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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

1 Corinthians 9:27 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, so that having preached to others I myself should not be disqualified.
1 Corinthians 10:5 But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) with most of them God was not pleased, for their corpses were scattered over the desert.
1 Corinthians 10:13 No trial has overtaken you that is not distinctively human; and God is faithful; he will not let you be tested beyond what you can bear, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) with the trial will also provide the way through, so that you will be able to endure it.
1 Corinthians 10:20 No (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj), what I am implying is that the things that people sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to be sharers with demons.
1 Corinthians 10:23 “All things are permissible,” but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) not all things are helpful. “All things are permissible,” but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) not all things build up.
1 Corinthians 10:24 Let no one seek his own advantage, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) that of the other.
1 Corinthians 10:29 I mean the conscience of the other person, not your own. Why then should my liberty be determined by the conscience of another?
1 Corinthians 10:33 even as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) that of the many, so that they may be saved.
1 Corinthians 11:8 For man did not come from woman, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) woman from man.
1 Corinthians 11:9 Neither was man created for woman, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) woman for man.
1 Corinthians 11:17 But in giving the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) for the worse.
1 Corinthians 12:14 For indeed the body is not a single member, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) many.
1 Corinthians 12:22 Quite the contrary (alla | ἀλλά | conj), those members of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
1 Corinthians 12:24 whereas our presentable members have no such need. Instead (alla | ἀλλά | conj), God has so arranged the body, giving greater honor to the member that lacked it,
1 Corinthians 12:25 so that there would be no division in the body, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) that the members would have the same care for one another.
1 Corinthians 14:2 For the one speaking in a tongue speaks not to men but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) to God; indeed, no one understands him, yet he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 14:17 For you are giving thanks well enough, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) the other person is not being edified.
1 Corinthians 14:19 however (alla | ἀλλά | conj), in church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, so as to instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
1 Corinthians 14:20 Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Rather (alla | ἀλλά | conj), in evil be infants but in your thinking be adults.
1 Corinthians 14:22 So then tongues are for a sign, not for believers but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) for unbelievers, while prophecy is not for unbelievers but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) for believers.
1 Corinthians 14:33 for God is not a God of confusion but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
1 Corinthians 14:34 the women are to be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. Rather (alla | ἀλλά | conj), they are to be submissive, as in fact the law says.
1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. No (alla | ἀλλά | conj), I worked harder than any of them — yet not I, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) the grace of God that is with me.
1 Corinthians 15:35 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body will they come?”
1 Corinthians 15:37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.
1 Corinthians 15:39 Not all flesh is the same; people have one kind, animals another, birds another, fish another.
1 Corinthians 15:40 And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) the glory of heavenly bodies is of one kind and the glory of earthly bodies is of another.
1 Corinthians 15:46 However (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj), the spiritual did not come first, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) the natural, then the spiritual.
2 Corinthians 1:9 Indeed (alla | ἀλλά | conj), we had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should no longer trust in ourselves, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) in the God who raises the dead.
2 Corinthians 1:12 For our confidence is this, the testimony of our conscience, that with simplicity and sincerity like that of God, and not with earthly wisdom but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) by the grace of God, we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
2 Corinthians 1:13 Now we are not writing you anything other (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) than what you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand fully,
2 Corinthians 1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the one who was proclaimed among you by us — by me, Silvanus, and Timothy — was not “Yes” and “No,” but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) in him it has always been “Yes.”
2 Corinthians 1:24 Not that we are ruling over your faith, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) we are workers with you for your joy; for by faith you have stood firm.
2 Corinthians 2:4 For out of much distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not to cause you sorrow but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) to let you know the love that I have especially for you.
2 Corinthians 2:5 But if anyone has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not for me, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) in some measure — not to overstate the case — for all of you.
2 Corinthians 2:13 I had no relief for my spirit, because I could not find my brother Titus there. So (alla | ἀλλά | conj) I said good-bye to them and went on to Macedonia.
2 Corinthians 2:17 For we are not like so many, peddling the word of God. To the contrary (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj), in Christ we speak in the sight of God as men of sincerity, as men sent from God.
2 Corinthians 3:3 making known that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not in ink but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) on tablets of human hearts.
2 Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from us, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) our adequacy comes from God,
2 Corinthians 3:6 who indeed made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, based not on the letter but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) on the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit imparts life.
2 Corinthians 3:14 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) their minds were closed. For until the present day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. Since the veil is not removed, it is clear that only in Christ is it taken away.
2 Corinthians 3:15 But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) until today, whenever Moses is being read, a veil lies over their heart;
2 Corinthians 4:2 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) we have renounced shameful hidden deeds. We do not practice cunning, nor do we tamper with the word of God, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) by the open declaration of truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 4:5 For we do not proclaim ourselves, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake.
2 Corinthians 4:8 We are under pressure from every side, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) not crushed; bewildered, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) not driven to despair;
2 Corinthians 4:9 persecuted, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) not abandoned; knocked down, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) not knocked out;
2 Corinthians 4:16 So we are not discouraged, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) even if our outward man is wasting away, our inward man is being renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:18 as we look not on what can be seen, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) on the unseen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 5:4 For while we remain in this tent, we groan and are burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
2 Corinthians 5:12 For we are not again recommending ourselves to you but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) giving you an occasion to boast on our behalf, so that you may be able to answer those who boast of what is seen and not of what is in the heart.

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