For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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δέ (δ᾽)
Vocabulary form:
δέ
Definition:
and; but
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
2,792
GK:
1254
Mnemonic Singing:
Amazing grace how sweet the sound,
hat saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
was blind but now I see.
Notes:
dev is a postpositive. This means that it cannot be the first word in a sentence or clause, even though in your translation it is the first word. It usually is the second word and sometimes the third, e.g., oJ de; ei\pon ....
Biblical Concordance
| Matthew 5:22 | But (de | δέ | conj) I say to you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; and (d | δ᾿ | conj) whoever says to his brother, ‘Raka,’ will be liable to the council; and (d | δ᾿ | conj) whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire. |
| Matthew 5:28 | But (de | δέ | conj) I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. |
| Matthew 5:29 | If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away for it is better for you to lose a part of your body than to have your whole body thrown into hell. |
| Matthew 5:31 | “And (de | δέ | conj) it was said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a written notice of divorce.’ |
| Matthew 5:32 | But (de | δέ | conj) I say to you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman is made to commit adultery. |
| Matthew 5:33 | “Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not break an oath, but (de | δέ | conj) carry out the vows you made to the Lord.’ |
| Matthew 5:34 | But (de | δέ | conj) I say to you, do not take an oath at all; neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God, |
| Matthew 5:37 | But (de | δέ | conj) let what you say be a simple ‘Yes, or ‘No, anything more than this comes from the evil one. |
| Matthew 5:39 | But (de | δέ | conj) I say to you, do not resist the evildoer; but whoever slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other as well. |
| Matthew 5:44 | But (de | δέ | conj) I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, |
| Matthew 6:1 | “Take care not to perform your good deeds before others so as to be seen by them; otherwise you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. |
| Matthew 6:3 | But (de | δέ | conj) when you are giving alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, |
| Matthew 6:6 | But (de | δέ | conj) when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut the door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. |
| Matthew 6:7 | “And (de | δέ | conj) when you are praying, do not babble on, as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. |
| Matthew 6:15 | but (de | δέ | conj) if you do not forgive others their offenses, neither will your Father forgive your offenses. |
| Matthew 6:16 | “And (de | δέ | conj) when you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces so that they will appear to others as fasting; I tell you the truth, they have their reward. |
| Matthew 6:17 | But (de | δέ | conj) when you fast, anoint your head with oil and wash your face, |
| Matthew 6:20 | but (de | δέ | conj) lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal. |
| Matthew 6:23 | but (de | δέ | conj) if your eye is evil, your whole body will be filled with darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! |
| Matthew 6:27 | And (de | δέ | conj) which of you by being anxious can add a single cubit to his height? |
| Matthew 6:29 | but (de | δέ | conj) I say to you that not even Solomon in all his royal splendor was clothed like one of these. |
| Matthew 6:30 | Now (de | δέ | conj) if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is here today but tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? |
| Matthew 6:33 | But (de | δέ | conj) seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. |
| Matthew 7:3 | And (de | δέ | conj) why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but (de | δέ | conj) pay no attention to the log in your own eye? |
| Matthew 7:15 | “Beware of false prophets; they come to you in sheep’s clothing, but (de | δέ | conj) inwardly are ravenous wolves. |
| Matthew 7:17 | So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but (de | δέ | conj) the unhealthy tree bears bad fruit. |
| Matthew 8:1 | When he came down from the mountain, large crowds were following him. |
| Matthew 8:5 | When Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him and pleaded with him, |
| Matthew 8:10 | When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those who were following, “I tell you the truth, I have not found faith like this in anyone in Israel. |
| Matthew 8:11 | I tell you, many will come from the east and west to recline at table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, |
| Matthew 8:12 | but (de | δέ | conj) the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” |
| Matthew 8:16 | Now (de | δέ | conj) when evening came, they brought to him many who were possessed by demons, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all who were ill. |
| Matthew 8:18 | Now (de | δέ | conj) when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake. |
| Matthew 8:20 | And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have lairs and birds of the air have nests, but (de | δέ | conj) the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” |
| Matthew 8:21 | Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.” |
| Matthew 8:22 | And (de | δέ | conj) Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.” |
| Matthew 8:24 | Suddenly a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but (de | δέ | conj) he was asleep. |
| Matthew 8:27 | And (de | δέ | conj) the men were amazed and said, “What sort of man is this that even the winds and the sea obey him?” |
| Matthew 8:30 | Some distance from them there was a large herd of pigs feeding. |
| Matthew 8:31 | And (de | δέ | conj) the demons begged him, saying, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.” |
| Matthew 8:32 | And he said to them, “Be gone.” So (de | δέ | conj) they came out and went into the pigs. Then the entire herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters. |
| Matthew 8:33 | The herdsmen fled, went into the town, and told everything that had happened to the demoniacs. |
| Matthew 9:6 | But (de | δέ | conj) so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins” — he then said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your stretcher, and go to your home.” |
| Matthew 9:8 | When the crowds saw it, they were struck with awe and glorified God who had given such authority to men. |
| Matthew 9:12 | But (de | δέ | conj) when Jesus heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick. |
| Matthew 9:13 | Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the pious, but sinners, to repentance.” |
| Matthew 9:14 | Then the disciples of John came to him and asked, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast regularly, but (de | δέ | conj) your disciples do not fast?” |
| Matthew 9:15 | And Jesus said to them, “Certainly the wedding guests can’t mourn as long as the bridegroom is still with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away and then they will fast! |
| Matthew 9:16 | No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment, and the tear will be worse. |
| Matthew 9:17 | Neither is new wine poured into old wineskins. If that happens, the wineskins split, the wine pours out, and the wineskins are ruined. Instead, new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.” |