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 14:12 | Then (de | δέ | conj) he also said to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner do not invite your friends, or your brothers, or or rich neighbors, in case they also invite you in return, and there would be a repayment to you. |
| Luke 14:15 | When one of those reclining at table with him heard him say these things, he said to him, “Blessed is the person who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” |
| Luke 14:16 | But (de | δέ | conj) he said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests. |
| Luke 14:25 | Great crowds of people were traveling with him, and he turned and said to them, |
| Luke 14:32 | And (de | δέ | conj) if not, while he is yet a great way off, he will send a delegation and ask for terms of peace. |
| Luke 14:34 | “Salt, then, is good; but (de | δέ | conj) if salt has become insipid, with what shall it be seasoned? |
| Luke 15:1 | Now (de | δέ | conj) all the tax collectors and the sinners used to come near to listen to him. |
| Luke 15:3 | So (de | δέ | conj) he told them this parable. |
| Luke 15:11 | Then (de | δέ | conj) he said, “A certain man had two sons. |
| Luke 15:12 | The younger of them said to the father, ‘Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.’ So (de | δέ | conj) he divided the estate between them. |
| Luke 15:14 | When he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need. |
| Luke 15:17 | “Coming to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread, but (de | δέ | conj) here I am, dying from hunger! |
| Luke 15:20 | So he left that place and went to his father. While he was still a long way from home, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and fell upon his neck and kissed him. |
| Luke 15:21 | And (de | δέ | conj) the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ |
| Luke 15:22 | But (de | δέ | conj) the father said to his servants, ‘Quickly bring out a robe — the best one — and put it on him, and give him a ring for his finger, and sandals for his feet. |
| Luke 15:25 | “Meanwhile (de | δέ | conj) his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. |
| Luke 15:27 | The servant said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, he received him back safe and sound.’ |
| Luke 15:28 | But (de | δέ | conj) the older son became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and began to appeal to him, |
| Luke 15:29 | but (de | δέ | conj) he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disregarded a command of yours, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends. |
| Luke 15:30 | But (de | δέ | conj) when this son of yours came, who has consumed your estate with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’ |
| Luke 15:31 | Then (de | δέ | conj) the father said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. |
| Luke 15:32 | We had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours, was dead and has come alive; he was lost and has been found.’” |
| Luke 16:1 | Then (de | δέ | conj) Jesus also said to his disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his assets. |
| Luke 16:3 | And (de | δέ | conj) the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. |
| Luke 16:6 | He said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ So (de | δέ | conj) he told him, ‘Take your contract, sit down quickly, and write fifty.’ |
| Luke 16:7 | Then he said to another, ‘And (de | δέ | conj) how much do you owe?’ He answered, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your contract, and write eighty.’ |
| Luke 16:14 | The Pharisees (who were lovers of money) heard all these things, and they ridiculed him. |
| Luke 16:15 | And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but (de | δέ | conj) God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination before God. |
| Luke 16:17 | It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for the smallest part of a single letter in the law to lose its force. |
| Luke 16:19 | A certain man was rich, and he was dressed in purple and fine linen and he made merry every day in a luxurious manner. |
| Luke 16:20 | And (de | δέ | conj) a poor man by the name of Lazarus, who was covered with sores, was laid at the gate, |
| Luke 16:22 | The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, |
| Luke 16:25 | But (de | δέ | conj) Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you received your good things during your lifetime, and Lazarus correspondingly received bad things; but (de | δέ | conj) now he is comforted here, and (de | δέ | conj) you are in anguish. |
| Luke 16:27 | So (de | δέ | conj) the rich man said, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to the house of my father |
| Luke 16:29 | But (de | δέ | conj) Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’ |
| Luke 16:30 | Then (de | δέ | conj) the rich man said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ |
| Luke 16:31 | He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded should someone rise from the dead.’” |
| Luke 17:1 | And (de | δέ | conj) he said to his disciples, “It is inevitable that occasions for stumbling will come, but woe to the one through whom they come! |
| Luke 17:6 | And (de | δέ | conj) the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this sycamore, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. |
| Luke 17:7 | Which one of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, who, when he comes in from the field, will say to him, ‘Come here at once and recline at dinner’? |
| Luke 17:15 | Then (de | δέ | conj) one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, returned, praising God in a loud voice, |
| Luke 17:17 | Then (de | δέ | conj) Jesus responded, saying, “Were not ten made clean? The other nine, where are they? |
| Luke 17:20 | Having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, saying, “The kingdom of God will not come with observation. |
| Luke 17:22 | And (de | δέ | conj) he said to the disciples, “Days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. |
| Luke 17:25 | But (de | δέ | conj) first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. |
| Luke 17:29 | but (de | δέ | conj) on the day in which Lot went out of Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. |
| Luke 17:33 | Whoever tries to retain his life for himself will lose it, and (d | δ᾿ | conj) whoever loses his life will preserve it. |
| Luke 17:35 | There will be two women grinding at the mill together; one will be taken and (de | δέ | conj) the other left behind.” |
| Luke 17:37 | Then the disciples said in response, “Where, Lord?” And (de | δέ | conj) he said to them, “Where the corpse is, there also the vultures will be gathered.” |
| Luke 18:1 | Then (de | δέ | conj) Jesus told them a parable to the effect that they should continue to pray at all times and never give up. |