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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

2 Corinthians 5:15 And he died for all so that those who are living might no longer live for themselves but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) for the one who died for them and was raised.
2 Corinthians 5:16 So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, yet (alla | ἀλλά | conj) now we regard him in that way no longer.
2 Corinthians 6:4 Rather (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj), as servants of God, we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance, in times of affliction, hardship, and distress;
2 Corinthians 7:5 For even when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) on all sides we were distressed — from the outside came conflicts, from within there were fears.
2 Corinthians 7:6 But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) God, who encourages the downcast, encouraged us with the arrival of Titus.
2 Corinthians 7:7 And not only by his arrival but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) also by the encouragement with which he was encouraged by you, as he reported to us your strong affection, your deep sorrow, your ardent concern for me, so that I rejoiced more than ever.
2 Corinthians 7:9 now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) because your sadness led to repentance; for you were made sad as God intended, so that in nothing you suffered loss by us.
2 Corinthians 7:11 For see what eagerness this very thing — this sadness as God intended — has produced in you; what (alla | ἀλλά | conj) defense of yourselves, what (alla | ἀλλά | conj) indignation, what (alla | ἀλλά | conj) alarm, what (alla | ἀλλά | conj) longing, what (alla | ἀλλά | conj) deep concern, what (alla | ἀλλά | conj) punishment! In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
2 Corinthians 7:12 So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the offender, nor on account of the one offended, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) that your earnestness toward us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 7:14 For if I have boasted to him about anything regarding you, I have not been embarrassed, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) just as everything we said to you was true, so also our boast to Titus about you has proved true.
2 Corinthians 8:5 And they did this, not simply as we had hoped, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) first they gave themselves to the Lord and then to us, by the will of God.
2 Corinthians 8:7 But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) as you excel in everything — in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all eagerness, and in the love we have aroused in you — make sure that you excel in this act of kindness.
2 Corinthians 8:8 I am not saying this as an order, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) as a way of testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.
2 Corinthians 8:10 And in this matter I am giving my opinion; for this is beneficial for you, who last year not only began to do this work but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) also to desire to do it.
2 Corinthians 8:13 For this is not for the ease of others and a burden for you, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) a matter of equality;
2 Corinthians 8:19 And not only this, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) he has been appointed by the churches to be our traveling companion as we carry out this act of kindness for the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.
2 Corinthians 8:21 for we are concerned to do what is right, not only before the Lord but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) also before men.
2 Corinthians 9:12 because the service of this ministry is not only providing for the needs of the saints, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) is also overflowing through many thanksgivings to God.
2 Corinthians 10:4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) are empowered by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments
2 Corinthians 10:12 For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are recommending themselves. Rather (alla | ἀλλά | conj), when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves by themselves, they are without understanding.
2 Corinthians 10:13 We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) only within the measure of the sphere of action which God has assigned to us as a measure, extending even as far as you.
2 Corinthians 10:18 For it is not the one who recommends himself who is approved, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) the one whom the Lord recommends.
2 Corinthians 11:1 O that you would put up with me in a little foolishness! Do put up with me!
2 Corinthians 11:6 But even if I am an amateur in speaking, I am certainly not (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) in knowledge. Rather (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj), in every way we have made this plain to you as to all.
2 Corinthians 11:17 What I am saying, I am not saying according to the Lord, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
2 Corinthians 12:14 Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking what you have, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) you. For children ought not save up for their parents, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) the parents for the children.
2 Corinthians 12:16 But be that as it may, I did not burden you; yet (alla | ἀλλά | conj) being crafty, I took you in by deceit!
2 Corinthians 13:3 since you seek proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak toward you but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) is powerful among you.
2 Corinthians 13:4 For indeed he was crucified in weakness, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) he lives by the power of God. For indeed we are weak in him, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) we will live with him by the power of God toward you.
2 Corinthians 13:7 Now we pray to God that you may not do anything wrong, not that we would appear as having passed the test, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) that you may do what is right even though we may appear as having failed.
2 Corinthians 13:8 For we cannot do anything against the truth, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) only for the truth.
Galatians 1:1 Paul, apostle not men, through but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) Jesus and the who raised him from the dead —
Galatians 1:8 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach a gospel at odds with the one we already preached to you, let him be accursed.
Galatians 1:12 For I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it; instead (alla | ἀλλά | conj) I received it by a revelation from Jesus Christ.
Galatians 1:17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) I went away into Arabia and returned again to Damascus.
Galatians 2:3 Yet (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, though he was a Greek.
Galatians 2:7 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) on the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel for the circumcised
Galatians 2:14 But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) when I saw that they were not behaving in a manner consistent with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, born a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, by what right are you trying to make the Gentiles live like Jews?”
Galatians 3:12 However, the law is not of faith; on the contrary (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj), it teaches that “the one who does them will live by them.”
Galatians 3:16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does not say, “and to descendants,” referring to many, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) “and to your descendant,” referring to one, who is Christ.
Galatians 3:22 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) the Scripture confined everything under sin, so that what was promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
Galatians 4:2 However (alla | ἀλλά | conj), he remains under the care of guardians and managers until the time determined by his father.
Galatians 4:7 So you are no longer a slave, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) a son; and since you are a son, then you are an heir through God.
Galatians 4:8 Formerly (alla | ἀλλά | conj), when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those who by nature are not gods.
Galatians 4:14 and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) you welcomed me as an angel of God, as though I were Christ Jesus.
Galatians 4:17 They zealously seek your favor, but for no good purpose. Rather (alla | ἀλλά | conj), they want to separate you from us so that you will seek them.
Galatians 4:23 The son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born as the result of promise.
Galatians 4:29 But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) just as at that time the one who was born according to the flesh persecuted the one who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
Galatians 4:30 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) what does the Scripture say? “Drive away the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman must not share the inheritance with the son of the free woman.”
Galatians 4:31 So then, brothers, we are not children of a slave woman but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) of the free woman.

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