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.
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
| Luke 5:36 | He also told a parable to them: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he both tears the new, and the patch from the new will not match the old. |
| Luke 5:37 | And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. |
| Luke 6:1 | One Sabbath, as Jesus was going through grainfields, his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them. |
| Luke 6:2 | Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why do you do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” |
| Luke 6:6 | It happened on another Sabbath that he went into the synagogue and began to teach. A man was there whose right hand was withered. |
| Luke 6:7 | So (de | δέ | conj) the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him carefully to see whether he healed on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him. |
| Luke 6:8 | But (de | δέ | conj) he knew their thoughts, so (de | δέ | conj) he said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand here in front.” So he got up and came forward. |
| Luke 6:9 | Then (de | δέ | conj) Jesus said to them, “I ask you whether it is lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?” |
| Luke 6:10 | After looking around at them all, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did it, and his hand was restored. |
| Luke 6:11 | But (de | δέ | conj) they were filled with senseless anger and began discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus. |
| Luke 6:12 | It happened in those days that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and spent the whole night in prayer to God. |
| Luke 6:39 | He spoke to them also a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Won’t they both fall into a ditch? |
| Luke 6:40 | A student is not above his teacher, but (de | δέ | conj) everyone when fully prepared will be like his teacher. |
| Luke 6:41 | “Why do you look at the speck in the eye of your brother, but (de | δέ | conj) do not notice the beam in your own eye? |
| Luke 6:46 | “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? |
| Luke 6:48 | he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on bedrock; when a flood arose, the river broke against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built. |
| Luke 6:49 | But (de | δέ | conj) the one who hears and does not do them is like a man building a house on the ground without a foundation; when the river burst against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.” |
| Luke 7:2 | The servant of a certain centurion who was highly valued by him was sick and about to die. |
| Luke 7:3 | When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant. |
| Luke 7:4 | And (de | δέ | conj) when they came to Jesus, they pleaded with him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy that you should grant this, |
| Luke 7:6 | So (de | δέ | conj) Jesus went with them. And (de | δέ | conj) when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy that you should come under my roof. |
| Luke 7:9 | When Jesus heard these things, he admired him. Turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.” |
| Luke 7:12 | As Jesus approached the gate of the town, a man who had died was being carried out — the only son of his mother (she was a widow). A large crowd was with her. |
| Luke 7:14 | He went up and touched the coffin, and (de | δέ | conj) those who carried it stopped. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!” |
| Luke 7:16 | Fear gripped them all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has come to help his people!” |
| Luke 7:20 | The men went to Jesus and said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?’” |
| Luke 7:24 | When John’s messengers left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed being shaken by the wind? |
| Luke 7:28 | I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John. Yet (de | δέ | conj) the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” |
| Luke 7:30 | but (de | δέ | conj) the Pharisees and the lawyers (those who had not been baptized by John) rejected the purpose of God for themselves. |
| Luke 7:36 | Now (de | δέ | conj) one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, so he went into the house of the Pharisee and took his place at table. |
| Luke 7:39 | When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him — that she is a sinner.” |
| Luke 7:40 | And Jesus, answering, said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And (de | δέ | conj) he said, “Teacher, say it.” |
| Luke 7:41 | “There were two debtors to a certain moneylender. The one owed five hundred denarii, and (de | δέ | particle) the other fifty. |
| Luke 7:43 | Simon answered, “I suppose it would be the one for whom he cancelled the greater debt.” And (de | δέ | conj) he said to him, “You have judged correctly.” |
| Luke 7:44 | Then turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, “You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not provide water for my feet, but (de | δέ | conj) she has bathed my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. |
| Luke 7:45 | You did not give me a kiss, but (de | δέ | conj) from the time I came in she has not stopped kissing my feet. |
| Luke 7:46 | You did not anoint my head with oil, but (de | δέ | conj) she has poured perfume on my feet. |
| Luke 7:47 | Therefore I can tell you, “Her sins, which were many, have been forgiven, for she loved much. But (de | δέ | conj) the one to whom little is forgiven loves little.’” |
| Luke 7:48 | He said to her, “Your sins have been forgiven.” |
| Luke 7:50 | He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” |
| Luke 8:4 | As a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke using a parable. |
| Luke 8:9 | Now (de | δέ | conj) his disciples were questioning him as to what this parable meant. |
| Luke 8:10 | He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but (de | δέ | conj) to the rest I speak in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. |
| Luke 8:11 | “Now (de | δέ | conj) this is what the parable means: The seed is the word of God. |
| Luke 8:12 | Those along the path are the ones who hear — then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they may not believe and be saved. |
| Luke 8:13 | Those that fall on rock are the ones who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but they have no root — they believe for a while but in a time of testing they fall away. |
| Luke 8:14 | As (de | δέ | particle) for (de | δέ | particle) what fell among the thorns — these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and they do not bring fruit to maturity. |
| Luke 8:15 | But (de | δέ | particle) as (de | δέ | particle) for (de | δέ | particle) that in the good soil — these are the ones who, having heard with an honest and good heart, hold firmly onto the word and bear fruit through patient endurance. |
| Luke 8:16 | “No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a container or puts it under a bed, but places it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light. |
| Luke 8:19 | The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd. |
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.