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
| Luke 11:34 | Your eye is the lamp of the body. When your eye is sound, then your whole body is full of light, but (de | δέ | conj) when it is diseased, then your body is full of darkness. |
| Luke 11:37 | When Jesus finished speaking, a Pharisee asked him to have a meal with him, so (de | δέ | conj) he went in and reclined at table. |
| Luke 11:38 | The Pharisee was surprised when he observed that Jesus did not wash first, before the meal. |
| Luke 11:39 | The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish; but (de | δέ | conj) the inside of you is full of greed and wickedness. |
| Luke 11:42 | But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, yet disregard justice and the love of God. These you should have done, without neglecting the others. |
| Luke 11:45 | One of the lawyers responded and said to him, “Teacher, in saying these things you insult us as well.” |
| Luke 11:46 | Jesus replied, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people down with burdens hard to bear, yet you yourselves will not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. |
| Luke 11:47 | Woe to you! For you build memorials to the prophets, but (de | δέ | conj) your fathers killed them. |
| Luke 11:48 | So you are witnesses: you approve of the deeds of your fathers, because while they killed them, you build the memorials. |
| Luke 12:2 | Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. |
| Luke 12:4 | “I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who can kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. |
| Luke 12:5 | I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after he kills, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear this one! |
| Luke 12:8 | “I say to you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God; |
| Luke 12:9 | but (de | δέ | conj) the one who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God. |
| Luke 12:10 | And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but (de | δέ | conj) the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. |
| Luke 12:11 | When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry: How or what words should you use in your defense? or, What should you say? |
| Luke 12:13 | Someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” |
| Luke 12:14 | But (de | δέ | conj) he said to him, “Friend, who appointed me a judge or arbitrator between you two?” |
| Luke 12:15 | And (de | δέ | conj) he said to them, “Watch out and be on guard against all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” |
| Luke 12:16 | Then (de | δέ | conj) he told a parable to them, saying: “The land of a certain rich man produced a good crop. |
| Luke 12:20 | But (de | δέ | conj) God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul will be demanded of you. And (de | δέ | conj) what you have prepared for yourself, whose will it be?’ |
| Luke 12:22 | He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will wear. |
| Luke 12:25 | And (de | δέ | conj) which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his span of life? |
| Luke 12:27 | Consider the lilies, how they grow. They neither toil nor spin, yet (de | δέ | conj) I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. |
| Luke 12:28 | If God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you people of little faith! |
| Luke 12:30 | For all the nations of the world have these things as their overriding concern, and (de | δέ | conj) your Father knows full well that you need them. |
| Luke 12:39 | “Know this: that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief would come, he would not have allowed his house be broken into. |
| Luke 12:41 | Then (de | δέ | conj) Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us or to everyone?” |
| Luke 12:45 | But (de | δέ | conj) if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk; |
| Luke 12:47 | “And (de | δέ | conj) that servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will be beaten with many blows. |
| Luke 12:48 | But (de | δέ | conj) the one who did not know, and (de | δέ | conj) did things worthy of blows, will be beaten with few blows. Everyone to whom much was given, much will be required from him, and to whom much was handed over, they will ask more of him. |
| Luke 12:50 | I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is completed! |
| Luke 12:54 | He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, rainstorm is coming,’ and so it happens. |
| Luke 12:56 | Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you do not know how to interpret this present time? |
| Luke 12:57 | “Why, indeed, do you not judge for yourselves what is right? |
| Luke 13:1 | At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. |
| Luke 13:6 | Then (de | δέ | conj) he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. |
| Luke 13:7 | And (de | δέ | conj) he said to the vineyard worker, ‘Look, for three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Remove it. Why should it use up the soil?’ |
| Luke 13:8 | And (de | δέ | conj) he answered, saying to him, ‘Sir, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. |
| Luke 13:9 | Perhaps it will bear fruit next year; but (de | δέ | conj) if not, you may remove it.’” |
| Luke 13:10 | Now (de | δέ | conj) he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath, |
| Luke 13:12 | Seeing her, Jesus called out and said to her, “Woman you are released from your weakness.” |
| Luke 13:14 | Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the ruler of the synagogue said to the crowd, “There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.” |
| Luke 13:15 | Then (de | δέ | conj) the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger to lead it away and to water it? |
| Luke 13:16 | And (de | δέ | conj) ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be released from this bondage on the day of the Sabbath?” |
| Luke 13:23 | Someone said to him, “Lord, will those who are saved be few?” And (de | δέ | conj) he said to them, |
| Luke 13:28 | There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth there, when you see Abraham and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but (de | δέ | conj) you yourselves cast outside. |
| Luke 13:35 | Behold, your house is left to you desolate. And (de | δέ | conj) I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’” |
| Luke 14:4 | But (de | δέ | conj) they remained silent. So he took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him away. |
| Luke 14:7 | He began speaking a parable to those who had been invited when he noticed how they were seeking out the places of honor. He said to them, |