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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. John 10:41δὲ
    Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
  2. John 11:1δέ · At this time
    At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
  3. John 11:2δὲ
    (Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
  4. John 11:4δὲ · [When]
    When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
  5. John 11:5δὲ · Now
    Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
  6. John 11:10δέ · But
    But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”
  7. John 11:13δὲ · but; δὲ
    They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus.
  8. John 11:18δὲ · Now
    Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,
  9. John 11:19δὲ · and
    …and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.
  10. John 11:20δὲ · but
    So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him, but Mary stayed at home.
  11. John 11:29δὲ · And
    And when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.
  12. John 11:30δὲ · Now
    Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.
  13. John 11:37δὲ · But
    But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
  14. John 11:38δὲ
    Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
  15. John 11:41δὲ · Then
    So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
  16. John 11:42δὲ
    I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”
  17. John 11:46δὲ · But
    But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
  18. John 11:49δέ · But
    But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
  19. John 11:51δὲ
    Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,
  20. John 11:55δὲ · Now
    Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
  21. John 11:57δὲ · But
    But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.
  22. John 12:2δὲ · and
    So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.
  23. John 12:3δὲ · And
    Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
  24. John 12:4δὲ · But
    But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked,
  25. John 12:6δὲ
    Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
  26. John 12:8δὲ · but
    The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
  27. John 12:10δὲ · [So]
    So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
  28. John 12:14δὲ
    Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written:
  29. John 12:20δὲ · Now
    Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
  30. John 12:23δὲ · But
    But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
  31. John 12:24δὲ · But
    Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
  32. John 12:33δὲ
    He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.
  33. John 12:37δὲ · Although
    Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him.
  34. John 12:44δὲ · Then
    Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me.
  35. John 13:1δὲ · [It was] now
    It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.
  36. John 13:7δὲ · but
    Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
  37. John 13:20δὲ · and
    Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.”
  38. John 13:28δὲ · But
    But no one at the table knew why Jesus had said this to him.
  39. John 13:30δὲ
    As soon as he had received the morsel, Judas went out into the night.
  40. John 13:36δὲ · but
    “Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”
  41. John 14:2δὲ
    In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
  42. John 14:10δὲ · Instead
    Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.
  43. John 14:11δὲ · or at least
    Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me—or at least believe on account of the works themselves.
  44. John 14:19δὲ · but
    In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.
  45. John 14:21δὲ
    Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
  46. John 14:26δὲ · But
    But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
  47. John 15:15δὲ · But
    No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
  48. John 15:19δὲ · Instead
    If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
  49. John 15:22δὲ · however
    If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.