Vocabulary Form
ἀλλά
Definition

but, yet, except

Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
638
GK
247
Mnemonics

Muslems say Allah is God, but ...

Notes

When the word following ἀλλά begins with a vowel, the final alpha elides. ἀλλ᾿ Ἰησοῦς

Biblical Concordance

1 Corinthians 15:39 Not all flesh is the same; people have one kind, animals another, birds another, fish another.
1 Corinthians 15:40 And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) the glory of heavenly bodies is of one kind and the glory of earthly bodies is of another.
1 Corinthians 15:46 However (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj), the spiritual did not come first, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) the natural, then the spiritual.
2 Corinthians 1:9 Indeed (alla | ἀλλά | conj), we had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should no longer trust in ourselves, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) in the God who raises the dead.
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 (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) by the grace of God, we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
2 Corinthians 1:13 Now we are not writing you anything other (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) than what you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand fully,
2 Corinthians 1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the one who was proclaimed among you by us — by me, Silvanus, and Timothy — was not “Yes” and “No,” but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) in him it has always been “Yes.”
2 Corinthians 1:24 Not that we are ruling over your faith, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) we are workers with you for your joy; for by faith you have stood firm.
2 Corinthians 2:4 For out of much distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not to cause you sorrow but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) to let you know the love that I have especially for you.
2 Corinthians 2:5 But if anyone has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not for me, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) in some measure — not to overstate the case — for all of you.
2 Corinthians 2:13 I had no relief for my spirit, because I could not find my brother Titus there. So (alla | ἀλλά | conj) I said good-bye to them and went on to Macedonia.
2 Corinthians 2:17 For we are not like so many, peddling the word of God. To the contrary (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj), in Christ we speak in the sight of God as men of sincerity, as men sent from God.
2 Corinthians 3:3 making known that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not in ink but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) on tablets of human hearts.
2 Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from us, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) our adequacy comes from God,
2 Corinthians 3:6 who indeed made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, based not on the letter but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) on the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit imparts life.
2 Corinthians 3:14 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) their minds were closed. For until the present day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. Since the veil is not removed, it is clear that only in Christ is it taken away.
2 Corinthians 3:15 But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) until today, whenever Moses is being read, a veil lies over their heart;
2 Corinthians 4:2 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) we have renounced shameful hidden deeds. We do not practice cunning, nor do we tamper with the word of God, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) by the open declaration of truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 4:5 For we do not proclaim ourselves, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake.
2 Corinthians 4:8 We are under pressure from every side, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) not crushed; bewildered, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) not driven to despair;
2 Corinthians 4:9 persecuted, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) not abandoned; knocked down, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) not knocked out;
2 Corinthians 4:16 So we are not discouraged, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) even if our outward man is wasting away, our inward man is being renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:18 as we look not on what can be seen, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) on the unseen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 5:4 For while we remain in this tent, we groan and are burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
2 Corinthians 5:12 For we are not again recommending ourselves to you but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) giving you an occasion to boast on our behalf, so that you may be able to answer those who boast of what is seen and not of what is in the heart.