ede marks a state, action, or stage as having been reached before the point under discussion.

The adverb marks an action as completed, a condition as already present, or a point in time as already reached before the situation being described: judgment has been made, evening has come, a crowd has remained for days, and a person is already dead.

1. Previously reached action, state, or time · dominant

   The adverb places the surrounding action or condition before the clause's present reference point. In 1 Corinthians 5:3 the APB renders prior judgment as "already judged"; in Acts 4:3 evening "had already come" before custody until the next day; in John 19:33 Jesus is "already dead" when the soldiers arrive; and in Luke 14:17 everything is "already ready" when the invitation is sent.

   1 Corinthians 4:81 Corinthians 5:3Acts 4:3John 19:33Luke 14:17Mark 8:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses "already" for the temporal framing, including completed acts, present conditions, and elapsed time; it also uses expressions such as "by now" and "Even now." These renderings confirm the verse-level temporal setting rather than fixing a separate English equivalent in every clause.