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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 ....

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

Matthew 22:11 But (de | δέ | conj) when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing a wedding garment.
Matthew 22:12 And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And (de | δέ | conj) the man was speechless.
Matthew 22:14 For many are called, but (de | δέ | conj) few are chosen.”
Matthew 22:18 But (de | δέ | conj) Jesus, perceiving their evil intent, said, “Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?
Matthew 22:19 Show me the coin used for the tax.” So (de | δέ | conj) they brought him a denarius.
Matthew 22:25 Now (de | δέ | conj) there were seven brothers among us; the first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.
Matthew 22:27 Finally, the woman died as well.
Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered them, saying, “You are mistaken, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.
Matthew 22:31 But (de | δέ | conj) concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God:
Matthew 22:34 Now (de | δέ | conj) when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they met together
Matthew 22:37 And (de | δέ | conj) he said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
Matthew 22:39 And (de | δέ | conj) a second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
Matthew 22:41 Now (de | δέ | conj) while the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus put this question to them:
Matthew 23:3 Therefore put into practice and continue to do whatever they tell you; but (de | δέ | conj) do not imitate what they do, for they teach but do not practice.
Matthew 23:4 For (de | δέ | conj) they tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but (de | δέ | conj) they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.
Matthew 23:5 They do all their deeds to be seen by others: they make their phylacteries broad and their tassels long,
Matthew 23:6 they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues,
Matthew 23:8 But (de | δέ | conj) you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have but one teacher, and (de | δέ | conj) you are all brothers.
Matthew 23:11 The greatest among you will be your servant.
Matthew 23:12 And (de | δέ | conj) whoever will exalt himself will be humbled, and whoever will humble himself will be exalted.
Matthew 23:13 “But (de | δέ | conj) woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.
Matthew 23:16 “Woe to you, blind guides who say, ‘If someone swears by the temple it means nothing; but (d | δ᾿ | conj) if someone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
Matthew 23:18 And you say, ‘If someone swears by the altar it means nothing; but (d | δ᾿ | conj) if someone swears by the gift that is on it, he is bound by his oath.’
Matthew 23:23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done without neglecting the former.
Matthew 23:24 You blind guides! You strain out the gnat but (de | δέ | conj) gulp down the camel!
Matthew 23:25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you clean off the outside of the cup and the plate while (de | δέ | conj) inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Matthew 23:27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but (de | δέ | conj) on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and all kinds of filth.
Matthew 23:28 So you also outwardly appear to others as righteous but (de | δέ | conj) within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Matthew 24:2 And (de | δέ | conj) he responded to them, saying, “You see all these things, do you not? I tell you the truth, not even one stone will be left here upon another that will not be thrown down.”
Matthew 24:3 And (de | δέ | conj) when he was seated on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when are these things to take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and the consummation of the age?”
Matthew 24:6 And (de | δέ | conj) you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place but the end is not yet.
Matthew 24:8 But (de | δέ | conj) all these things are only the beginning of birth
Matthew 24:13 But (de | δέ | conj) the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Matthew 24:19 But (de | δέ | conj) woe to women who are pregnant and to mothers who are nursing babies in those days!
Matthew 24:20 And (de | δέ | conj) pray that your flight will not be in winter or on a Sabbath.
Matthew 24:22 And unless those days were shortened, no human being would survive. But (de | δέ | conj) for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.
Matthew 24:29 “Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Matthew 24:32 “Learn this parable from the fig tree: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.
Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but (de | δέ | conj) my words will never pass away.
Matthew 24:36 “But (de | δέ | conj) concerning that day and hour, no one knows, neither the angels of heaven nor the Son, but the Father only.
Matthew 24:43 But (de | δέ | conj) understand this: if the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
Matthew 24:48 But (de | δέ | conj) suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master is slow to return,’
Matthew 24:49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and (de | δέ | conj) eats and drinks with drunkards;
Matthew 25:2 Now (de | δέ | conj) five of them were foolish and five were wise.
Matthew 25:4 But (de | δέ | conj) the wise took oil in containers along with their torches.
Matthew 25:5 Now (de | δέ | conj) since the bridegroom was slow in coming, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
Matthew 25:6 But (de | δέ | conj) at midnight there was a shout, ‘Look, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’
Matthew 25:8 The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our torches are going out.’
Matthew 25:9 But (de | δέ | conj) the wise answered, saying, ‘Perhaps there will not be enough for both us and you, so go rather to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’
Matthew 25:10 And (de | δέ | conj) while they were away buying it, the bridegroom came and the virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.

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