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 28:9 | And (de | δέ | conj) when this happened, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured. |
| Acts 28:11 | After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had wintered at the island, a ship of Alexandria, with the “Heavenly Twins” as a figurehead. |
| Acts 28:16 | And (de | δέ | conj) when we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with a soldier guarding him. |
| Acts 28:17 | And (de | δέ | conj) it happened that after three days Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. And (de | δέ | conj) when they gathered, he said to them: “My brothers, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. |
| Acts 28:19 | But (de | δέ | conj) when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, but not as though I had some charge to bring against my own people. |
| Acts 28:21 | And (de | δέ | conj) they said to him, “We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or spoken any bad about you. |
| Acts 28:22 | But (de | δέ | conj) we desire to hear from you what you think, for with regard to this sect it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.” |
| Acts 28:23 | When they had arranged a day to meet with him, many came to him at his lodging, and he expounded to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning till evening. |
| Acts 28:24 | saying, some were convinced by what he said, but (de | δέ | particle) others refused to believe. |
| Acts 28:25 | And (de | δέ | conj) not being in harmony among themselves, they departed after Paul made one further statement. “The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet: |
| Acts 28:30 | Paul lived there two whole years in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to him, |
| Romans 1:12 | that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, I by yours and you by mine. |
| Romans 1:13 | I want you to know, brethren, that I often intended to come to you (but have been prevented until now) so that I might have some fruit among you, just as among the rest of the Gentiles. |
| Romans 1:17 | For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The righteous by faith will live.” |
| Romans 2:2 | And (de | δέ | conj) we know that the judgment of God is according to truth with respect to those who practice such things. |
| Romans 2:3 | Do you suppose, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice such things yet do them yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God? |
| Romans 2:5 | But (de | δέ | conj) because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed, |
| Romans 2:8 | but (de | δέ | particle) to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth but (de | δέ | conj) obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. |
| Romans 2:10 | but (de | δέ | conj) glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. |
| Romans 2:17 | But (de | δέ | conj) if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law, and boast in God, |
| Romans 2:25 | to be sure, circumcision is of value if you practice the law, but (de | δέ | conj) if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. |
| Romans 3:4 | By no means! Let God be true and (de | δέ | conj) every man a liar. As it is written, “so that you may be justified in your words and prevail when you are judged.” |
| Romans 3:5 | But (de | δέ | conj) if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I use a human argument!) |
| Romans 3:7 | But (de | δέ | conj) if by my lie God’s truthfulness abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? |
| Romans 3:19 | Now (de | δέ | conj) we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God. |
| Romans 3:21 | But (de | δέ | conj) now, apart from the law (although attested by the law and the prophets) the righteousness of God has been disclosed. |
| Romans 3:22 | It is the righteousness of God available through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. (There is no distinction, |
| Romans 4:3 | For what does the scripture say? “And (de | δέ | conj) Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” |
| Romans 4:4 | Now (de | δέ | conj) to the one who works, his wages are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation. |
| Romans 4:5 | But (de | δέ | conj) to the one who does not work, but (de | δέ | conj) entrusts himself to the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness. |
| Romans 4:15 | For the Law brings about wrath, but (de | δέ | conj) where there is no law, there can be no violation. |
| Romans 4:20 | He did not waver in unbelief regarding the promise of God but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, |
| Romans 4:23 | But (de | δέ | conj) the statement, “it was credited to him,” was not written for his sake alone, |
| Romans 5:3 | And (de | δέ | conj) not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, |
| Romans 5:4 | and (de | δέ | conj) endurance produces character, and (de | δέ | conj) character produces hope, |
| Romans 5:5 | and (de | δέ | conj) hope does not disappoint us, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. |
| Romans 5:8 | But (de | δέ | conj) God demonstrates his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. |
| Romans 5:11 | And (de | δέ | conj) not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we now have received reconciliation. |
| Romans 5:13 | For sin was in the world before the law was given, but (de | δέ | conj) sin is not charged when there is no law. |
| Romans 5:16 | And the gift is not like the result of that one man’s sin; for the judgment following the one transgression led to condemnation, but (de | δέ | conj) the free gift following the many transgressions led to justification. |
| Romans 5:20 | Now (de | δέ | conj) the law came in so that the transgression might increase; but (de | δέ | conj) where sin increased, grace increased all the more, |
| Romans 6:8 | Now (de | δέ | conj) if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. |
| Romans 6:10 | For the death he died, he died to sin once for all; but (de | δέ | conj) the life he lives, he lives to God. |
| Romans 6:11 | So you too consider yourselves to be dead to sin but (de | δέ | conj) alive to God in Christ Jesus. |
| Romans 6:17 | But (de | δέ | conj) thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that pattern of teaching to which you were committed, |
| Romans 6:18 | and (de | δέ | conj) having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. |
| Romans 6:22 | But (de | δέ | conj) now, freed from sin and (de | δέ | conj) enslaved to God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification, and (de | δέ | conj) its outcome, eternal life. |
| Romans 6:23 | For the wages of sin is death, but (de | δέ | conj) the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
| Romans 7:2 | Thus a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he is living; but (de | δέ | conj) if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage. |
| Romans 7:3 | Accordingly, if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress; but (de | δέ | conj) if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is not an adulteress if she marries another man. |