Definition
and; but
and; but
Amazing grace how sweet the sound,
hat saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
was blind but now I see.
dev is a postpositive. This means that it cannot be the first word in a sentence or clause, even though in your translation it is the first word. It usually is the second word and sometimes the third, e.g., oJ de; ei\pon ....
| Matthew 1:2 | Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac was the father of Jacob, and (de | δέ | conj) Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers, |
| Matthew 1:3 | Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez was the father of Hezron, and (de | δέ | conj) Hezron was the father of Ram, |
| Matthew 1:4 | Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, and (de | δέ | conj) Nahshon was the father of Salmon, |
| Matthew 1:5 | Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and (de | δέ | conj) Obed was the father of Jesse, |
| Matthew 1:6 | and (de | δέ | conj) Jesse was the father of David the king. |
| Matthew 1:7 | Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam was the father of Abijah, and (de | δέ | conj) Abijah was the father of Asaph, |
| Matthew 1:8 | Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat was the father of Joram, and (de | δέ | conj) Joram was the father of Uzziah, |
| Matthew 1:9 | Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham was the father of Ahaz, and (de | δέ | conj) Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah, |
| Matthew 1:10 | Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh was the father of Amos, and (de | δέ | conj) Amos was the father of Josiah, |
| Matthew 1:11 | Josiah was the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon. |
| Matthew 1:12 | After the deportation to Babylon, Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and (de | δέ | conj) Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel, |
| Matthew 1:13 | Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud, Abiud was the father of Eliakim, and (de | δέ | conj) Eliakim was the father of Azor, |
| Matthew 1:14 | Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Achim, and (de | δέ | conj) Achim was the father of Eliud, |
| Matthew 1:15 | Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar was the father of Matthan, and (de | δέ | conj) Matthan was the father of Jacob, |
| Matthew 1:16 | Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, from whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ. |
| Matthew 1:18 | Now (de | δέ | conj) the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way: When his mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, before they had come together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. |
| Matthew 1:19 | Because her husband Joseph was a just man and unwilling to disgrace her in public, he planned to release her quietly. |
| Matthew 1:20 | But (de | δέ | conj) as he pondered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for that which has been conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit. |
| Matthew 1:21 | And (de | δέ | conj) she will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” |
| Matthew 1:22 | All this took place so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled: |
| Matthew 1:24 | When Joseph arose from sleep, he did what the angel of the Lord had told him, he took her as his wife, |
| Matthew 2:1 | After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, |
| Matthew 2:3 | Now (de | δέ | conj) when king Herod heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; |
| Matthew 2:5 | They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet: |
| Matthew 2:8 | Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child; and (de | δέ | conj) when you have found him, report back to me, so that I also may go and worship him.” |