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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

James 3:14 But (de | δέ | conj) if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and tell lies against the truth.
James 3:17 But (de | δέ | conj) the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, free from prejudice and hypocrisy.
James 3:18 And (de | δέ | conj) a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
James 4:6 But (de | δέ | conj) he gives greater grace. That is why scripture says, “God opposes the proud but (de | δέ | conj) he gives grace to the humble.”
James 4:7 So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
James 4:11 Do not speak against one another, my brothers. Whoever speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but (de | δέ | conj) if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.
James 4:12 There is only one who is the lawgiver and judge — the one who is able to save and to destroy; so (de | δέ | conj) who are you to be judging your neighbor?
James 4:16 But (de | δέ | conj) as it is, you are making arrogant boasts; all such boasting is evil.
James 5:12 Above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. Rather (de | δέ | conj) let your “Yes” be yes and your “No,” no, so that you may not fall under judgment.
1 Peter 1:7 so that the genuineness of your faith (which is more precious than gold that perishes), having been tested by fire, may be found to your praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 1:8 Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though not seeing him now, yet (de | δέ | conj) believing in him, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and filled with glory,
1 Peter 1:12 To them it was revealed that not to themselves, but (de | δέ | conj) to you, they were ministering these things that now have been announced to you through those who preached to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven — things into which angels long to look.
1 Peter 1:20 He was chosen in advance, before the foundation of the world, but (de | δέ | conj) was revealed at the end of the times for you
1 Peter 1:25 but (de | δέ | conj) the word of the Lord endures forever.” And (de | δέ | conj) this is the word that was preached to you.
1 Peter 2:4 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but (de | δέ | conj) chosen by God and precious,
1 Peter 2:7 Therefore the great value is to you who believe; but (de | δέ | conj) for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected, this very one has become the cornerstone,”
1 Peter 2:9 But (de | δέ | conj) you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, so that you may declare the glorious deeds of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:10 At one time you were not a people, but (de | δέ | conj) now you are the people of God. You were shown no mercy, but (de | δέ | conj) now have received mercy.
1 Peter 2:14 or to governors as those sent by him for the punishment of those who do evil and (de | δέ | conj) the praise of those who do good.
1 Peter 2:23 When he was insulted, he did not respond with an insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but (de | δέ | conj) entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.
1 Peter 3:8 Finally, all of you, be of one mind, sympathetic, loving your believing brothers, compassionate, humble —
1 Peter 3:9 not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but (de | δέ | conj) on the contrary blessing, because for this you were called that you might inherit a blessing.
1 Peter 3:11 And (de | δέ | conj) let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.
1 Peter 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers; but (de | δέ | conj) the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
1 Peter 3:14 But even if you should suffer because of righteousness, blessed are you. And (de | δέ | conj) do not fear their threats or be troubled,
1 Peter 3:15 but (de | δέ | conj) in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord, being ready at all times to make a defense to all who ask you for a word concerning the hope that is in you.
1 Peter 3:18 Because Christ also suffered once for our sins, the righteous on behalf of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but (de | δέ | conj) made alive in the spirit,
1 Peter 4:6 It was for this very purpose that the gospel was preached to the dead, so that though they were judged as men in the flesh, they might live as God in the Spirit.
1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is at hand, so use sound judgment and be sober-minded for the sake of prayer.
1 Peter 4:16 but (de | δέ | conj) if someone suffers as a Christian, he should not be disgraced, but (de | δέ | conj) should glorify God by this name.
1 Peter 4:17 Because the time has come to begin judgment with the house of God, and (de | δέ | conj) if first with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And (de | δέ | conj) all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but (de | δέ | conj) gives grace to the humble.”
1 Peter 5:10 And (de | δέ | conj) the God of all grace, the one who has called you into his eternal glory in Christ, will, after you have suffered a little while, himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
2 Peter 1:5 For this very reason, make every effort by your faith to produce virtue, by virtue knowledge,
2 Peter 1:6 by knowledge self-control, by self-control steadfastness, by steadfastness godliness,
2 Peter 1:7 by godliness brotherly affection, and (de | δέ | conj) by brotherly affection love.
2 Peter 1:13 Indeed (de | δέ | conj), I consider it the right thing to do, as long as I am in this body, to keep refreshing your memory,
2 Peter 1:15 And (de | δέ | conj) I will also do my best to see that you will always be able to recall these things after my decease.
2 Peter 2:1 But (de | δέ | conj) there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
2 Peter 2:9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, but (de | δέ | conj) to keep the unrighteous under guard awaiting punishment on the day of judgment,
2 Peter 2:10 especially those who in polluting lust indulge the flesh and despise authority. These bold and insolent people are not afraid to slander the glorious ones,
2 Peter 2:12 But (de | δέ | conj) these people, like irrational animals, born creatures of instinct to be captured and destroyed, are ignorant of those whom they slander, and in their destruction will themselves also be destroyed,
2 Peter 2:16 But (de | δέ | conj) he was rebuked for his own transgression — a dumb donkey, speaking with the voice of a man, restrained the madness of the prophet.
2 Peter 2:20 For if after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become for them worse than the first.
2 Peter 3:7 But (de | δέ | conj) by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
2 Peter 3:8 But (de | δέ | conj) do not let this one thing escape your notice, dear friends, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years and a thousand years are as a single day.
2 Peter 3:10 But (de | δέ | conj) the Day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, the elements will melt in the intense heat, and the earth and the works in it will be exposed.
2 Peter 3:13 But (de | δέ | conj) according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness will be at home.
2 Peter 3:18 But (de | δέ | conj) grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and in the eternal day. Amen.
1 John 1:3 that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and (de | δέ | conj) indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

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