Gloss
but, and, then, rather
Forms of the word
Dictionary
δέ
Greek transliteration
de
Simplified transliteration
de
Numbers
Strong's number
1161
GK Number
1254
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
2792
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
particle
Definition
a conjunctive particle, marking the superaddition of a clause, whether in opposition or in continuation, to what has preceded, and it may be variously rendered but, on the other hand, and, also, now, etc.; καὶ δέ, when there is a special superaddition in continuation, too, yea, etc. It sometimes is found at the commencement of the apodosis of a sentence, Acts 11:17. It serves also to mark the resumption of an interrupted discourse, 2 Cor. 2:10; Gal. 2:6
Greek-English Concordance for δέ
| Acts 27:13 | Now (de | δέ | conj) when the south wind blew gently, thinking that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to the shore. |
| Acts 27:14 | But (de | δέ | conj) soon a violent wind, called the northeaster, rushed down from Crete. |
| Acts 27:15 | And (de | δέ | conj) when the ship was caught by it and could not head into the wind, we gave way and allowed ourselves to be driven along. |
| Acts 27:16 | Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the dinghy under control. |
| Acts 27:18 | Since we were being pounded so violently by the storm, the next day they began to throw cargo overboard; |
| Acts 27:20 | When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm continued to rage, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned. |
| Acts 27:26 | But (de | δέ | conj) we must run aground on some island.” |
| Acts 27:27 | And (de | δέ | conj) when it was the fourteenth night, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land. |
| Acts 27:28 | So they took soundings and found twenty fathoms; and (de | δέ | conj) after a short distance they took soundings again and found fifteen fathoms. |
| Acts 27:30 | But (de | δέ | conj) when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and had lowered the dinghy into the sea pretending they intended to let down anchors from the bow, |
| Acts 27:33 | As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense and been without food, having taken nothing. |
| Acts 27:35 | And (de | δέ | conj) when he had said these things, he took bread, and giving thanks to God before them all, he broke it and began to eat. |
| Acts 27:36 | So (de | δέ | conj) everyone was encouraged and they themselves took food. |
| Acts 27:37 | We were in all two hundred seventy-six persons on the ship. |
| Acts 27:38 | And (de | δέ | conj) when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing the wheat out into the sea. |
| Acts 27:39 | Now (de | δέ | conj) when it was day, they did not recognize the land, but (de | δέ | conj) they noticed a bay that had a beach, on which they planned, if possible, to run the ship ashore. |
| Acts 27:41 | But (de | δέ | conj) caught in some crosscurrents, they ran the ship aground; the bow stuck and remained immovable, but (de | δέ | conj) the stern began to break up by the force of the waves. |
| Acts 27:42 | It was the plan of the soldiers to kill the prisoners, so none could escape by swimming away. |
| Acts 27:43 | But (de | δέ | conj) the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, prevented them from carrying out their plan; and he ordered those who could swim to throw themselves overboard first and make for the land, |
| Acts 27:44 | and the rest, some on planks and (de | δέ | particle) others on pieces of the ship. And so it came about that all escaped safely to the land. |
| Acts 28:3 | When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out from the heat and fastened onto his hand. |
| Acts 28:4 | When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “Certainly this man is a murderer, and though he has escaped from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live.” |
| Acts 28:6 | They were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly fall down dead; but (de | δέ | conj) when they waited a long time and saw no misfortune happen to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god. |
| Acts 28:7 | Now (de | δέ | conj) in the region around that place were fields belonging to the leading man of the island, by name Publius, who welcomed us and for three days entertained us hospitably. |
| Acts 28:8 | It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with bouts of fever and with dysentery. Paul visited him, and when he had prayed, he laid his hands on him and healed him. |
