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 19:27 | There is danger not only that this trade of ours will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis is in danger of being regarded as worthless and her magnificence in danger of being destroyed, she whom all Asia and the world worship.” |
| Acts 19:28 | When they heard this, they were filled with anger and began to cry out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” |
| Acts 19:30 | But (de | δέ | conj) when Paul wanted to go in among the people, the disciples would not let him. |
| Acts 19:31 | And (de | δέ | conj) also some of the Asiarchs, being friendly to him, sent to him and urged him not to commit himself to the theater. |
| Acts 19:33 | And (de | δέ | conj) some of the crowd prompted Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And (de | δέ | conj) Alexander motioned with his hand and wanted to make a defense to the crowd. |
| Acts 19:34 | But (de | δέ | conj) when they recognized that he was a Jew, a single cry went up from them all as they cried out for about two hours, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” |
| Acts 19:35 | And (de | δέ | conj) when the city clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the temple keeper of the great Artemis and of her image that fell from heaven? |
| Acts 19:39 | But (de | δέ | conj) if you want anything in addition, it shall be settled in the legal assembly. |
| Acts 20:1 | After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them and saying farewell, he left for Macedonia. |
| Acts 20:2 | When he had gone through those parts and encouraged them with many words, he came to Greece. |
| Acts 20:4 | Sopater, the son of Pyrrhus from Berea, went with him, as (de | δέ | conj) did Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonians, Gaius a resident of Derbe, Timothy, and (de | δέ | conj) the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus. |
| Acts 20:5 | These men had gone on ahead and were waiting for us in Troas. |
| Acts 20:6 | We sailed away after the days of Unleavened Bread from Philippi and joined the others in Troas five days later, where we stayed for seven days. |
| Acts 20:7 | On the first day of the week, when we had gathered to break bread, Paul addressed them, and since he intended to leave the next day, he continued his message until midnight. |
| Acts 20:8 | There were a number of lamps in the upper room where we had gathered. |
| Acts 20:9 | And (de | δέ | conj) a young man, named Eutychus, sitting on the window ledge, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul continued to speak on and on. Overcome by sleep, he fell from the third floor and was picked up for dead. |
| Acts 20:10 | But (de | δέ | conj) Paul went down and threw himself on him, and putting his arms around him, said, “Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.” |
| Acts 20:11 | Then (de | δέ | conj) Paul went back upstairs, and after he had broken bread and eaten, he spoke with them a considerable time, until dawn, and so he departed. |
| Acts 20:12 | And (de | δέ | conj) they took the boy home alive and were encouraged not a little. |
| Acts 20:13 | We, then (de | δέ | conj), went on to the ship and set sail for Assos, where we planned to take Paul on board; for he had made this arrangement, intending himself to travel by land. |
| Acts 20:14 | When he met us at Assos, we took him on board and continued on to Mitylene. |
| Acts 20:15 | And from there we sailed away on the following day and arrived off the shore of Chios, the next day we touched at Samos, and (de | δέ | conj) the day after that we went to Miletus. |
| Acts 20:17 | From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, asking the elders of the church to come to him. |
| Acts 20:18 | And (de | δέ | conj) when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day on which I set foot in Asia, |
| Acts 20:37 | And (de | δέ | conj) there was much weeping on the part of all, and they fell on the neck of Paul and kissed him lovingly, |
| Acts 20:38 | being saddened most of all because of the word he had spoken, that no longer were they going see his face. And (de | δέ | conj) they escorted him to the ship. |
| Acts 21:1 | And (de | δέ | conj) when we had parted from them, we put out to sea and sailed on a straight course to Cos, then (de | δέ | conj) on the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara. |
| Acts 21:3 | We came in sight of Cyprus, and leaving it behind on our port side, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was to unload its cargo. |
| Acts 21:4 | After locating the disciples, we stayed there seven days; and they kept telling Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem. |
| Acts 21:5 | When our days there were ended, we departed and went on our journey, and they all, with wives and children, accompanied us until we were outside the city. Then kneeling down on the beach, we prayed |
| Acts 21:6 | and said farewell to one another. Then we went on board the ship, and (de | δέ | conj) they returned to their own homes. |
| Acts 21:7 | And (de | δέ | conj) having completed the voyage from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and we greeted the brothers and stayed one day with them. |
| Acts 21:8 | On the next day we departed and went to Caesarea. There we went into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. |
| Acts 21:9 | (He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.) |
| Acts 21:10 | While we were staying for many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. |
| Acts 21:12 | When we heard this, both we and the local people urged him not to go up to Jerusalem. |
| Acts 21:14 | And (de | δέ | conj) since he would not be persuaded, we fell silent, saying, “Let the will of the Lord be done.” |
| Acts 21:15 | After these days we got ready and started up to Jerusalem. |
| Acts 21:16 | And (de | δέ | conj) some of the disciples from Caesarea came with us, bringing Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should lodge. |
| Acts 21:17 | When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us gladly. |
| Acts 21:18 | On the following day Paul went with us to James, and all the elders were present. |
| Acts 21:20 | And (de | δέ | conj) when they heard it, they began to praise God. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of believers there are among the Jews, and they are all zealous for the law. |
| Acts 21:21 | But (de | δέ | conj) they were told about you that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children and not to walk according to our customs. |
| Acts 21:25 | But (de | δέ | conj) as for the Gentiles who have believed, we sent a letter with our judgment that they should abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality.” |
| Acts 21:27 | When the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him, |
| Acts 21:32 | At once he took along some soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and (de | δέ | conj) when they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. |
| Acts 21:34 | Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, some another, and (de | δέ | conj) since he was unable to find out the truth because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks. |
| Acts 21:35 | When he got to the stairs, Paul had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob, |
| Acts 21:37 | As he was about to be brought into the barracks, Paul said to the commanding officer, “Is it allowed for me to say something to you?” He replied, “Do you know Greek? |
| Acts 21:39 | But (de | δέ | conj) Paul replied, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, let me speak to the people.” |