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
| 1 John 2:19 | They went out from us but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) they went out from us that it might become plain that none of them are of us. |
| 1 John 2:21 | I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth. |
| 1 John 2:27 | But the anointing you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone teach you. But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) as his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and not a lie, just as it has taught you, abide in him. |
| 1 John 3:18 | Little children, let us love, not in word or speech but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) in action and truth. |
| 1 John 4:1 | Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) test the spirits to find out whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. |
| 1 John 4:10 | In this is love, not that we have loved God but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) that he loved us and sent his Son as a propitiation for our sins. |
| 1 John 4:18 | There is no fear in love, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with punishment. So the one who fears has not been perfected in love. |
| 1 John 5:6 | This is the one who came by water and blood — Jesus Christ; not by water only but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) by water and blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. |
| 1 John 5:18 | We know that everyone who has been born of God does not continue to sin, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) the one who was born of God protects him and the evil one will not harm him. |
| 2 John 1:1 | The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth (and not I alone, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) also all who know the truth), |
| 2 John 1:5 | And now I ask you, dear lady — not as though I were writing a new commandment to you, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) the one we have had from the beginning — that we love one another. |
| 2 John 1:8 | Be on your guard, so that we may not lose the things we worked for but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) may receive a full reward. |
| 2 John 1:12 | Although I have many other things to write to you, I do not want to use paper and ink; instead (alla | ἀλλά | conj), I hope to be with you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete. |
| 3 John 1:9 | I sent a letter to the church, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) Diotrephes, who likes to be in charge, does not acknowledge our authority. |
| 3 John 1:11 | Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God. |
| 3 John 1:13 | I have many things to write to you, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) I do not wish to write with pen and ink. |
| Jude 1:6 | And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) abandoned their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in utter darkness for the judgment of the great day. |
| Jude 1:9 | But 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 (alla | ἀλλά | conj) said, “The Lord rebuke you!” |
| Revelation 2:4 | But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) I do have this against you, that you have left your first love! |
| Revelation 2:6 | But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) you do have this: you hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. |
| Revelation 2:9 | I know your affliction and your poverty (but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) you are rich), and the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and are not, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) are a synagogue of Satan. |
| Revelation 2:14 | But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) I have several things against you, because you have among you those who follow the teaching of Balaam, the one who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. |
| Revelation 2:20 | But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. |
| Revelation 3:4 | But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. |
| Revelation 3:9 | Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who claim to be Jews and are not, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) lie — I will make them come and bow down before your feet and understand that I have loved you. |
