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 ....
| John 2:23 | Now (de | δέ | conj) while Jesus was in Jerusalem during the festival of Passover, many people put their trust in his name, for they saw miraculous signs he was performing. |
| John 2:24 | But (de | δέ | conj) as for Jesus, he did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all men, |
| John 3:1 | Now (de | δέ | conj) there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. |
| John 3:18 | The one who believes in him is not condemned, but (de | δέ | conj) the one who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. |
| John 3:19 | And (de | δέ | conj) the basis for judging is this, that light has come into the world and people love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil. |
| John 3:21 | But (de | δέ | conj) the one who does the truth comes to the light, so that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.” |
| John 3:23 | Now (de | δέ | conj) John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there were many springs there, and people kept coming to be baptized. |
| John 3:29 | It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but (de | δέ | conj) the friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete. |
| John 3:30 | He must increase, but (de | δέ | conj) I must decrease.” |
| John 3:36 | The one who believes in the Son has eternal life; but (de | δέ | conj) the one who disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. |
| John 4:4 | Now (de | δέ | conj) it was necessary that he pass through Samaria. |
| John 4:6 | Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, weary from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. |
| John 4:14 | but (d | δ᾿ | conj) whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again, but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water gushing up to eternal life.” |
| John 4:32 | But (de | δέ | conj) he said to them, “I have food to eat of which you know nothing.” |
| John 4:39 | Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of what the woman had said when she testified, “He told me everything I ever did.” |
| John 4:43 | Two days later Jesus left from there and went to Galilee |
| John 4:51 | While he was still on his way down his servants met him and told him that his son was living. |
| John 4:54 | Now (de | δέ | conj) this was the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee. |
| John 5:2 | Now (de | δέ | conj) in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, having covered colonnades. |
| John 5:5 | One man who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. |
| John 5:7 | The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but (de | δέ | conj) while I am on my way someone else steps down ahead of me.” |
| John 5:9 | And immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and started walking. Now (de | δέ | conj) that day was a Sabbath. |
| John 5:11 | But (de | δέ | conj) he answered them, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’” |
| John 5:13 | However (de | δέ | conj), the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away, there being a crowd in that place. |
| John 5:17 | But (de | δέ | conj) Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I also am working.” |