For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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δέ
Vocabulary form:
dev
Definition:
but, and
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.
Verse:
“δέ a second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’” (Matt 22:39)
“You are the salt of the earth, δέ if salt has lost its taste, how will it be made salty again?” (Matt 5:13)
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
| Matthew 1:2 | Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac was the father of Jacob, and (de | δέ | conj) Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers, |
| Matthew 1:3 | Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez was the father of Hezron, and (de | δέ | conj) Hezron was the father of Ram, |
| Matthew 1:4 | Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, and (de | δέ | conj) Nahshon was the father of Salmon, |
| Matthew 1:5 | Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and (de | δέ | conj) Obed was the father of Jesse, |
| Matthew 1:6 | and (de | δέ | conj) Jesse was the father of David the king. |
| Matthew 1:7 | Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam was the father of Abijah, and (de | δέ | conj) Abijah was the father of Asaph, |
| Matthew 1:8 | Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat was the father of Joram, and (de | δέ | conj) Joram was the father of Uzziah, |
| Matthew 1:9 | Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham was the father of Ahaz, and (de | δέ | conj) Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah, |
| Matthew 1:10 | Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh was the father of Amos, and (de | δέ | conj) Amos was the father of Josiah, |
| Matthew 1:11 | Josiah was the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon. |
| Matthew 1:12 | After the deportation to Babylon, Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and (de | δέ | conj) Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel, |
| Matthew 1:13 | Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud, Abiud was the father of Eliakim, and (de | δέ | conj) Eliakim was the father of Azor, |
| Matthew 1:14 | Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Achim, and (de | δέ | conj) Achim was the father of Eliud, |
| Matthew 1:15 | Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar was the father of Matthan, and (de | δέ | conj) Matthan was the father of Jacob, |
| Matthew 1:16 | Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, from whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ. |
| Matthew 1:18 | Now (de | δέ | conj) the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way: When his mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, before they had come together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. |
| Matthew 1:19 | Because her husband Joseph was a just man and unwilling to disgrace her in public, he planned to release her quietly. |
| Matthew 1:20 | But (de | δέ | conj) as he pondered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for that which has been conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit. |
| Matthew 1:21 | And (de | δέ | conj) she will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” |
| Matthew 1:22 | All this took place so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled: |
| Matthew 1:24 | When Joseph arose from sleep, he did what the angel of the Lord had told him, he took her as his wife, |
| Matthew 2:1 | After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, |
| Matthew 2:3 | Now (de | δέ | conj) when king Herod heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; |
| Matthew 2:5 | They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet: |
| Matthew 2:8 | Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child; and (de | δέ | conj) when you have found him, report back to me, so that I also may go and worship him.” |
| Matthew 2:9 | And (de | δέ | conj) having listened to the king, they continued their journey, and the star they had seen in its rising went before them until it stopped over the place where the child was. |
| Matthew 2:10 | And (de | δέ | conj) when they caught sight of the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. |
| Matthew 2:13 | After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph, saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him.” |
| Matthew 2:14 | So (de | δέ | conj) he got up, took the child and his mother by night, and left for Egypt, |
| Matthew 2:19 | But (de | δέ | conj) when Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, |
| Matthew 2:21 | So (de | δέ | conj) Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and went into the land of Israel. |
| Matthew 2:22 | But (de | δέ | conj) when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and (de | δέ | conj) being warned in a dream he went into the region of Galilee. |
| Matthew 3:1 | In those days John the Baptist began his mission in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, |
| Matthew 3:4 | Now (de | δέ | conj) John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt about his waist; and (de | δέ | conj) his food was locusts and wild honey. |
| Matthew 3:7 | But (de | δέ | conj) when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? |
| Matthew 3:10 | Even (de | δέ | conj) now the axe is lying at the root of the trees; so any tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. |
| Matthew 3:11 | “I baptize you with water for repentance, but (de | δέ | conj) the one who comes after me is greater than I — I am not worthy even to remove his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. |
| Matthew 3:12 | His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn; but (de | δέ | conj) the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.” |
| Matthew 3:14 | But (de | δέ | conj) John tried to prevent him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet do you come to me?” |
| Matthew 3:15 | But (de | δέ | conj) Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him. |
| Matthew 3:16 | And (de | δέ | conj) when Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up from the water, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. |
| Matthew 4:4 | But (de | δέ | conj) he replied, “Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.” |
| Matthew 4:12 | Now (de | δέ | conj) when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. |
| Matthew 4:18 | As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. |
| Matthew 4:20 | Immediately they left their nets and followed him. |
| Matthew 4:22 | Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. |
| Matthew 5:1 | And (de | δέ | conj) seeing And (de | δέ | conj) the crowds, Jesus went up on the mountainside; and when he had sat down, he his disciples came to him. disciples his |
| Matthew 5:13 | “You are the salt of the earth, but (de | δέ | conj) if salt has lost its taste, how will it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under foot by those who pass by. |
| Matthew 5:19 | Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but (d | δ᾿ | conj) whoever does them and teaches others, this person will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. |
| Matthew 5:21 | “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and (d | δ᾿ | conj), ‘whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ |
Mnemonics
The debut of the Andes
The debut of the Andes mountain climber!
de mnemonic
I watched | de | movie, | but | I didn't read | de | book.