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

Luke 8:20 It was reported to him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”
Luke 8:21 In response he said to them, “Those who hear and do the word of God are my mother and my brothers.”
Luke 8:22 It happened in one of those days that he and his disciples got into a boat, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they put out from shore.
Luke 8:23 As they were sailing along, he fell asleep, and a windstorm swept down on the lake and they were being swamped and were in danger.
Luke 8:24 They went to Jesus and woke him up, saying, “Master, Master, we are about to perish!” Having been awakened he rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they stopped, and there was a calm.
Luke 8:25 He said to them, “Where is your faith?” They were afraid and amazed, saying to one another, “Who, then, is this that he commands even the winds and the water and they obey him?”
Luke 8:27 When he stepped out on the land, a man from the town met him, who was possessed by demons, and for a long time had not worn clothes or had lived in a house but among the tombs.
Luke 8:28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell prostate before him and in a loud voice said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me!?”
Luke 8:30 Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And (de | δέ | conj) he said, “Legion.” (For many demons had entered him.)
Luke 8:32 A large herd of pigs was grazing there on the hillside; and the demons begged Jesus to permit them to go into them, and he gave them permission.
Luke 8:33 The demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.
Luke 8:34 When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and reported it in the town and in the countryside.
Luke 8:35 Then (de | δέ | conj) people went out to see what happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had come out, sitting at the feet of Jesus, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
Luke 8:36 Those who had seen it told them how the man who had been possessed by demons had been healed.
Luke 8:37 Then all the people of the surrounding region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to go away from them, because they were seized with a great fear. So (de | δέ | conj) he got into a boat and returned.
Luke 8:38 But (de | δέ | conj) the man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but (de | δέ | conj) Jesus sent him away, saying,
Luke 8:40 As Jesus was returning the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.
Luke 8:42 because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As he went, the crowds were pressing in on him.
Luke 8:45 And Jesus said, “Who was it who touched me?” As everyone denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds are pressing in on all sides and crowding you.”
Luke 8:46 But (de | δέ | conj) Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I was aware of power going out from me.”
Luke 8:47 Seeing that she had not escaped notice, the woman stepped forward, trembling, and fell down before him. She declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him and how she had been healed at once.
Luke 8:48 Then (de | δέ | conj) Jesus said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.”
Luke 8:50 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “Do not be afraid, only believe, and she will get better.”
Luke 8:51 When he went into the house he did not allow anyone to go in with him except Peter and John and James, and the father of the child and her mother.
Luke 8:52 And (de | δέ | conj) they were all weeping and mourning for her. He said, “Stop weeping, for she did not die; but is sleeping.”
Luke 8:54 But (de | δέ | conj) taking her by the hand, he called out, “Child, arise!”
Luke 8:56 Her parents were astonished; but (de | δέ | conj) he ordered them to tell no one what had happened.
Luke 9:1 And (de | δέ | conj) he called together the twelve and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.
Luke 9:6 So (de | δέ | conj) they set out and traveled throughout the villages, preaching the good news and healing everywhere.
Luke 9:7 Now (de | δέ | conj) Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was happening, and he was thoroughly perplexed because it was being said by some that John had been raised from the dead,
Luke 9:8 by some that Elijah had appeared, and (de | δέ | particle) by others that a certain one of the ancient prophets had risen.
Luke 9:9 Herod said, “John I beheaded, but (de | δέ | conj) who is this about whom I hear such things?” So he was trying to see him.
Luke 9:11 When the crowds found out about it, they followed him. So he welcomed them, and spoke to them about the kingdom of God and cured those who had need of healing.
Luke 9:12 Now (de | δέ | conj) the day began to wear away, so (de | δέ | conj) the twelve came and said to him, “Send the crowd away so that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside and secure lodging and get provisions, for we are in a desolate place here.”
Luke 9:13 But (de | δέ | conj) he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
Luke 9:14 For there were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
Luke 9:16 Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing and broke them; then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the crowd.
Luke 9:19 They replied, “John the Baptist; others say, Elijah; still (de | δέ | particle) others that one of the ancient prophets of old has risen.”
Luke 9:20 Then (de | δέ | conj) he said to them, “Now (de | δέ | conj) you, who do you say that I am?” And (de | δέ | conj) Peter replied, “The Christ of God.”
Luke 9:21 Then (de | δέ | conj), with a warning, he commanded them to tell no one this,
Luke 9:23 Then (de | δέ | conj) he said to all, “If someone wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and let him take up his cross daily, and let him follow me.
Luke 9:24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but (d | δ᾿ | conj) whoever loses his life for my sake, this person will save it.
Luke 9:25 For what good will it do a person who has gained the whole world but (de | δέ | conj) has lost or forfeited his very self?
Luke 9:27 But (de | δέ | conj) I tell you most certainly: There are some of those standing here who will certainly not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
Luke 9:28 About eight days after these sayings, it happened that he went up on the mountain to pray, taking along Peter and John and James.
Luke 9:32 Peter and those who were with him were weighed down with sleep, but (de | δέ | conj) they kept awake and saw his glory and the two men who were standing with him.
Luke 9:34 While he was saying these things, a cloud came and enveloped them; and (de | δέ | conj) they were afraid as they entered the cloud.
Luke 9:37 Now (de | δέ | conj) on the next day, it so happened that when they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met him.
Luke 9:41 In answer Jesus said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long am I to be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”
Luke 9:42 While he was on his way, the demon threw him down and convulsed him. But (de | δέ | conj) Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the child, and gave him back to his father.

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