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

James 3:15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
James 4:11 Do not speak against one another, my brothers. Whoever speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) a judge of it.
1 Peter 1:15 but (alla | ἀλλά | conj), just as the one who called you is holy, so also are you to be holy in all your conduct.
1 Peter 1:19 but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) by precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ.
1 Peter 1:23 for you have been born again not of perishable seed but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) of imperishable, by means of the living and enduring word of God.
1 Peter 2:16 Live as free people, not as those using freedom as a cover-up for evil, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) as servants of God.
1 Peter 2:18 Household servants should be subject to their masters with all respect, not only to the good and kind but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) also to the unjust.
1 Peter 2:20 For what praise is there if, when you do wrong and are beaten for it, you endure it? But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) if when you do good and suffer for it you endure it, this is commendable in God’s sight.
1 Peter 2:25 For you were like sheep, going astray, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.
1 Peter 3:4 but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) let it be the inner person of the heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which in the sight of God is precious.
1 Peter 3:14 But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) even if you should suffer because of righteousness, blessed are you. And do not fear their threats or be troubled,
1 Peter 3:16 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) do it with gentleness and respect, maintaining a clear conscience, so that in the very thing for which you are being slandered, those who are reviling your good conduct in Christ will be put to shame.
1 Peter 3:21 This water prefigures baptism, which now saves you — not the removal of dirt from the body but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) the answer of a good conscience to God — by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
1 Peter 4:2 so that you no longer live your remaining days in the flesh concerned about human desires but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) about the will of God.
1 Peter 4:13 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) rejoice insofar as you now share the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed, you may also rejoice and be glad.
1 Peter 5:2 shepherd the flock of God among you, watching over it — not because you have to, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) voluntarily, as God would have it; not for shameful gain but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) eagerly.
1 Peter 5:3 Do not domineer over those entrusted to your charge, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) be examples to the flock.
2 Peter 1:16 For we did not follow cunningly crafted stories when we made known to you the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
2 Peter 1:21 for prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) men borne along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
2 Peter 2:4 For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) cast them into hell, committing them to chains of utter darkness, there to be kept until the judgment;
2 Peter 2:5 and if he did not spare the ancient world (but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) preserved Noah, the eighth, a herald of righteousness) when he brought the deluge on an ungodly world;
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not late in fulfilling his promise, as some regard lateness, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) is patient toward you, not willing that anyone should perish, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) that all should come to repentance.
1 John 2:2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) also for those of the entire world.
1 John 2:7 Dear friends, it is not a new commandment that I write to you, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) an old commandment — one that you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the message you have already heard.
1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world — the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride of possession — is not from the Father but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) from the world.