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
| John 5:29 | and will come out — those who have done good, to a resurrection unto life, and (de | δέ | conj) those who have practiced evil, to a resurrection unto condemnation. |
| John 5:34 | (Not that I accept such human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved.) |
| John 5:35 | He was a lamp that was burning and giving light, and (de | δέ | conj) you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. |
| John 5:36 | But (de | δέ | conj) I have a witness greater than that of John; for the works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me. |
| John 5:47 | But (de | δέ | conj) if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?” |
| John 6:2 | A large crowd was following him because they saw the miraculous signs he was performing on those who were sick. |
| John 6:3 | Jesus went up on the mountainside, and he sat down there with his disciples. |
| John 6:4 | (Now (de | δέ | conj) the Passover, the great festival of the Jews, was at hand.) |
| John 6:6 | He said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was about to do. |
| John 6:10 | Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” (There was plenty of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. |
| John 6:12 | And (de | δέ | conj) when the people had eaten their fill, he said to his disciples, “Gather up the leftover pieces, so that nothing will go to waste.” |
| John 6:16 | Now (de | δέ | conj) when evening had come, his disciples went down to the lake, |
| John 6:20 | But (de | δέ | conj) he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” |
| John 6:39 | And (de | δέ | conj) this is the will of the one who sent me: that of all he has given me I should lose none but raise them up on the last day. |
| John 6:51 | I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and (de | δέ | conj) the bread that I will give is my flesh — given on behalf of the world.” |
| John 6:61 | But (de | δέ | conj) Jesus, aware that his disciples were grumbling about it, said to them, “Does this offend you? |
| John 6:71 | (He was speaking of Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.) |
| John 7:2 | Now (de | δέ | conj) the Jewish festival of Tabernacles was near. |
| John 7:6 | So Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but (de | δέ | conj) your time is always here. |
| John 7:7 | The world cannot hate you, but (de | δέ | conj) it hates me because I am bearing witness against it that its works are evil. |
| John 7:9 | Having said this, he stayed behind in Galilee. |
| John 7:10 | However (de | δέ | conj), when his brothers had gone up to the festival, then Jesus himself also went up, not openly, but as it were, in private. |
| John 7:12 | And there was a lot of secret discussion about him among the crowds; some were saying, “He is a good man,” but (de | δέ | particle) others were saying, “No, to the contrary, he is leading people astray.” |
| John 7:14 | About halfway through the festival Jesus went up to the temple and began to teach. |
| John 7:18 | The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own honor; but (de | δέ | conj) the one who seeks the honor of the one who sent him is truthful, and in him there is nothing false. |
| John 7:27 | Yet we know where this man is from; when the Christ appears, no one will know where he is from.” |
| John 7:31 | Yet (de | δέ | conj) many of the crowd believed in him, saying, “When the Christ comes, he will not perform more miraculous signs than this man has, will he?” |
| John 7:37 | On the last day of the festival, the great day, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. |
| John 7:39 | Now (de | δέ | conj) he said this about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet present, because Jesus had not yet been glorified. |
| John 7:41 | Others were saying, “This man is the Christ.” But (de | δέ | particle) others were saying, “Surely the Christ does not come from Galilee, does he? |
| John 7:44 | Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him. |
| John 8:1 | but (de | δέ | conj) Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. |
| John 8:2 | Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people were coming to him, and he sat down and began to teach them. |
| John 8:3 | The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and making her stand before them, |
| John 8:5 | Moses commanded us in the law to stone to death such women. But you, what do you say?” |
| John 8:6 | (They said this as a trap, so they could have some basis for accusing him.) Jesus bent down and started writing on the ground with his finger. |
| John 8:7 | When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “The man among you without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” |
| John 8:9 | At (de | δέ | conj) this (de | δέ | conj), those who had heard began to leave one by one, starting with the oldest; and Jesus alone was left, with the woman standing before him. |
| John 8:10 | Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?” |
| John 8:11 | She said, “No one, Lord.” Then (de | δέ | conj) Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.” |
| John 8:14 | Jesus answered them, saying, “Even if I am bearing witness about myself, my testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. You, on (de | δέ | conj) the other hand, do not know where I come from or where I am going. |
| John 8:16 | But (de | δέ | conj) even if I do judge, my judgment is trustworthy, because it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me. |
| John 8:17 | In your own law it is written that the testimony of two men is conclusive. |
| John 8:35 | A slave does not remain in the house forever, but a son remains forever. |
| John 8:40 | But (de | δέ | conj) now you are intent on killing me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did! |
| John 8:45 | Yet (de | δέ | conj) because I am speaking the truth, you do not believe me. |
| John 8:50 | I am not seeking glory for myself; there is one who seeks it and he is the one who judges. |
| John 8:55 | And you have not known him, but (de | δέ | conj) I know him. If I were to say that I did not know him, I would be like you, a liar; but I do know him, and I keep his word. |
| John 8:59 | Then they picked up stones to throw at him; but (de | δέ | conj) Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple. |
| John 9:14 | Now (de | δέ | conj) it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. |