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

Luke 23:20 Once again Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, called out to them,
Luke 23:21 but (de | δέ | conj) they kept shouting, saying, “Crucify, him!”
Luke 23:22 A third time he spoke to them, “What evil did this man do? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him.”
Luke 23:23 But (de | δέ | conj) they were insistent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified, and their cries prevailed.
Luke 23:25 He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but (de | δέ | conj) he handed over Jesus to their will.
Luke 23:27 And (de | δέ | conj) there followed him a great crowd of the people, and among them were women who were mourning and wailing for him.
Luke 23:28 Turning to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
Luke 23:32 And (de | δέ | conj) they also led away two criminals, to be put to death with him.
Luke 23:33 And when they came to the place called “The Skull,” there they crucified him and the criminals — one on his right and (de | δέ | particle) one on his left.
Luke 23:34 And (de | δε | conj) Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” Then (de | δέ | conj) in order to divide up his clothing they cast lots.
Luke 23:35 The people stood by, watching. The rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!”
Luke 23:36 The soldiers, also, mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine
Luke 23:38 In fact, there was an inscription above him, “This is the King of the Jews.”
Luke 23:39 One of the criminals hanging there kept deriding him, saying, “Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”
Luke 23:40 But (de | δέ | conj) the other responded with a rebuke, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence?
Luke 23:41 And we indeed justly. For we are receiving what we deserve for what we did; but (de | δέ | conj) this man has done nothing improper.”
Luke 23:45 because the light of the sun had been eclipsed. The curtain of the temple was torn down the middle.
Luke 23:46 Then Jesus, crying out in a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.
Luke 23:47 Now (de | δέ | conj) when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God, saying, “Truly this man was righteous!”
Luke 23:49 And (de | δέ | conj) all who knew Jesus, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, were standing at a distance, watching these things.
Luke 23:55 The women who had come with him from Galilee followed along behind and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid in it
Luke 23:56 Then (de | δέ | conj) they returned and prepared anointing spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
Luke 24:1 But (de | δέ | conj) on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women came to the tomb, bringing the anointing spices they had prepared.
Luke 24:2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
Luke 24:3 and (de | δέ | conj) going inside they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.