For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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Gloss:
but, and, then, rather
Definition:
a conjunctive particle, marking the superaddition of a clause, whether in opposition or in continuation, to what has preceded, and it may be variously rendered but, on the other hand, and, also, now, etc.; καὶ δέ, when there is a special superaddition in continuation, too, yea, etc. It sometimes is found at the commencement of the apodosis of a sentence, Acts 11:17. It serves also to mark the resumption of an interrupted discourse, 2 Cor. 2:10; Gal. 2:6
Greek-English Concordance for δέ
Acts 11:20 | But (de | δέ | conj) there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch began to speak also to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus. |
Acts 11:22 | The report of all this was heard in the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch. |
Acts 11:25 | So (de | δέ | conj) Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, |
Acts 11:26 | and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a considerable number of people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians. |
Acts 11:27 | During these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. |
Acts 11:28 | And (de | δέ | conj) one of them stood up, named Agabus, and indicated by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (which took place in the days of Claudius). |
Acts 11:29 | So (de | δέ | conj) each of the disciples, according to his financial ability, resolved to send relief to the brothers living in Judea, |
Acts 12:1 | About that time Herod the king set his hand to mistreat some belonging to the church. |
Acts 12:2 | He had James the brother of John put to death with the sword, |
Acts 12:3 | and (de | δέ | conj) when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. |
Acts 12:5 | So Peter was kept in prison, but (de | δέ | conj) prayer was made earnestly to God for him by the church. |
Acts 12:6 | Now (de | δέ | conj) when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was asleep between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and guards before the door were guarding the prison. |
Acts 12:7 | And behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared, and a light shone in the cell. He struck the side of Peter and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands. |
Acts 12:8 | And (de | δέ | conj) the angel said to him, “Dress yourself and put on your sandals.” And (de | δέ | conj) he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your cloak around yourself and follow me.” |
Acts 12:9 | And he went out and followed him, and he did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but (de | δέ | conj) thought he was seeing a vision. |
Acts 12:10 | When they had passed the first guard and the second, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which of its own accord opened for them, and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel left him. |
Acts 12:13 | And (de | δέ | conj) when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer. |
Acts 12:14 | When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her joy she did not open the gate, but (de | δέ | conj) ran back inside and reported that Peter was standing at the gate. |
Acts 12:15 | They said to her, “You are out of your mind.” But (de | δέ | conj) she insisted that it was so. They kept saying, “It is his angel!” |
Acts 12:16 | But (de | δέ | conj) Peter continued knocking; and (de | δέ | conj) when they opened, they saw him and were astonished. |
Acts 12:17 | But (de | δέ | conj) Peter motioned to them with his hand to be silent, and he related how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Tell these things to James and to the brothers.” Then he departed and went to another place. |
Acts 12:18 | Now (de | δέ | conj) when day came, there was no little commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter. |
Acts 12:19 | And (de | δέ | conj) after Herod searched for him and could not find him, he examined the guards and ordered them to be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there. |
Acts 12:20 | Now (de | δέ | conj) Herod was very angry with the Tyrinians and the Sidonians, and (de | δέ | conj) with one accord they came to him and when they had persuaded Blastus, who was in charge of the bed-chamber of the king, they asked for peace because their country’s food-supply was provided by the king’s country. |
Acts 12:21 | On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, sat down on the judgment seat, and delivered an oration to them. |
Acts 12:22 | But (de | δέ | conj) the crowd began to shout, “It is the voice of a god, and not of a man!” |
Acts 12:23 | And (de | δέ | conj) immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died. |
Acts 12:24 | But (de | δέ | conj) the word of God continued to advance and gain adherents. |
Acts 12:25 | And (de | δέ | conj) Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem having completed their mission, taking with them John, whose other name was Mark. |
Acts 13:1 | Now (de | δέ | conj) there were in Antioch in the local church prophets and teachers, both Barnabas and Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. |
Acts 13:2 | While they were performing their service to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” |
Acts 13:5 | And when they arrived in Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and (de | δέ | conj) they also had John as their assistant. |
Acts 13:6 | When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they met a certain man, a magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus, |
Acts 13:8 | But (de | δέ | conj) Elymas the magician (for that is the way his name is translated) opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul away from the faith. |
Acts 13:9 | But (de | δέ | conj) Saul, who is also Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him |
Acts 13:13 | Then (de | δέ | conj) Paul and those with him put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga of Pamphylia. John, however (de | δέ | conj), left them and returned to Jerusalem; |
Acts 13:14 | but (de | δέ | conj) they went on from Perga and arrived at Pisidian Antioch. On the sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down. |
Acts 13:15 | After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, “My brothers, if there is any among you with a word of encouragement for the people, say it.” |
Acts 13:16 | So (de | δέ | conj) Paul stood up, and gesturing with his hand, said, “Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen: |
Acts 13:25 | And (de | δέ | conj) as John was completing his ministry, he said repeatedly, ‘What do you suppose me to be? I am not he. But behold, one is coming after me of whom I am not worthy to untie the sandals for his feet.’ |
Acts 13:29 | And (de | δέ | conj) when they had carried out everything that was written about him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb. |
Acts 13:30 | But (de | δέ | conj) God raised him from the dead, |
Acts 13:34 | But (de | δέ | conj) regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus from the dead, no more about to return to corruption, thus he said: ‘I will give to you the sacred and sure promises made to David.’ |
Acts 13:37 | but (de | δέ | conj) he whom God raised up did not see corruption. |
Acts 13:42 | As they went out, the people begged that these things be discussed with them on the next Sabbath. |
Acts 13:43 | And (de | δέ | conj) after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, were persuading them to continue in the grace of God. |
Acts 13:44 | On the following Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord. |
Acts 13:45 | But (de | δέ | conj) when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy; and blaspheming, they began to contradict what was being said by Paul. |
Acts 13:48 | When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. |
Acts 13:49 | So (de | δέ | conj) the word of the Lord was being spread throughout the whole region. |