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δέ

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greekNew TestamentConjunction2,794 occurrences26 books2,482 verses

Definition

δέ (before vowels δ᾽; on the general neglect of the elision in NT, see WH, App., 146; Tdf., Pr., 96),

post-positive conjunctive particle;

1. copulative, but, in the next place, and, now (Abbott, JG, 104): Matthew 1:2ff., 2 Corinthians 6:15, 16, 2 Peter 1:5-7; in repetition for emphasis, Romans 3:21, 22; 9:30, 1 Corinthians 2:6, Galatians 2:2, Philippians 2:8; in transition to something new, Matthew 1:18; 2:19, Luke 13:1, John 7:14, Acts 6:1, Romans 8:28, 1 Corinthians 7:1; 8:1, al.; in explanatory parenthesis or addition, John 3:19, Romans 5:8, 1 Corinthians 1:12, Ephesians 2:4; 5:32, al.; ὡς δέ, John 2:9; καὶ . . . δέ, but also, Matthew 10:18, Luke 1:76, John 6:51, Romans 11:23, al.; καὶ ἐὰν δέ, yea even if, John 8:16.

2. Adversative, but, on the other hand, prop., answering to a foregoing μέν (which see), and distinguishing a word or clause from one preceding (in NT most frequently without μέν; Bl., §77, 12): ἐὰν δέ, Matthew 6:14, 23, al.; ἐγὼ (σὺ, etc.) δέ, Matthew 5:22; 6:6, Mark 8:29, al.; ὁ δέ, αὐτὸς δέ, Mark 1:45, Luke 4:40, al.; after a negation, Matthew 6:19, 20, Romans 3:4, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, al.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as δέ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

2,794 total
  1. Luke 4:25δὲ · But
    But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.
  2. Luke 4:30δὲ · But
    But Jesus passed through the crowd and went on His way.
  3. Luke 4:38δὲ · After; δὲ
    After Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they appealed to Jesus on her behalf,
  4. Luke 4:39δὲ · And
    …and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them.
  5. Luke 4:40δὲ; δὲ · and
    At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.
  6. Luke 4:41δὲ
    Demons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ.
  7. Luke 4:42δὲ
    At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving.
  8. Luke 4:43δὲ · But
    But Jesus told them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, because that is why I was sent.”
  9. Luke 5:1δὲ · On one occasion
    On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,
  10. Luke 5:2δὲ
    He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.
  11. Luke 5:3δὲ; δὲ · And
    Jesus got into the boat belonging to Simon and asked him to put out a little from shore. And sitting down, He taught the people from the boat.
  12. Luke 5:4δὲ
    When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”
  13. Luke 5:5δὲ · But
    “Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”
  14. Luke 5:6δὲ · [that]
    When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to tear.
  15. Luke 5:8δὲ · When
    When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
  16. Luke 5:10δὲ · and
    …and so were his partners James and John, the sons of Zebedee. “Do not be afraid,” Jesus said to Simon. “From now on you will catch men.”
  17. Luke 5:12δὲ
    While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
  18. Luke 5:15δὲ · But
    But the news about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.
  19. Luke 5:16δὲ · Yet
    Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.
  20. Luke 5:22δὲ
    Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus replied, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?
  21. Luke 5:24δὲ · But
    But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins…” He said to the paralytic, “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
  22. Luke 5:33δὲ · Then; δὲ · but
    Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”
  23. Luke 5:34δὲ
    Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?
  24. Luke 5:35δὲ · But
    But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”
  25. Luke 5:36δὲ; δὲ
    He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old.
  26. Luke 5:37δὲ
    And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined.
  27. Luke 6:1δὲ
    One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them.
  28. Luke 6:2δὲ · But
    But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
  29. Luke 6:6δὲ
    On another Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.
  30. Luke 6:7δὲ
    Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.
  31. Luke 6:8δὲ · But; δὲ · and
    But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand among us.” So he got up and stood there.
  32. Luke 6:9δὲ · Then
    Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”
  33. Luke 6:10δὲ
    And after looking around at all of them, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and it was restored.
  34. Luke 6:11δὲ · But
    But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with rage and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.
  35. Luke 6:12δὲ
    In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
  36. Luke 6:39δὲ
    Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
  37. Luke 6:40δὲ · but
    A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
  38. Luke 6:41δὲ; δὲ · but
    Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
  39. Luke 6:46δέ
    Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say?
  40. Luke 6:48δὲ · When
    He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
  41. Luke 6:49δὲ · But
    But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!”
  42. Luke 7:2δέ · [There]
    There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die.
  43. Luke 7:3δὲ · When
    When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant.