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.

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

Luke 1:80 And (de | δέ | conj) the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in wilderness areas until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
Luke 2:1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus for all the world to be registered.
Luke 2:4 So (de | δέ | conj) Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,
Luke 2:6 And (de | δέ | conj) while they were there, the days were completed for her to give birth,
Luke 2:17 And (de | δέ | conj) when they had seen him, they made it known concerning the message that had been spoken to them about this child.
Luke 2:19 Mary remembered all that had been said, pondering them in her heart.
Luke 2:35 (and (de | δέ | conj) a sword will pierce your own soul also), that thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”
Luke 2:40 And (de | δέ | conj) the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.
Luke 2:44 Thinking him to be in the caravan, they went a day’s journey, but then began looking for him among their relatives and acquaintances.
Luke 2:47 And (de | δέ | conj) all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
Luke 3:1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governing Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee and (de | δέ | conj) Philip his brother tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,
Luke 3:9 Indeed, already the axe is laid to the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Luke 3:11 And (de | δέ | conj) he would answer, saying to them, “He who has two tunics, let him share with the one who has none; and he who has food, let him do the same.”
Luke 3:12 Tax collectors also came to be baptized and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
Luke 3:13 And (de | δέ | conj) he said to them, “Collect no more than what has been prescribed for you.”
Luke 3:14 Soldiers were also questioning him, saying, “And we, what should we do?” He said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone, or accuse them falsely; and be content with your wages.”
Luke 3:15 Since the people were filled with anticipation and all were questioning in their hearts about John (“Could he perhaps be the Messiah?”)
Luke 3:16 John gave an answer to all, saying, “I indeed baptize you with water, but (de | δέ | conj) there is coming one who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He it is who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Luke 3:17 His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his granary; but (de | δέ | conj) the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”
Luke 3:19 But (de | δέ | conj) Herod the tetrarch, when he was reproved by him concerning Herodias, the wife of his brother, and concerning all the evil things which Herod had done,
Luke 3:21 Now (de | δέ | conj) when all the people had been baptized, and when Jesus was baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened,
Luke 4:1 Then (de | δέ | conj) Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness
Luke 4:3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
Luke 4:9 Then (de | δέ | conj) he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here;
Luke 4:21 And (de | δέ | conj) he set about telling them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your ears.”
Luke 4:24 And (de | δέ | conj) he said, “I tell you the truth, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
Luke 4:25 But (de | δέ | conj) in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, as a great famine spread throughout the whole land;
Luke 4:30 But (de | δέ | conj) he passed through their midst and went on his way.
Luke 4:38 After leaving the synagogue, Jesus went to Simon’s house. Now (de | δέ | conj) Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering a severe fever, and they made a request to him on her behalf.
Luke 4:39 Standing over her he rebuked the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and began to wait on them.
Luke 4:40 As the sun was going down, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him. Placing his hands on each one of them, he healed them.
Luke 4:41 Also, demons came out from many, crying out and saying, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and did not allow them to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.
Luke 4:42 When daylight came he left and went to a deserted place. And the crowds were looking for him. They came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them,
Luke 4:43 but (de | δέ | conj) he said to them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God in the other towns as well; because for this purpose I was sent.”
Luke 5:1 It happened that, when the crowd was pressing around him and listening to the word of God, that he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret
Luke 5:2 and he saw two boats by the lake, but (de | δέ | conj) the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.
Luke 5:3 He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Then (de | δέ | conj) he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.
Luke 5:4 When he stopped speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and lower your nets for a catch.”
Luke 5:5 But Simon responded, saying, “Master, all night long we have toiled and have caught nothing! But (de | δέ | conj) at your word I will lower the nets.”
Luke 5:6 And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and (de | δέ | conj) their nets were about to break.
Luke 5:8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!”
Luke 5:10 and (de | δέ | conj) so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. But Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.”
Luke 5:12 It happened that, when he was in one of the cities, there was a man full of leprosy. And (de | δέ | conj) seeing Jesus, he fell on his face and implored him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
Luke 5:15 Then (de | δέ | conj) the word about him spread even more, and large crowds would come together to hear him and to be healed of their diseases.
Luke 5:16 But (de | δέ | conj) he would go off to wilderness places and pray.
Luke 5:22 Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered, saying to them, “Why are you questioning in your hearts?
Luke 5:24 But (de | δέ | conj) that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” — he said to the paralyzed man, “I say to you, get up, and when you have picked up your stretcher, go home.”
Luke 5:33 And (de | δέ | conj) they said to him, “The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, so also do the disciples of the Pharisees, but (de | δέ | conj) yours continue to eat and drink.”
Luke 5:34 So (de | δέ | conj) Jesus said to them, “Certainly you cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?
Luke 5:35 The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.”

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