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
| 1 Corinthians 16:12 | Now (de | δέ | conj) concerning Apollos our brother: I strongly urged him to go to you with the other brothers, but it was not at all his intention to go now. He will go when he has an opportunity. |
| 1 Corinthians 16:15 | You know that the household of Stephanus were the first converts in the province of Achaia, and that they devoted themselves to the service of the saints. So (de | δέ | conj) I urge you, brothers, |
| 1 Corinthians 16:17 | But (de | δέ | conj) I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus because they have supplied what was lacking from you, |
| 2 Corinthians 1:6 | If we are distressed, it is for your encouragement and salvation; if we are encouraged, it is for your encouragement that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer. |
| 2 Corinthians 1:12 | For our confidence is this, the testimony of our conscience, that with simplicity and sincerity like that of God, and not with earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, we conducted ourselves in the world, and (de | δέ | conj) all the more toward you. |
| 2 Corinthians 1:13 | Now we are not writing you anything other than what you can read and also understand. But (de | δέ | conj) I hope that you will understand fully, |
| 2 Corinthians 1:18 | But (de | δέ | conj) as surely as God is trustworthy, our word to you has not been “Yes” and “No.” |
| 2 Corinthians 1:21 | Now (de | δέ | conj) God is the one who strengthens us, together with you, in Christ, and has anointed us, |
| 2 Corinthians 1:23 | I call God as a witness against my soul, that it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth. |
| 2 Corinthians 2:5 | But (de | δέ | conj) if anyone has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not for me, but in some measure — not to overstate the case — for all of you. |
| 2 Corinthians 2:10 | Now (de | δέ | conj) the one to whom you forgive anything, I also do the same; for indeed, what I have forgiven — if I have forgiven anything — I did so for your benefit in the presence of Christ, |
| 2 Corinthians 2:12 | When I came to Troas to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though a door had been opened for me by the Lord, |
| 2 Corinthians 2:14 | But (de | δέ | conj) thanks be to God, who is always leading us in triumph in Christ, and through us is making known the fragrance of the knowledge of him in every place. |
| 2 Corinthians 2:16 | we are a deadly fume that kills, but (de | δέ | particle) to the former we are a life-giving fragrance that brings life. And who is adequate for ministry like this? |
| 2 Corinthians 3:4 | Such is the confidence we have through Christ toward God. |
| 2 Corinthians 3:6 | who indeed made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, based not on the letter but on the Spirit; for the letter kills, but (de | δέ | conj) the Spirit imparts life. |
| 2 Corinthians 3:7 | Now (de | δέ | conj) if the ministry of death, engraved in letters on stones, came with such glory that the Israelites were unable to gaze steadily into the face of Moses due to the glory of his face, fading as it was, |
| 2 Corinthians 3:16 | yet (de | δέ | conj) whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. |
| 2 Corinthians 3:17 | Now (de | δέ | conj) the Lord is the Spirit, and (de | δέ | conj) where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. |
| 2 Corinthians 3:18 | And (de | δέ | conj) we all, with unveiled faces, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, just as from the Lord, who is the Spirit. |
| 2 Corinthians 4:3 | But (de | δέ | conj) even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing, |
| 2 Corinthians 4:5 | For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and (de | δέ | conj) ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake. |
| 2 Corinthians 4:7 | But (de | δέ | conj) we have this treasure in clay pots, so that the surpassing power belongs to God and does not come from us. |
| 2 Corinthians 4:12 | Thus death is at work in us, but (de | δέ | conj) life in you. |
| 2 Corinthians 4:13 | But (de | δέ | conj) since we have the same spirit of faith as that which stands written, “I believed; therefore I spoke,” we too believe, and thus we speak, |
