Keraia
Lexicon

δέ

dethenHow to read Greek
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. 1 Corinthians 15:27δὲ · Now
    For “God has put everything under His feet.” Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this clearly does not include the One who put everything under Him.
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:28δὲ · And
    And when all things have been subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will be made subject to Him who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all.
  3. 1 Corinthians 15:35δὲ
    But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”
  4. 1 Corinthians 15:38δὲ · But
    But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.
  5. 1 Corinthians 15:39δὲ; δὲ; δὲ · and
    Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.
  6. 1 Corinthians 15:40δὲ · and
    There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.
  7. 1 Corinthians 15:50δέ · Now
    Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
  8. 1 Corinthians 15:51δὲ · but
    Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
  9. 1 Corinthians 15:54δὲ
    When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
  10. 1 Corinthians 15:56δὲ; δὲ · and
    The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
  11. 1 Corinthians 15:57δὲ · But
    But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
  12. 1 Corinthians 16:1δὲ · Now
    Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:
  13. 1 Corinthians 16:3δὲ · Then
    Then, on my arrival, I will send letters with those you recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.
  14. 1 Corinthians 16:4δὲ · And
    And if it is advisable for me to go also, they can travel with me.
  15. 1 Corinthians 16:5δὲ · however
    After I go through Macedonia, however, I will come to you; for I will be going through Macedonia.
  16. 1 Corinthians 16:6δὲ
    Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go.
  17. 1 Corinthians 16:8δὲ · But
    But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
  18. 1 Corinthians 16:10δὲ
    If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, just as I am.
  19. 1 Corinthians 16:11δὲ
    No one, then, should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he can return to me, for I am expecting him along with the brothers.
  20. 1 Corinthians 16:12δὲ · Now; δὲ · but
    Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was not at all inclined to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.
  21. 1 Corinthians 16:15δὲ · Now
    You know that Stephanas and his household were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Now I urge you, brothers,
  22. 1 Corinthians 16:17δὲ
    I am glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you.
  23. 2 Corinthians 1:6δὲ
    If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.
  24. 2 Corinthians 1:12δὲ · and
    For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
  25. 2 Corinthians 1:13δὲ · And
    For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,
  26. 2 Corinthians 1:18δὲ · But [as surely as]
    But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
  27. 2 Corinthians 1:21δὲ · Now
    Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
  28. 2 Corinthians 1:23δὲ
    I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
  29. 2 Corinthians 2:5δέ · Now
    Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.
  30. 2 Corinthians 2:10δέ
    If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,
  31. 2 Corinthians 2:12δὲ · Now
    Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
  32. 2 Corinthians 2:14δὲ · But
    But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
  33. 2 Corinthians 2:16δὲ
    To the one we are an odor that brings death, to the other a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?
  34. 2 Corinthians 3:4δὲ
    Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.
  35. 2 Corinthians 3:6δὲ · but
    And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
  36. 2 Corinthians 3:7δὲ · Now
    Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,
  37. 2 Corinthians 3:16δὲ · But
    But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
  38. 2 Corinthians 3:17δὲ · Now; δὲ · and
    Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
  39. 2 Corinthians 3:18δὲ · And
    And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
  40. 2 Corinthians 4:3δὲ · And
    And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
  41. 2 Corinthians 4:5δὲ · and
    For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
  42. 2 Corinthians 4:7δὲ · Now
    Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
  43. 2 Corinthians 4:12δὲ · but
    So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
  44. 2 Corinthians 4:13δὲ · And
    And in keeping with what is written, “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,
  45. 2 Corinthians 4:18δὲ · but
    So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.