Gloss
but, instead, yet, except
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἀλλά
Greek transliteration
alla
Simplified transliteration
alla
Numbers
Strong's number
235
GK Number
247
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
638
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
particle
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for ἀλλά
| James 3:15 | This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. |
| 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 if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) a judge of it. |
| 1 Peter 1:15 | but (alla | ἀλλά | conj), just as the one who called you is holy, so also are you to be holy in all your conduct. |
| 1 Peter 1:19 | but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) by precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ. |
| 1 Peter 1:23 | for you have been born again not of perishable seed but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) of imperishable, by means of the living and enduring word of God. |
| 1 Peter 2:16 | Live as free people, not as those using freedom as a cover-up for evil, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) as servants of God. |
| 1 Peter 2:18 | Household servants should be subject to their masters with all respect, not only to the good and kind but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) also to the unjust. |
| 1 Peter 2:20 | For what praise is there if, when you do wrong and are beaten for it, you endure it? But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) if when you do good and suffer for it you endure it, this is commendable in God’s sight. |
| 1 Peter 2:25 | For you were like sheep, going astray, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls. |
| 1 Peter 3:4 | but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) let it be the inner person of the heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which in the sight of God is precious. |
| 1 Peter 3:14 | But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) even if you should suffer because of righteousness, blessed are you. And do not fear their threats or be troubled, |
| 1 Peter 3:16 | But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) do it with gentleness and respect, maintaining a clear conscience, so that in the very thing for which you are being slandered, those who are reviling your good conduct in Christ will be put to shame. |
| 1 Peter 3:21 | This water prefigures baptism, which now saves you — not the removal of dirt from the body but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) the answer of a good conscience to God — by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, |
| 1 Peter 4:2 | so that you no longer live your remaining days in the flesh concerned about human desires but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) about the will of God. |
| 1 Peter 4:13 | But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) rejoice insofar as you now share the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed, you may also rejoice and be glad. |
| 1 Peter 5:2 | shepherd the flock of God among you, watching over it — not because you have to, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) voluntarily, as God would have it; not for shameful gain but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) eagerly. |
| 1 Peter 5:3 | Do not domineer over those entrusted to your charge, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) be examples to the flock. |
| 2 Peter 1:16 | For we did not follow cunningly crafted stories when we made known to you the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. |
| 2 Peter 1:21 | for prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) men borne along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. |
| 2 Peter 2:4 | For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) cast them into hell, committing them to chains of utter darkness, there to be kept until the judgment; |
| 2 Peter 2:5 | and if he did not spare the ancient world (but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) preserved Noah, the eighth, a herald of righteousness) when he brought the deluge on an ungodly world; |
| 2 Peter 3:9 | The Lord is not late in fulfilling his promise, as some regard lateness, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) is patient toward you, not willing that anyone should perish, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) that all should come to repentance. |
| 1 John 2:2 | He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) also for those of the entire world. |
| 1 John 2:7 | Dear friends, it is not a new commandment that I write to you, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) an old commandment — one that you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the message you have already heard. |
| 1 John 2:16 | For all that is in the world — the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride of possession — is not from the Father but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) from the world. |
