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 9:22 | And (de | δέ | conj) when Jesus turned and saw her, he said, “Take courage, my daughter; your faith has made you well.” And the woman was healed at once. |
| Matthew 9:25 | But (de | δέ | conj) when the crowd had been removed, Jesus went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose. |
| Matthew 9:28 | When he had gone into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.” |
| Matthew 9:31 | But (de | δέ | conj) they went out and spread the news about him throughout that entire region. |
| Matthew 9:32 | As they were going away, others brought to him a man who could not speak and was demon-possessed. |
| Matthew 9:34 | But (de | δέ | conj) the Pharisees kept saying, “It is by the ruler of demons that he drives out demons.” |
| Matthew 9:36 | And (de | δέ | conj) when he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were distressed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd. |
| Matthew 9:37 | Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is great but (de | δέ | conj) the workers are few; |
| Matthew 10:2 | These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, who is called Peter, then Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; |
| Matthew 10:6 | but (de | δέ | conj) go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. |
| Matthew 10:7 | As you go, proclaim the message, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ |
| Matthew 10:11 | And whatever town or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy and stay there until you leave. |
| Matthew 10:12 | And (de | δέ | conj) when you enter a house, give it your greeting. |
| Matthew 10:13 | If the household is worthy, let your greeting of peace come upon it; but (de | δέ | conj) if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. |
| Matthew 10:17 | And (de | δέ | conj) beware of men, for they will hand you over to the courts, and they will flog you in their synagogues; |
| Matthew 10:18 | and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. |
| Matthew 10:19 | But (de | δέ | conj) when they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you at that time. |
| Matthew 10:21 | “Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child, and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death. |
| Matthew 10:22 | And you will be hated by all on account of my name. But (de | δέ | conj) the one who endures to the end, this one will be saved. |
| Matthew 10:23 | When they persecute you in one town, flee to another; for I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. |
| Matthew 10:28 | Do not be afraid of those who can kill the body but (de | δέ | conj) cannot kill the soul. Rather (de | δέ | conj), fear the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell. |
| Matthew 10:30 | But (de | δέ | conj) even the hairs of your head have all been counted. |
| Matthew 10:33 | but (d | δ᾿ | conj) whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father who is in heaven. |
| Matthew 11:2 | Now (de | δέ | conj) when John heard in prison about the works of the Messiah, he sent word through his disciples, |
| Matthew 11:7 | As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? |
| Matthew 11:11 | “I tell you the truth, there has not risen among those born of women anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet (de | δέ | conj) the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. |
| Matthew 11:12 | From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent are taking it by force. |
| Matthew 11:16 | “To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces who cry to their friends, |
| Matthew 12:1 | At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath; and (de | δέ | conj) his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and eat. |
| Matthew 12:2 | But (de | δέ | conj) when the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.” |
| Matthew 12:3 | But (de | δέ | conj) he said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he and those with him were hungry, |
| Matthew 12:6 | But (de | δέ | conj) I say to you that something greater than the temple is here. |
| Matthew 12:7 | And (de | δέ | conj) if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. |
| Matthew 12:11 | But (de | δέ | conj) he said to them, “What man is there among you who has only one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out? |
| Matthew 12:14 | Then (de | δέ | conj) the Pharisees went and plotted against him in order that they might put him to death. |
| Matthew 12:15 | But (de | δέ | conj) Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And large crowds followed him, and he healed them all. |
| Matthew 12:24 | But (de | δέ | conj) when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.” |
| Matthew 12:25 | But (de | δέ | conj) he knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to ruin, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. |
| Matthew 12:28 | But (de | δέ | conj) if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. |
| Matthew 12:31 | “For this reason I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but (de | δέ | conj) the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. |
| Matthew 12:32 | And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but (d | δ᾿ | conj) whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, neither in this age nor in the age to come. |
| Matthew 12:36 | But (de | δέ | conj) I say to you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every careless word they speak. |
| Matthew 12:39 | But (de | δέ | conj) he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet. |
| Matthew 12:43 | “When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions in search of a resting place, but finds none. |
| Matthew 12:47 | |
| Matthew 12:48 | But (de | δέ | conj) he answered, saying to the one who had told him, “Who is my mother? And who are my brothers?” |
| Matthew 13:5 | Other seed fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprouted because it had no depth of soil. |
| Matthew 13:6 | But (de | δέ | conj) when the sun came up it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. |
| Matthew 13:7 | Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it. |
| Matthew 13:8 | Other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and (de | δέ | particle) some thirty. |
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.