖν, see at {γοῦν}.
__II exercising an influence over the whole clause:
__II.1 epexegetic, namely, that is, Διός γέ διδόντος that is if God grant it, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κλῦθι, Ποσείδαον.., εἰ ἐτεόν γέ σός εἰμι if indeed I am really thine, [γέ">Refs] any man—at least any wise man, [Refs]; frequently preceded by καί, usually with words intervening, ἦ μὴν κελεύσω κἀπιθωΰξω γέ πρός ay and besides that.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; παρῆσάν τινες καὶ πολλοί γέ some, ay and a great many, [γέλοίως γέ [prev. author] “R.” 531a ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently with the last term in an enumeration, ταύτῃ ἄρα.. πρακτέον καὶ γυμναστέον καὶ ἐδεστέον γέ καὶ ποτέον [γέ δή [prev. author] “Tht.” 156b; repeated, συνήγαγόν μοι καί γέ ἀργύριον καί γέ χρυσίον LXX.Eccl.2.8 ">LXX]; rarely without intervening words, καί γέ ὁ θάνατος διὰ τὴν μοίρην ἔλαχεν [γέ.. ἐκχεῶ NT.Acts.2.18: hence, ">NT+5th c.BC+]
__II.2 in dialogue, in answers where something is added to the statement of the previous speaker, as ἔπεμψέ τίς σοι.. κρέα; Answ. καλῶς γέ ποιῶν yes and quite right too, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κενὸν τόδ᾽ ἄγγος, ἢ στέγέι τι; Answ. σά γ᾽ ἔνδυτα.. yes indeed, your clothes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὕτω γὰρ ἂν μάλιστα δηχθείη πόσις. Answ. σὺ δ᾽ ἂν γένοιο γ᾽ ἀθλιωτάτη γυνή yes truly, and you.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάνυ γέ yes certainly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὕτω γέ πως yes somehowso, [Refs]; sometimes preceded by καί, καὶ οὐδέν γ᾽ ἄτοπον yes and no wonder, [Refs]; sometimes ironically, εὖ γέ κηδεύεις πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 to heighten a contrast or opposition,
__II.3.a after conditional clauses, εἰ μὲν δὴ σύ γ᾽.., τῷ κε Ποσειδάων γέ.. if you do so, then at all events Poseidon will.., [Refs 8th c.BC+] {γέα}; ἐπεὶ πρὸς τοῦτο σιωπᾶν ἥδιόν σοι.. τόδε γέ εἰπέ at any rate tell me this, [γέ.. ἀλλ᾽ ἀέκοντας.. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.120. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3.b in disjunctive sentences to emphasize an alternative, ἤτοι κεῖνόν γέ.. δεῖ ἀπόλλυσθαι ἢ σέ.. [γέ ἢ ἐνθυμούμεθα ὀρθῶς τὰ πράγματα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.40; πατὴρ δ᾽ ἐμός.. ζώει ὅ γ᾽ ἢ τέθνηκε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.131, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.504 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]: also in the second clause, εἰπέ μοι, ἠὲ ἑκὼν ὑποδάμνασαι ἤ σέ γέ λαοὶ ἐχθαίρουσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.4 in exclamations, etc., ὥς γέ μή ποτ᾽ ὤφελον λαβεῖν uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in oaths, οὔτοι μὰ τὴν Δήμητρά γ᾽ variant in [γέ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 20; καὶ νὴ Δία γέ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1350, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 17.4, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 28, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 11.59, etc.: with words intervening, καὶ νὴ Δί᾽, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ἕτεροί γέ.. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 13.16; νὴ Δία, ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι, ὥρα γέ ὑμῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.37 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; merely in strong assertions, τίς ἂν φιλέοντι μάχοιτ; ἄφρων δὴ κεῖνός γέ.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.5 implying concession, εἶμί γέ well then I will go (in apodosi), [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III γέ frequently repeated in protasis and apodosis, as πρίν γέ.., πρίν γέ, see[γέ.. τινὶ μείζονι, τῇ γέ παρούσῃ ἀτιμίᾳ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.29 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; even in the same clause, οὐδέν γ᾽ ἄλλο πλήν γέ καρκίνους [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV POSITION: γέ normally follows the word which it limits; but is frequently placed immediately after the Article, as ὅ γέ πόλεμος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; or the preposition, κατά γέ τὸν σὸν λόγον [γέ ταῖς Θήβαις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1380; or δέ, νῦν δέ γέ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 144e ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ δέ γέ[Refs]; frequently in retorts, ἁμές ποκ᾽ ἦμες ἄλκιμοι νεανίαι. Answ. ἁμὲς δέ γ᾽ εἰμές [Refs]; οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὅτι λέγέις. Answ. ἡ γραῦς δέ γέ οἶδ᾽, ὡς ἐγῷμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Eccl.2.8 ☩ Acts.2.18}