Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

δέ

Vocabulary form: 
dev
Definition: 

but, and

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 ....

Mnemonics

The debut of the Andes mountain climber!

I watched | de | movie, | but | I didn't read | de | book.

Biblical Concordance

Mark 10:36 And (de | δέ | conj) he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”
Mark 10:37 And (de | δέ | conj) they said to him, “Give us permission to sit, one on your right and one on your left, in your glory.”
Mark 10:38 But (de | δέ | conj) Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”
Mark 10:39 They said to him, “We are able.” And (de | δέ | conj) Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized;
Mark 10:40 but (de | δέ | conj) to sit on my right or on my left is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
Mark 10:43 But (de | δέ | conj) it is not to be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,
Mark 10:48 And many were sternly telling him to be quiet; but (de | δέ | conj) all the more he kept crying out, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Mark 10:50 And (de | δέ | conj) throwing aside his cloak, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.
Mark 10:51 And answering him, Jesus said, “What do you want me to do for you?” And (de | δέ | conj) the blind man said to him, “Rabbi, that I might see again.”
Mark 11:6 And (de | δέ | conj) they spoke to them just as Jesus had said, and they gave them permission.
Mark 11:8 And many spread their cloaks on the road, while (de | δέ | particle) others spread tall grass, cutting it from the fields.
Mark 11:17 And he was teaching and saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But (de | δέ | conj) you have made it ‘a hideout for robbers.’”
Mark 11:29 But (de | δέ | conj) Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one thing; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Mark 12:5 So he sent another; and that one they killed — and so with many others, beating some and (de | δέ | particle) killing others.
Mark 12:7 But (de | δέ | conj) those tenants said to themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
Mark 12:15 But (de | δέ | conj) knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.”
Mark 12:16 So (de | δέ | conj) they brought one. And he said to them, “Of whom is this likeness and inscription?” And (de | δέ | conj) they said to him, “Caesar.”
Mark 12:17 Jesus said to them, “Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, but give to God what belongs to God.” And they were amazed at him.
Mark 12:26 But (de | δέ | conj) concerning the dead, that they are raised, have you not read in the book of Moses in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob’?
Mark 12:44 For they all put in from their abundance, but (de | δέ | conj) she from her need has put in everything she had — all she had to live on.”
Mark 13:5 And (de | δέ | conj) Jesus began to speak to them, “Watch out lest someone mislead you.
Mark 13:7 And (de | δέ | conj) when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; those things must happen, but the end is not yet.
Mark 13:9 But (de | δέ | conj) watch out for yourselves; they will deliver you over to local councils, and in synagogues you will be beaten, and before governors and kings you will be made to stand for my sake, to bear witness to them.
Mark 13:13 And you will be hated by all on account of my name. But (de | δέ | conj) the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
Mark 13:14 “When you see the ‘abomination of desolation’ standing where he should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Mark 13:15 Let the one who is on the housetop not come down, nor enter his house to remove anything
Mark 13:17 But (de | δέ | conj) woe to those women who are pregnant and to those who are nursing in those days.
Mark 13:18 And (de | δέ | conj) pray that it may not happen during winter,
Mark 13:23 But (de | δέ | conj) you, beware; I have told you all this in advance.
Mark 13:28 “Now (de | δέ | conj) from the fig tree learn its parable: As soon as its bough becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.
Mark 13:31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but (de | δέ | conj) my words will never pass away.
Mark 13:32 But (de | δέ | conj) of that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Mark 13:37 And (de | δέ | conj) what I say to you, I say to all: Stay alert!”
Mark 14:1 It was now (de | δέ | conj) two days before the Passover and Festival of Unleavened Bread. And the ruling priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize him by treachery and put him to death,
Mark 14:4 But (de | δέ | conj) some were indignant, and began saying to themselves, “For what purpose was this waste of ointment?
Mark 14:6 But (de | δέ | conj) Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you causing her trouble? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
Mark 14:7 For you will always have the poor with you, and whenever you want you can do something good for them, but (de | δέ | conj) you will not always have me.
Mark 14:9 I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”
Mark 14:11 And (de | δέ | conj) when they heard it, they were pleased and promised to give him money. So Judas was seeking how he might hand him over at a convenient moment.
Mark 14:20 He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping his bread into the bowl with me.
Mark 14:21 For the Son of Man is going as it is written of him; but (de | δέ | conj) woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed — better for him if that man had not been born.”
Mark 14:29 Peter said to him, “Even though they all fall away, I will not!”
Mark 14:31 But (de | δέ | conj) Peter exclaimed vehemently, “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you!” And (de | δέ | conj) all the others repeated the same thing.
Mark 14:38 Stay alert and pray so that you will not come into temptation; the spirit is willing but (de | δέ | conj) the flesh is weak.”
Mark 14:44 Now (de | δέ | conj) his betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss, it is he. Seize him and lead him away under guard.”
Mark 14:46 And (de | δέ | conj) they laid hands on him and seized him.
Mark 14:47 But (de | δέ | conj) one of those standing by, having drawn his sword, struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear.
Mark 14:52 but (de | δέ | conj) leaving behind the linen cloth, he ran away naked
Mark 14:55 Now (de | δέ | conj) the ruling priests and the entire council were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they were not finding any.
Mark 14:61 But (de | δέ | conj) he remained silent and answered back nothing. Again the high priest questioned him and said to him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed?”

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