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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. Acts 10:34δὲ · Then
    Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,
  2. Acts 10:48δὲ · So
    So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.
  3. Acts 11:1δὲ · soon
    The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
  4. Acts 11:2δὲ · [So]
    So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him
  5. Acts 11:4δὲ · But
    But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:
  6. Acts 11:7δὲ · Then
    Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’
  7. Acts 11:8δέ
    ‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
  8. Acts 11:9δὲ · But
    But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’
  9. Acts 11:10δὲ
    This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.
  10. Acts 11:12δὲ; δὲ
    The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.
  11. Acts 11:13δὲ
    He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.
  12. Acts 11:15δὲ · [As]
    As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
  13. Acts 11:16δὲ · Then; δὲ · but
    Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
  14. Acts 11:18δὲ · [When]
    When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
  15. Acts 11:20δέ · But
    But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
  16. Acts 11:22δὲ · [When]
    When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
  17. Acts 11:25δὲ · Then
    Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
  18. Acts 11:26δὲ · [So]
    …and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
  19. Acts 11:27δὲ
    In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
  20. Acts 11:28δὲ
    One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)
  21. Acts 11:29δὲ · [So]
    So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
  22. Acts 12:1δὲ
    About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
  23. Acts 12:2δὲ
    He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
  24. Acts 12:3δὲ · And; δὲ
    And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
  25. Acts 12:5δὲ · but
    So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
  26. Acts 12:6δὲ
    On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
  27. Acts 12:7δὲ
    Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
  28. Acts 12:8δὲ; δὲ
    “Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
  29. Acts 12:9δὲ
    So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.
  30. Acts 12:10δὲ
    They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
  31. Acts 12:13δὲ
    He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.
  32. Acts 12:14δὲ · but
    When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”
  33. Acts 12:15δὲ; δὲ · But [when]; δὲ
    “You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
  34. Acts 12:16δὲ · But; δὲ · and
    But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.
  35. Acts 12:17δὲ
    Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
  36. Acts 12:18δὲ · At
    At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
  37. Acts 12:19δὲ · [After]
    After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
  38. Acts 12:20δὲ · Now; δὲ · and
    Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.
  39. Acts 12:21δὲ
    On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.
  40. Acts 12:22δὲ · And
    And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
  41. Acts 12:23δὲ
    Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
  42. Acts 12:24δὲ · But
    But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.