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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 ....

Mnemonics

Submitted by JamesAH on Wed, 2017-10-25 20:58

The debut of the Andes mountain climber!

Submitted by AWOL on Thu, 2018-08-30 11:35

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

Biblical Concordance

1 Corinthians 16:12 Now (de | δέ | conj) concerning Apollos our brother: I strongly urged him to go to you with the other brothers, but it was not at all his intention to go now. He will go when he has an opportunity.
1 Corinthians 16:15 You know that the household of Stephanus were the first converts in the province of Achaia, and that they devoted themselves to the service of the saints. So (de | δέ | conj) I urge you, brothers,
1 Corinthians 16:17 But (de | δέ | conj) I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus because they have supplied what was lacking from you,
2 Corinthians 1:6 If we are distressed, it is for your encouragement and salvation; if we are encouraged, it is for your encouragement that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.
2 Corinthians 1:12 For our confidence is this, the testimony of our conscience, that with simplicity and sincerity like that of God, and not with earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, we conducted ourselves in the world, and (de | δέ | conj) all the more toward you.
2 Corinthians 1:13 Now we are not writing you anything other than what you can read and also understand. But (de | δέ | conj) I hope that you will understand fully,
2 Corinthians 1:18 But (de | δέ | conj) as surely as God is trustworthy, our word to you has not been “Yes” and “No.”
2 Corinthians 1:21 Now (de | δέ | conj) God is the one who strengthens us, together with you, in Christ, and has anointed us,
2 Corinthians 1:23 I call God as a witness against my soul, that it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.
2 Corinthians 2:5 But (de | δέ | conj) if anyone has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not for me, but in some measure — not to overstate the case — for all of you.
2 Corinthians 2:10 Now (de | δέ | conj) the one to whom you forgive anything, I also do the same; for indeed, what I have forgiven — if I have forgiven anything — I did so for your benefit in the presence of Christ,
2 Corinthians 2:12 When I came to Troas to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though a door had been opened for me by the Lord,
2 Corinthians 2:14 But (de | δέ | conj) thanks be to God, who is always leading us in triumph in Christ, and through us is making known the fragrance of the knowledge of him in every place.
2 Corinthians 2:16 we are a deadly fume that kills, but (de | δέ | particle) to the former we are a life-giving fragrance that brings life. And who is adequate for ministry like this?
2 Corinthians 3:4 Such is the confidence we have through Christ toward God.
2 Corinthians 3:6 who indeed made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, based not on the letter but on the Spirit; for the letter kills, but (de | δέ | conj) the Spirit imparts life.
2 Corinthians 3:7 Now (de | δέ | conj) if the ministry of death, engraved in letters on stones, came with such glory that the Israelites were unable to gaze steadily into the face of Moses due to the glory of his face, fading as it was,
2 Corinthians 3:16 yet (de | δέ | conj) whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
2 Corinthians 3:17 Now (de | δέ | conj) the Lord is the Spirit, and (de | δέ | conj) where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:18 And (de | δέ | conj) we all, with unveiled faces, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, just as from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 4:3 But (de | δέ | conj) even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing,
2 Corinthians 4:5 For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and (de | δέ | conj) ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake.
2 Corinthians 4:7 But (de | δέ | conj) we have this treasure in clay pots, so that the surpassing power belongs to God and does not come from us.
2 Corinthians 4:12 Thus death is at work in us, but (de | δέ | conj) life in you.
2 Corinthians 4:13 But (de | δέ | conj) since we have the same spirit of faith as that which stands written, “I believed; therefore I spoke,” we too believe, and thus we speak,
2 Corinthians 4:18 as we look not on what can be seen, but on the unseen; for what can be seen is temporary, but (de | δέ | conj) what cannot be seen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 5:5 The one who prepared us for this very thing is God, who gave us the Spirit as a pledge.
2 Corinthians 5:8 Thus (de | δέ | conj) we are confident and would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:11 Therefore since we know the fear of the Lord, we attempt to persuade others; we stand open to God, and (de | δέ | conj), I trust, also to your conscience.
2 Corinthians 5:18 And (de | δέ | conj) all this is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation;
2 Corinthians 6:1 Thus (de | δέ | conj) as coworkers with him, we urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
2 Corinthians 6:10 as sorrowing, yet (de | δέ | conj) always rejoicing; as poor, yet (de | δέ | conj) making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
2 Corinthians 6:12 We are not withholding our affection from you, but (de | δέ | conj) you are withholding yours from us.
2 Corinthians 6:13 Now (de | δέ | conj) as a fair exchange — I speak as to children — open wide your hearts to us also.
2 Corinthians 6:15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
2 Corinthians 6:16 What agreement can the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said: “I will dwell in their midst and walk among them; I will be their God and they will be my people.”
2 Corinthians 7:7 And (de | δέ | conj) not only by his arrival but also by the encouragement with which he was encouraged by you, as he reported to us your strong affection, your deep sorrow, your ardent concern for me, so that I rejoiced more than ever.
2 Corinthians 7:10 For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret; but (de | δέ | conj) worldly sadness produces death.
2 Corinthians 7:13 Because of this we are encouraged. And (de | δέ | conj) in addition to our own encouragement, we rejoiced more than ever at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.
2 Corinthians 8:1 We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God shown among the churches of Macedonia,
2 Corinthians 8:11 So (de | δέ | conj) now finish doing it, so that your readiness in desiring it may be matched by your completing it, as your means allow.
2 Corinthians 8:16 But (de | δέ | conj) thanks be to God who put the same eagerness on your behalf in the heart of Titus,
2 Corinthians 8:17 because he not only accepted our request, but (de | δέ | conj) being very eager and acting on his own initiative, he is on his way to you.
2 Corinthians 8:18 And (de | δέ | conj) we sent along with him the brother who is highly respected throughout all the churches for his work in the gospel.
2 Corinthians 8:19 And (de | δέ | conj) not only this, but he has been appointed by the churches to be our traveling companion as we carry out this act of kindness for the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.
2 Corinthians 8:22 And (de | δέ | conj) we are sending along with them our brother whom we have often tested in many matters and found to be eager, and (de | δέ | conj) now he is all the more eager because of his great confidence in you.
2 Corinthians 9:3 But (de | δέ | conj) I am sending these brothers so that what we say in praise of you may not be an empty boast in this instance, that you may be ready just as I said you would be.
2 Corinthians 9:6 Remember this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously.
2 Corinthians 9:8 And (de | δέ | conj) God is able to make all grace overflow to you, so that, in all things and at all times, having all you need, you may overflow in every kind of good work.
2 Corinthians 9:10 The one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.

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