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 25:11 | Later the other virgins came, saying, ‘Sir! Sir! Open the door for us.’ |
| Matthew 25:12 | But (de | δέ | conj) he replied, saying, ‘I tell you the truth, I do not know you!’ |
| Matthew 25:15 | To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one — to each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. |
| Matthew 25:18 | But (de | δέ | conj) the servant who had received the one talent went out and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money. |
| Matthew 25:19 | Now (de | δέ | conj) after a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. |
| Matthew 25:22 | The one who had received the two talents also came, saying, “Master, you entrusted two talents to me. Look, I have gained two more.’ |
| Matthew 25:24 | Then (de | δέ | conj) the one who had received the one talent also came, saying, ‘Master, I knew that you were an unscrupulous man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you scattered no seed; |
| Matthew 25:26 | But (de | δέ | conj) his master answered him, saying, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? |
| Matthew 25:29 | For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance; but (de | δέ | conj) from him who has not, even what he has will be taken from him. |
| Matthew 25:31 | “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. |
| Matthew 25:33 | and he will place the sheep on his right, and (de | δέ | conj) the goats on the left. |
| Matthew 25:38 | And (de | δέ | conj) when did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or naked and clothe you? |
| Matthew 25:39 | And (de | δέ | conj) when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ |
| Matthew 25:46 | And these will depart to eternal punishment, but (de | δέ | conj) the righteous to eternal life.” |
| Matthew 26:5 | But (de | δέ | conj) they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be a riot among the people.” |
| Matthew 26:6 | Now (de | δέ | conj) while Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, |
| Matthew 26:8 | And (de | δέ | conj) when the disciples saw it, they were indignant and said, “Why this waste? |
| Matthew 26:10 | But (de | δέ | conj) aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you causing trouble for the woman? For she has done a kind thing to me. |
| Matthew 26:11 | You will always have the poor with you, but (de | δέ | conj) you will not always have me. |
| Matthew 26:15 | and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I betray him to you?” And (de | δέ | conj) they agreed to pay him thirty silver coins. |
| Matthew 26:17 | Now (de | δέ | conj) on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” |
| Matthew 26:18 | He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand. I will be keeping the Passover at your house with my disciples.”’” |
| Matthew 26:20 | Now (de | δέ | conj) when evening came, Jesus was reclining at table with the twelve. |
| Matthew 26:23 | Jesus answered, saying, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. |
| Matthew 26:24 | The Son of Man will depart as it is written of him, but (de | δέ | conj) woe to that one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man had he not been born.” |