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 5:29 | and will come out — those who have done good, to a resurrection unto life, and (de | δέ | conj) those who have practiced evil, to a resurrection unto condemnation. |
| John 5:34 | (Not that I accept such human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved.) |
| John 5:35 | He was a lamp that was burning and giving light, and (de | δέ | conj) you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. |
| John 5:36 | But (de | δέ | conj) I have a witness greater than that of John; for the works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me. |
| John 5:47 | But (de | δέ | conj) if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?” |
| John 6:2 | A large crowd was following him because they saw the miraculous signs he was performing on those who were sick. |
| John 6:3 | Jesus went up on the mountainside, and he sat down there with his disciples. |
| John 6:4 | (Now (de | δέ | conj) the Passover, the great festival of the Jews, was at hand.) |
| John 6:6 | He said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was about to do. |
| John 6:10 | Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” (There was plenty of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. |
| John 6:12 | And (de | δέ | conj) when the people had eaten their fill, he said to his disciples, “Gather up the leftover pieces, so that nothing will go to waste.” |
| John 6:16 | Now (de | δέ | conj) when evening had come, his disciples went down to the lake, |
| John 6:20 | But (de | δέ | conj) he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” |
| John 6:39 | And (de | δέ | conj) this is the will of the one who sent me: that of all he has given me I should lose none but raise them up on the last day. |
| John 6:51 | I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and (de | δέ | conj) the bread that I will give is my flesh — given on behalf of the world.” |
| John 6:61 | But (de | δέ | conj) Jesus, aware that his disciples were grumbling about it, said to them, “Does this offend you? |
| John 6:71 | (He was speaking of Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.) |
| John 7:2 | Now (de | δέ | conj) the Jewish festival of Tabernacles was near. |
| John 7:6 | So Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but (de | δέ | conj) your time is always here. |
| John 7:7 | The world cannot hate you, but (de | δέ | conj) it hates me because I am bearing witness against it that its works are evil. |
| John 7:9 | Having said this, he stayed behind in Galilee. |
| John 7:10 | However (de | δέ | conj), when his brothers had gone up to the festival, then Jesus himself also went up, not openly, but as it were, in private. |
| John 7:12 | And there was a lot of secret discussion about him among the crowds; some were saying, “He is a good man,” but (de | δέ | particle) others were saying, “No, to the contrary, he is leading people astray.” |
| John 7:14 | About halfway through the festival Jesus went up to the temple and began to teach. |
| John 7:18 | The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own honor; but (de | δέ | conj) the one who seeks the honor of the one who sent him is truthful, and in him there is nothing false. |