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 22:51 | In response Jesus said, “Stop! No more of this.” And touching the ear, he healed it. |
| Luke 22:52 | Then (de | δέ | conj) Jesus said to those who had come out against him — the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders, “Why did you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs? |
| Luke 22:54 | Then (de | δέ | conj) they seized him and led him away, and brought him into the house of the high priest. Peter was following at a distance. |
| Luke 22:55 | Some people had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together. Peter sat down among them. |
| Luke 22:56 | Seeing him sitting at the fire, a certain servant girl looked at him intently and said, “This man also was with him.” |
| Luke 22:57 | But (de | δέ | conj) he denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know him!” |
| Luke 22:58 | After a little while someone else noticed him and said, “You also are one of them.” But (de | δέ | conj) Peter said, “Man, I am not!” |
| Luke 22:60 | But (de | δέ | conj) Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. |
| Luke 22:67 | and said, “If you are the Messiah, tell us.” But (de | δέ | conj) he said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe, |
| Luke 22:68 | and (de | δέ | conj) if I question you, you will not answer. |
| Luke 22:69 | But (de | δέ | conj) from now on the Son of Man shall be seated at the right hand of the power of God.” |
| Luke 22:70 | They all said, “Are you, then, the Son of God?” And (de | δέ | conj) he said to them, “You say that I am.” |
| Luke 22:71 | Then (de | δέ | conj) they said, “What further need do we have of a witness? we have heard it ourselves from his own lips.” |
| Luke 23:2 | And (de | δέ | conj) they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man trying to mislead our nation, opposing the payment of taxes to Caesar, and claiming himself to be Christ, a king.” |
| Luke 23:3 | So (de | δέ | conj) Pilate asked Jesus, saying, “Are you the king of the Jews?” In response Jesus said “You say so.” |
| Luke 23:4 | Then (de | δέ | conj) Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.” |
| Luke 23:5 | But (de | δέ | conj) they kept insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place.” |
| Luke 23:6 | Now (de | δέ | conj) when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. |
| Luke 23:8 | Upon seeing Jesus, Herod was very glad, since for a long time he had been wanting to see him, because of what he had heard about him, and he was hoping to see some miraculous sign done by him. |
| Luke 23:9 | So (de | δέ | conj) Herod questioned him with many words; but (de | δέ | conj) Jesus gave him no answer, |
| Luke 23:10 | even though the chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him. |
| Luke 23:11 | Then (de | δέ | conj), when Herod, along with his soldiers, had treated him with contempt and ridiculed him, they put an elegant robe on him, and sent him back to Pilate. |
| Luke 23:12 | And (de | δέ | conj) Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been hostile toward one other. |
| Luke 23:13 | Pilate then (de | δέ | conj) called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people, |
| Luke 23:18 | But (de | δέ | conj) they cried out together, saying, “Take this man away! Release for us Barabbas!” |
| Luke 23:20 | Once again Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, called out to them, |
| Luke 23:21 | but (de | δέ | conj) they kept shouting, saying, “Crucify, him!” |
| Luke 23:22 | A third time he spoke to them, “What evil did this man do? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him.” |
| Luke 23:23 | But (de | δέ | conj) they were insistent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified, and their cries prevailed. |
| Luke 23:25 | He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but (de | δέ | conj) he handed over Jesus to their will. |
| Luke 23:27 | And (de | δέ | conj) there followed him a great crowd of the people, and among them were women who were mourning and wailing for him. |
| Luke 23:28 | Turning to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. |
| Luke 23:32 | And (de | δέ | conj) they also led away two criminals, to be put to death with him. |
| Luke 23:33 | And when they came to the place called “The Skull,” there they crucified him and the criminals — one on his right and (de | δέ | particle) one on his left. |
| Luke 23:34 | And (de | δε | conj) Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” Then (de | δέ | conj) in order to divide up his clothing they cast lots. |
| Luke 23:35 | The people stood by, watching. The rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!” |
| Luke 23:36 | The soldiers, also, mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine |
| Luke 23:38 | In fact, there was an inscription above him, “This is the King of the Jews.” |
| Luke 23:39 | One of the criminals hanging there kept deriding him, saying, “Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!” |
| Luke 23:40 | But (de | δέ | conj) the other responded with a rebuke, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence? |
| Luke 23:41 | And we indeed justly. For we are receiving what we deserve for what we did; but (de | δέ | conj) this man has done nothing improper.” |
| Luke 23:45 | because the light of the sun had been eclipsed. The curtain of the temple was torn down the middle. |
| Luke 23:46 | Then Jesus, crying out in a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last. |
| Luke 23:47 | Now (de | δέ | conj) when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God, saying, “Truly this man was righteous!” |
| Luke 23:49 | And (de | δέ | conj) all who knew Jesus, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, were standing at a distance, watching these things. |
| Luke 23:55 | The women who had come with him from Galilee followed along behind and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid in it |
| Luke 23:56 | Then (de | δέ | conj) they returned and prepared anointing spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. |
| Luke 24:1 | But (de | δέ | conj) on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women came to the tomb, bringing the anointing spices they had prepared. |
| Luke 24:2 | They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, |
| Luke 24:3 | and (de | δέ | conj) going inside they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. |