Lexical Definition

‎ἤδη‎ ḗdē (ay'-day) already G:ADV
apparently from ‎ἤ‎ (or possibly ‎ἦ‎) and ‎δή‎

already, (even) now (already), by this time.

Usage: 2 forms in 82 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
Ἤδη Already Matt.3.10 • Matt.5.28 • Matt.14.15 • Matt.15.32 • Matt.17.12 • Matt.24.32 • Mark.4.37 • Mark.6.35 • Mark.6.35 • Mark.8.2 • Mark.11.11 • Mark.13.28 • Mark.15.42 • Mark.15.44 • Luke.3.9 • Luke.7.6 • Luke.11.7 • Luke.12.49 • Luke.19.37 • Luke.21.30 • Luke.21.30 • Luke.23.44 • John.3.18 • John.4.35 • John.4.51 • John.5.6 • John.6.17 • John.9.22 • John.9.27 • John.11.17 • John.11.39 • John.13.2 • John.15.3 • John.19.33 • John.21.4 • Acts.4.3 • Acts.27.9 • Acts.27.9 • Rom.4.19 • Rom.13.11 • 1Cor.4.8 • 1Cor.4.8 • 1Cor.5.3 • 1Cor.6.7 • Phil.3.12 • Phil.3.12 • 2Thess.2.7 • 1Tim.5.15 • 2Tim.2.18 • 2Tim.4.6 • 1John.2.8 • 1John.4.3
now Matt.14.24 • Luke.14.17 • Luke.24.29 • John.7.14 • John.19.28 • John.21.14 • Rom.1.10 • Phil.4.10 • 2Pet.3.1
ήδη already LXX.Gen.27.36 • LXX.Gen.43.10 • LXX.Exod.6.1 • LXX.Num.11.23 • LXX.Num.16.47 • LXX.Num.22.29 • LXX.Ruth.2.14 • LXX.Job.15.21 • LXX.Job.15.22 • LXX.Job.20.7 • LXX.Job.23.10 • LXX.Eccl.1.10 • LXX.Eccl.2.16 • LXX.Eccl.3.15 • LXX.Eccl.3.15 • LXX.Eccl.4.2 • LXX.Eccl.6.10 • LXX.Eccl.9.6 • LXX.Eccl.9.7 • LXX.Zech.7.3
urgent LXX.Job.20.22

Abbott-Smith

ἤδη adv.,
in NT, always of time; now, already: Mt 3:10, Mk 4:37, Lk 7:6, Jo 4:36, al.; νῦν . . . ἤ., now already, I Jo 4:3; ἤ. ποτέ, now at length, c. fut., Ro 1:10 (cf. ἄρτι).

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Matthew 3:10
Mark 4:37
Luke 7:6
John 4:36
Romans 1:10
1 John 4:3

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἤδη,

adverb:

__1 already, by this time, νὺξ ἤ. τελέθει 'tis already night, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with numerals, ἤ. γὰρ τρίτον ἔτος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἦν δ᾽ ἦμαρ ἤ. δεύτερον[Refs]
__2 forthwith, immediately, φρονέω δὲ διακρινθήμεναι ἤ. Ἁργείους καὶ Τρῶας [ἤδη.. ταρπώμεθα κοιμηθέντες 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.635, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.294; ἤ. νῦν.. μεγάλ᾽ εὔχεο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.844 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; στείχοις ἂν ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤδη.. στέλλεσθ; [Refs]; μετὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤ. ποτέ now at length, Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; on the verso of a letter, urgent, immediate, PCair. Zen.154 [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἤ. ἤ. ταχὺ ταχύ [Refs]
__3 opposed to to the future or past, actually, now, οὐκ ὄναρ, ἀλλ᾽ ὕπαρ ἤ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ μὲν τάχ᾽, οἱ δ᾽ ἐσαῦθις, οἱ δ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ τάχ᾽, ἀλλ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἤ. χάρις present favour, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 of logical proximity, ἤ. γὰρ ἂν προστίθεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐκ τούτων ἤ. συγκείμενα[Refs]; τοῦτο τοὔπος δεινὸν ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ πάντα τὰ πράγματα διαφθείραντα ταῦτ᾽ ἐστὶν ἤ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4.b καὶ ἤ. and further, as well, ἐμέ τε καὶ σὲ καὶ τἆλλ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4.c for instance, [Refs]
__4.d only then, then and not before, τότ᾽ ἤδη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐνταῦθ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 with superlative, ὦ πάντων ἀνδρῶν ἤ. μάλιστα.. κτησάμενε up to this time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with comparative, ἤδη.. λόγου μέζων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II joined with other words of time, ἤ. νῦν now already, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νῦν ἤ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ποτ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάλαι ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤ. τότε even then, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπεὶ ἤ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰ ἤ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ τηνίκ᾽ ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ λοιπὸν ἤ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤ. γε even now, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III of place, ἀπὸ ταύτης ἤ. Αἴγυπτος after this Egypt begins, [Refs 5th c.BC+]