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 John 2:19 They went out from us but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) they went out from us that it might become plain that none of them are of us.
1 John 2:21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.
1 John 2:27 But the anointing you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone teach you. But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) as his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and not a lie, just as it has taught you, abide in him.
1 John 3:18 Little children, let us love, not in word or speech but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) in action and truth.
1 John 4:1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) test the spirits to find out whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
1 John 4:10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) that he loved us and sent his Son as a propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with punishment. So the one who fears has not been perfected in love.
1 John 5:6 This is the one who came by water and blood — Jesus Christ; not by water only but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) by water and blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
1 John 5:18 We know that everyone who has been born of God does not continue to sin, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) the one who was born of God protects him and the evil one will not harm him.
2 John 1:1 The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth (and not I alone, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) also all who know the truth),
2 John 1:5 And now I ask you, dear lady — not as though I were writing a new commandment to you, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) the one we have had from the beginning — that we love one another.
2 John 1:8 Be on your guard, so that we may not lose the things we worked for but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) may receive a full reward.
2 John 1:12 Although I have many other things to write to you, I do not want to use paper and ink; instead (alla | ἀλλά | conj), I hope to be with you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
3 John 1:9 I sent a letter to the church, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) Diotrephes, who likes to be in charge, does not acknowledge our authority.
3 John 1:11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
3 John 1:13 I have many things to write to you, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) I do not wish to write with pen and ink.
Jude 1:6 And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) abandoned their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in utter darkness for the judgment of the great day.
Jude 1:9 But when Michael the archangel, in debate with the devil, was arguing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to condemn him for blasphemy, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
Revelation 2:4 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) I do have this against you, that you have left your first love!
Revelation 2:6 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) you do have this: you hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
Revelation 2:9 I know your affliction and your poverty (but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) you are rich), and the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and are not, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) are a synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 2:14 But (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) I have several things against you, because you have among you those who follow the teaching of Balaam, the one who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
Revelation 2:20 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
Revelation 3:4 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.
Revelation 3:9 Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who claim to be Jews and are not, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) lie — I will make them come and bow down before your feet and understand that I have loved you.