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
| Acts 4:1 | And (de | δέ | conj) as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees moved in on them, |
| Acts 4:4 | And (de | δέ | conj) many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand. |
| Acts 4:5 | On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem, |
| Acts 4:13 | Seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and coming to find that they were uneducated and common men, they were astonished and recognized that as those who had been with Jesus. |
| Acts 4:15 | But (de | δέ | conj) commanding them to go outside the council, they discussed the matter with one another, |
| Acts 4:19 | But (de | δέ | conj) Peter and John said in answer to them, “Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you must judge, |
| Acts 4:21 | And (de | δέ | conj) when they had threatened them further, they let them go, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, since they all were praising God for what had happened. |
| Acts 4:23 | After they were released, they went to their friends and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. |
| Acts 4:24 | When they heard this, they lifted their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, you who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything that is in them, |
| Acts 4:32 | Now (de | δέ | conj) the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and not even one said that anything that belonged to him was his own, but everything was common property for them. |
| Acts 4:35 | and placed it at the apostles’ feet; and (de | δέ | conj) they distributed to each according as anyone had need. |
| Acts 4:36 | And (de | δέ | conj) Joseph, who was surnamed Barnabas by the apostles (when translated means, “Son of Encouragement”), a Levite, a Cypriot by race, |
| Acts 5:1 | Now (de | δέ | conj) a man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property, |
| Acts 5:3 | But (de | δέ | conj) Peter said, “Ananias, why did Satan fill your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the field? |
| Acts 5:5 | When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. Great fear gripped all who heard about it. |
| Acts 5:6 | So (de | δέ | conj) the young men came forward, wrapped him up, then carried him out and buried him. |
| Acts 5:7 | After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, unaware of what had happened. |
| Acts 5:8 | And (de | δέ | conj) Peter addressed her, “Tell me whether for so much you sold the land” And (de | δέ | conj) she said, “Yes, for so much.” |
| Acts 5:9 | And (de | δέ | conj) Peter said to her, “Why is it that you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.” |
| Acts 5:10 | And (de | δέ | conj) she fell down immediately at his feet and breathed her last. When the young men came in and found her dead, they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. |
| Acts 5:12 | By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were being done among the people. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. |
| Acts 5:13 | But (de | δέ | conj) of the others no one dared to join them; however, the people held them in high regard, |
| Acts 5:14 | and (de | δέ | conj) more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women, |
| Acts 5:16 | A great number of people from the towns around Jerusalem also came, bringing the sick and those tormented by evil spirits, and they were healed, all of them. |
| Acts 5:17 | Then (de | δέ | conj) the high priest stood up and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with indignation, |
| Acts 5:19 | But (de | δέ | conj) an angel of the Lord during the night opened the doors of the prison and brought them out and said, |
| Acts 5:21 | And (de | δέ | conj) when they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and began to teach. But (de | δέ | conj) when the high priest came, and those who were with him, they called together the council and all the elders of the sons of Israel and they sent to the prison to have them brought before them. |
| Acts 5:22 | But (de | δέ | conj) when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison, so (de | δέ | conj) they returned and reported, |
| Acts 5:23 | saying, “We found the prison locked with every security and the guards standing at the doors, but (de | δέ | conj) when we opened it we found no one inside.” |
| Acts 5:24 | On hearing these words, both the captain of the temple and the chief priests were perplexed about them, wondering what this could be. |
| Acts 5:25 | And (de | δέ | conj) someone came and reported to them, “Look! The men whom you put in the prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.” |
| Acts 5:27 | And (de | δέ | conj) they brought them and had them stand before the council. The high priest questioned them, |
| Acts 5:29 | But (de | δέ | conj) in response, Peter and the other apostles said, “It is necessary to obey God rather than men.” |
| Acts 5:33 | Now (de | δέ | conj) when they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them. |
| Acts 5:34 | But (de | δέ | conj) there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, respected by all the people, and he ordered them to put the men outside for a short time. |
| Acts 5:39 | but (de | δέ | conj) if it is of God, you will not be able to stop them; lest you be found opposing God!” They were persuaded by him, |
| Acts 6:1 | Now (de | δέ | conj) in these days when the number of the disciples was increasing, there was a complaint by the Hellenists against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food. |
| Acts 6:2 | So (de | δέ | conj) the twelve called together the entire group of disciples and said, “It is not right for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables. |
| Acts 6:3 | Therefore (de | δέ | conj), brothers, select from among you seven men of good standing, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to carry out this responsibility. |
| Acts 6:4 | But (de | δέ | conj) we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” |
| Acts 6:8 | And (de | δέ | conj) Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people. |
| Acts 6:9 | But (de | δέ | conj) there rose up some of those of the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as those from Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen. |
| Acts 7:1 | And (de | δέ | conj) the high priest said, “Are these things true?” |
| Acts 7:2 | And (de | δέ | conj) Stephen said: “My brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, |
| Acts 7:6 | And (de | δέ | conj) God spoke thus, that Abraham’s descendants would be sojourners in a foreign land, and that the people would enslave and mistreat them four hundred years. |
| Acts 7:11 | Now (de | δέ | conj) there came a famine upon all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great affliction, and our fathers could find no food. |
| Acts 7:12 | But (de | δέ | conj) Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent our fathers out on their first visit. |
| Acts 7:14 | Then (de | δέ | conj) Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five persons. |
| Acts 7:17 | “But (de | δέ | conj) as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, our people increased and multiplied in Egypt, |
| Acts 7:21 | and (de | δέ | conj) when he was abandoned, the daughter of Pharaoh rescued him and brought him up for herself as a son. |