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
| Hebrews 6:11 | But (de | δέ | conj) we want each one of you to demonstrate the same earnestness to the very end for the fulfillment of your hope, |
| Hebrews 6:12 | so that you will not be lazy, but (de | δέ | conj) imitators of those who by faith and perseverance inherit the promises. |
| Hebrews 7:2 | and to him Abraham alloted a tenth part of everything. Translated, his name means first, “king of righteousness,” then it also means, “king of Salem,” that is, “king of peace.” |
| Hebrews 7:3 | He is without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life; but (de | δέ | conj) like the Son of God he continues a priest for all time. |
| Hebrews 7:4 | But (de | δέ | conj) see how great this man was to whom the patriarch Abraham gave a tithe of the finest plunder. |
| Hebrews 7:6 | But (de | δέ | conj) this man who does not trace his descent from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises. |
| Hebrews 7:7 | It is beyond dispute that the person of lesser status is blessed by the one of greater status. |
| Hebrews 7:8 | In the one case, mortal men receive tithes, but (de | δέ | conj) in the other case, by one of whom it is testified that he lives. |
| Hebrews 7:19 | (for the law made nothing perfect); but (de | δέ | conj) the introduction of a better hope through which we draw near to God. |
| Hebrews 7:21 | but (de | δέ | conj) he became a priest with an oath by the one who said to him, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever’”), |
| Hebrews 7:24 | but (de | δέ | conj) on the other hand, Jesus, because he remains forever, has a priesthood that is permanent. |
| Hebrews 7:28 | For the law appoints men as high priests who have weaknesses, but (de | δέ | conj) the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints the Son who has been made perfect forever. |
| Hebrews 8:1 | Now (de | δέ | conj) the crowning affirmation to what we are saying is this: we do have such a high priest, who has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, |
| Hebrews 8:6 | But (de | δέ | conj) as it is, he has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant of which he is mediator is better, since it has been enacted on the basis of better promises. |
| Hebrews 8:13 | In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And (de | δέ | conj) what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear. |
| Hebrews 9:3 | Behind the curtain was a second room, a shrine called “the Most Holy Place.” |
| Hebrews 9:5 | Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the place of forgiveness. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. |
| Hebrews 9:6 | When these things had been prepared in this way, the priests used to enter regularly into the outer room to perform their ritual services; |
| Hebrews 9:7 | however (de | δέ | conj) into the second room only the high priest entered, and that only once a year, and not without taking blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins committed unintentionally by the people. |
| Hebrews 9:11 | But (de | δέ | conj) when Christ appeared as high priest of the good things that have now come, passing through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation), |
| Hebrews 9:12 | he entered once for all into the Most Holy Place, not by means of the blood of goats and calves, but (de | δέ | conj) by means of his own blood, thus obtaining an eternal redemption. |
| Hebrews 9:21 | And (de | δέ | conj) in the same way he sprinkled with blood both the tent and all the vessels used in worship. |
| Hebrews 9:23 | Thus it was necessary that earthly copies of the heavenly realities be purified by these rites, but (de | δέ | conj) the heavenly realities themselves with better sacrifices than these. |
| Hebrews 9:26 | for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But (de | δέ | conj) as it is, he has appeared once for all at the climax of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice. |
| Hebrews 9:27 | And just as it is appointed for mortals to die once, and (de | δέ | conj) after that to experience judgment, |
