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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. Romans 5:16δὲ · but
    Again, the gift is not like the result of the one man’s sin: The judgment that followed one sin brought condemnation, but the gift that followed many trespasses brought justification.
  2. Romans 5:20δὲ; δὲ · but
    The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
  3. Romans 6:8δὲ · Now
    Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
  4. Romans 6:10δὲ · but
    The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.
  5. Romans 6:11δὲ · but
    So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
  6. Romans 6:17δὲ · But; δὲ
    But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
  7. Romans 6:18δὲ
    You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
  8. Romans 6:22δέ · But; δὲ · and; δὲ · and
    But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
  9. Romans 6:23δὲ · but
    For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  10. Romans 7:2δὲ · But
    For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
  11. Romans 7:3δὲ · but
    So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.
  12. Romans 7:6δὲ · But
    But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
  13. Romans 7:8δὲ · But
    But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
  14. Romans 7:9δὲ; δὲ · but [when]; δὲ · and
    Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
  15. Romans 7:14δὲ · but
    We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
  16. Romans 7:16δὲ · And
    And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.
  17. Romans 7:17δὲ
    In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
  18. Romans 7:18δὲ · but
    I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
  19. Romans 7:20δὲ · And
    And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
  20. Romans 7:23δὲ · But
    But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
  21. Romans 7:25δὲ; δὲ · but
    Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
  22. Romans 8:5δὲ · but
    Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
  23. Romans 8:6δὲ · but
    The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,
  24. Romans 8:8δὲ
    Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God.
  25. Romans 8:9δὲ · however; δέ · And
    You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
  26. Romans 8:10δὲ · But; δὲ · yet
    But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
  27. Romans 8:11δὲ · And
    And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
  28. Romans 8:13δὲ · but
    For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
  29. Romans 8:17δὲ · And; δὲ · and
    And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
  30. Romans 8:23δέ · that
    Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
  31. Romans 8:24δὲ · but
    For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?
  32. Romans 8:25δὲ · But
    But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.
  33. Romans 8:26δὲ
    In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.
  34. Romans 8:27δὲ · And
    And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
  35. Romans 8:28δὲ · And
    And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
  36. Romans 8:30δὲ · And; δὲ
    And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
  37. Romans 8:34δὲ · and
    Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.
  38. Romans 9:6δὲ
    It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
  39. Romans 9:10δέ · that
    Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.