Vocabulary Form
δέ
Definition

and; but

Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
2792
GK
1254
Mnemonic Singing

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.

Song
Notes

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 ....

Biblical Concordance

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.”