Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

δέ

Vocabulary form: 
dev
Definition: 

but, and

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

The debut of the Andes mountain climber!

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

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 27:15 Now (de | δέ | conj) at festival time the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner for the crowd, whomever they wanted.
Matthew 27:16 At that time they were holding in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus Barabbas.
Matthew 27:19 But (de | δέ | conj) while Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “Have nothing to do with that innocent man; for I have suffered many things in a dream today on account of him.”
Matthew 27:20 But (de | δέ | conj) the ruling priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and (de | δέ | conj) to have Jesus executed.
Matthew 27:21 Once again the governor asked them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And (de | δέ | conj) they said, “Barabbas.”
Matthew 27:23 Pilate asked, “But what crime has he committed?” But (de | δέ | conj) they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”
Matthew 27:24 So (de | δέ | conj) when Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood; it is your responsibility.”
Matthew 27:26 Then he released Barabbas for them, but (de | δέ | conj) he scourged Jesus and handed him over to be crucified.
Matthew 27:32 As they were going out, they came across a man named Simon, from Cyrene. This man they conscripted to carry the cross.
Matthew 27:35 And (de | δέ | conj) when they had crucified him, they divided his clothes among them by casting lots.
Matthew 27:39 And (de | δέ | conj) those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads
Matthew 27:44 And (d | δ᾿ | conj) the robbers who were crucified with him were taunting him in the same way.
Matthew 27:45 And (de | δέ | conj) from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
Matthew 27:46 And (de | δέ | conj) about the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” — which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
Matthew 27:47 But (de | δέ | conj) when some of those standing there heard it, they said, “This man is calling for Elijah.”
Matthew 27:49 But (de | δέ | conj) the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.”
Matthew 27:50 And (de | δέ | conj) Jesus cried out again in a loud voice and breathed his last.
Matthew 27:54 When the centurion and those with him, who were keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what was happening, they were terrified, and said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
Matthew 27:55 And (de | δέ | conj) looking on from a distance were many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs.
Matthew 27:57 Toward sunset, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself was also a disciple of Jesus.
Matthew 27:61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting across from the tomb.
Matthew 27:62 On the following day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the ruling priests and the Pharisees went as a group to Pilate.
Matthew 27:66 So (de | δέ | conj) they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting the guard
Matthew 28:1 Now (de | δέ | conj) after the Sabbath, toward daybreak of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
Matthew 28:3 His appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow.
Matthew 28:4 And (de | δέ | conj) for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men.
Matthew 28:5 But (de | δέ | conj) the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
Matthew 28:9 Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Good morning!” And (de | δέ | conj) they came to him, took hold of his feet, and worshipped him.
Matthew 28:11 While they were on their way, some of the guard went into the city and reported to the ruling priests everything that had taken place.
Matthew 28:15 So (de | δέ | conj) they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been circulated among Jews to this very day.
Matthew 28:16 So (de | δέ | conj) the eleven disciples went to Galilee to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.
Matthew 28:17 And when they saw him, they worshiped him, but (de | δέ | particle) some hesitated.
Mark 1:8 I baptize you with water, but (de | δέ | conj) he but (de | δέ | conj) will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
Mark 1:14 Now (de | δέ | conj) after Now (de | δέ | conj) John had been taken into custody, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God,
Mark 1:30 Now (de | δέ | conj) the Now (de | δέ | conj) mother-in-law of Simon lay sick with a fever, and without delay they spoke to Jesus about her.
Mark 1:32 At evening when the sun had gone down, the sun people were bringing to him all who were sick were as well as the demon-possessed.
Mark 1:45 However (de | δέ | conj), he went out and began to announce it publicly and spread abroad the news, so that no longer Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, enter but stayed out in unpopulated areas. stayed Yet people kept coming to him from every quarter.
Mark 2:6 were Now (de | δέ | conj) some of the scribes there, were sitting there, reasoning in their hearts, their
Mark 2:10 But (de | δέ | conj) so that you may know that authority has the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins” — he said to the paralytic,
Mark 2:18 The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and said to him, “Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but (de | δέ | conj) your disciples do not fast?”
Mark 2:20 But (de | δέ | conj) days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, the bridegroom and then they will fast
Mark 2:21 “No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth unshrunk sews on an old garment. old If he does, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the worse. tear becomes worse.
Mark 2:22 And no one puts new wine new into old wineskins. old If he does, the wine will burst the skins and both the wine and the skins. will be wasted. But new wine new is poured into fresh wineskins.” fresh
Mark 3:4 And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But (de | δέ | conj) they remained silent.
Mark 3:29 but (d | δ᾿ | conj) whoever but (d | δ᾿ | conj) blasphemes against the Holy Spirit Holy will never have forgiveness but is guilty of an eternal sin”
Mark 4:11 And he said to them, “To you has been given the mystery has been given of the kingdom of God, but (de | δέ | conj) to those but (de | δέ | conj) outside, everything is in parables, everything is
Mark 4:15 These (de | δέ | conj) are the ones on the path where the word is sown: whenever they hear, Satan immediately comes Satan and carries off the word that was sown in them.
Mark 4:29 And (de | δέ | conj) when And (de | δέ | conj) the grain is ripe, immediately he sends in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
Mark 4:34 And (de | δέ | conj) without And (de | δέ | conj) a parable he did not speak to them; but (de | δέ | conj) privately but (de | δέ | conj) to his own disciples he would explain everything.
Mark 5:11 Now (de | δέ | conj) a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the mountainside.

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