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ἀλλά

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἀλλά
Greek transliteration: 
alla
Simplified transliteration: 
alla
Numbers
Strong's number: 
235
GK Number: 
247
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
638
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
particle
Gloss: 
but, instead, yet, except
Definition: 
but; however; but still more;, ἀλλάγε, at all events; ἀλλἠ, unless, except. Ἀλλά also serves to introduce a sentence with keenness and emphasis, Jn. 16:2; Rom. 6:5; 7:7; Phil. 3:8

Greek-English Concordance for ἀλλά

James 3:15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
James 4:11 Do not speak against one another, my brothers. Whoever speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) a judge of it.
1 Peter 1:15 but (alla | ἀλλά | conj), just as the one who called you is holy, so also are you to be holy in all your conduct.
1 Peter 1:19 but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) by precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ.
1 Peter 1:23 for you have been born again not of perishable seed but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) of imperishable, by means of the living and enduring word of God.
1 Peter 2:16 Live as free people, not as those using freedom as a cover-up for evil, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) as servants of God.
1 Peter 2:18 Household servants should be subject to their masters with all respect, not only to the good and kind but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) also to the unjust.
1 Peter 2:20 For what praise is there if, when you do wrong and are beaten for it, you endure it? But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) if when you do good and suffer for it you endure it, this is commendable in God’s sight.
1 Peter 2:25 For you were like sheep, going astray, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.
1 Peter 3:4 but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) let it be the inner person of the heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which in the sight of God is precious.
1 Peter 3:14 But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) even if you should suffer because of righteousness, blessed are you. And do not fear their threats or be troubled,
1 Peter 3:16 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) do it with gentleness and respect, maintaining a clear conscience, so that in the very thing for which you are being slandered, those who are reviling your good conduct in Christ will be put to shame.
1 Peter 3:21 This water prefigures baptism, which now saves you — not the removal of dirt from the body but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) the answer of a good conscience to God — by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
1 Peter 4:2 so that you no longer live your remaining days in the flesh concerned about human desires but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) about the will of God.
1 Peter 4:13 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) rejoice insofar as you now share the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed, you may also rejoice and be glad.
1 Peter 5:2 shepherd the flock of God among you, watching over it — not because you have to, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) voluntarily, as God would have it; not for shameful gain but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) eagerly.
1 Peter 5:3 Do not domineer over those entrusted to your charge, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) be examples to the flock.
2 Peter 1:16 For we did not follow cunningly crafted stories when we made known to you the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
2 Peter 1:21 for prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) men borne along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
2 Peter 2:4 For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) cast them into hell, committing them to chains of utter darkness, there to be kept until the judgment;
2 Peter 2:5 and if he did not spare the ancient world (but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) preserved Noah, the eighth, a herald of righteousness) when he brought the deluge on an ungodly world;
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not late in fulfilling his promise, as some regard lateness, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) is patient toward you, not willing that anyone should perish, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) that all should come to repentance.
1 John 2:2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) also for those of the entire world.
1 John 2:7 Dear friends, it is not a new commandment that I write to you, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) an old commandment — one that you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the message you have already heard.
1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world — the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride of possession — is not from the Father but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) from the world.
1 John 2:19 They went out from us but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) they went out from us that it might become plain that none of them are of us.
1 John 2:21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.
1 John 2:27 But the anointing you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone teach you. But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) as his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and not a lie, just as it has taught you, abide in him.
1 John 3:18 Little children, let us love, not in word or speech but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) in action and truth.
1 John 4:1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) test the spirits to find out whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
1 John 4:10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) that he loved us and sent his Son as a propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with punishment. So the one who fears has not been perfected in love.
1 John 5:6 This is the one who came by water and blood — Jesus Christ; not by water only but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) by water and blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
1 John 5:18 We know that everyone who has been born of God does not continue to sin, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) the one who was born of God protects him and the evil one will not harm him.
2 John 1:1 The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth (and not I alone, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) also all who know the truth),
2 John 1:5 And now I ask you, dear lady — not as though I were writing a new commandment to you, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) the one we have had from the beginning — that we love one another.
2 John 1:8 Be on your guard, so that we may not lose the things we worked for but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) may receive a full reward.
2 John 1:12 Although I have many other things to write to you, I do not want to use paper and ink; instead (alla | ἀλλά | conj), I hope to be with you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
3 John 1:9 I sent a letter to the church, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) Diotrephes, who likes to be in charge, does not acknowledge our authority.
3 John 1:11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
3 John 1:13 I have many things to write to you, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) I do not wish to write with pen and ink.
Jude 1:6 And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) abandoned their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in utter darkness for the judgment of the great day.
Jude 1:9 But when Michael the archangel, in debate with the devil, was arguing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to condemn him for blasphemy, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
Revelation 2:4 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) I do have this against you, that you have left your first love!
Revelation 2:6 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) you do have this: you hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
Revelation 2:9 I know your affliction and your poverty (but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) you are rich), and the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and are not, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) are a synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 2:14 But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) I have several things against you, because you have among you those who follow the teaching of Balaam, the one who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
Revelation 2:20 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
Revelation 3:4 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.
Revelation 3:9 Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who claim to be Jews and are not, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) lie — I will make them come and bow down before your feet and understand that I have loved you.

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