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
| 1 John 1:7 | But (de | δέ | conj) if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. |
| 1 John 2:2 | He is the propitiation for our sins, and (de | δέ | conj) not for ours only, but also for those of the entire world. |
| 1 John 2:5 | But (d | δ᾿ | conj) whoever keeps his word, truly in that person is the love of God brought to fulfillment. This is how we can be sure that we are in him: |
| 1 John 2:11 | But (de | δέ | conj) the one who hates his brother is in the darkness; he walks in the darkness and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. |
| 1 John 2:17 | The world is passing away with all its desires, but (de | δέ | conj) the one who does the will of God remains forever. |
| 1 John 3:12 | We are not to be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and (de | δέ | conj) those of his brother were righteous. |
| 1 John 3:17 | But (d | δ᾿ | conj) whoever has this world’s resources and sees his fellow Christian in need yet closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? |
| 1 John 4:18 | There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with punishment. So (de | δέ | conj) the one who fears has not been perfected in love. |
| 1 John 5:5 | Who is it that conquers the world, but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? |
| 1 John 5:20 | And (de | δέ | conj) we know that the Son of God has come and has given us discernment so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life. |
| 3 John 1:12 | Everyone has testified favorably regarding Demetrius, and so has the truth itself. And (de | δέ | conj) we testify for him as well, and you know that our testimony is true. |
| 3 John 1:14 | But (de | δέ | conj) I hope to see you in the near future, and we will speak face to face. |
| Jude 1:1 | Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and (de | δέ | conj) brother of James, to those who are called, who are loved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: |
| Jude 1:5 | Now (de | δέ | conj) I want to remind you, though you once knew all this, that the Lord, having saved his people out of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. |
| Jude 1:8 | Yet in the same way these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and (de | δέ | conj) blaspheme the glorious ones. |
| Jude 1:9 | But (de | δέ | conj) when Michael the archangel, in debate with the devil, was arguing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to condemn him for blasphemy, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” |
| Jude 1:10 | But (de | δέ | conj) these people blaspheme whatever they do not understand, and (de | δέ | conj) what they do understand by instinct as irrational beasts, by these they are being destroyed. |
| Jude 1:14 | It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh in descent from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones |
| Jude 1:17 | But (de | δέ | conj) you, dear friends, must remember the predictions foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, |
| Jude 1:20 | But (de | δέ | conj) you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. |
| Jude 1:23 | save others by snatching them out of the fire; and have mercy on others with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh. |
| Jude 1:24 | Now (de | δέ | conj) to the one who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in his glorious presence without blame and with great joy — |
| Revelation 1:14 | His head and his hair were white, like white wool, like snow, and his eyes were like a flame of fire. |
| Revelation 2:5 | Therefore remember from where you have fallen; repent and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. |
| Revelation 2:16 | Therefore repent! Otherwise, I will come to you without delay and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. |
| Revelation 2:24 | But (de | δέ | conj) to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not follow this teaching (who have not learned ‘the deep things of Satan,’ as they call them), to you I say, I lay on you no other burden, |
| Revelation 10:2 | He held in his hand a little scroll that had been unrolled. Placing his right foot on the sea and (de | δέ | conj) his left foot on the land, |
| Revelation 19:12 | His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows except himself. |
| Revelation 21:8 | But (de | δέ | conj) as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, those who commit murder, the sexually immoral, those who practice the occult, idolaters, and all liars — their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death.” |
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.