to render manifest, or evident; to make known, to tell, relate, declare, 1 Cor. 1:11; Col. 1:8; to show, point out, bring to light, 1 Cor. 3:13; to indicate, signify, Heb. 9:8; 12:27; 1 Pet. 1:11
a particle that adds an intensity of expression to a term or clause. Its simplest and most ordinary uses are when it gives impressiveness to an affirmation, indeed, really, doubtless, Mt. 13:23; or earnestness to a call, injunction, or entreaty, Lk.
to bind, tie, Mt. 13:30; 21:2; to bind, confine, Mt. 27:2; 14:3; to impede, hinder, 2 Tim. 2:9; to bind with infirmity, Lk. 13:16; to bind by a legal or moral tie, as marriage, Rom.