Definition
and; but
Vocabulary Form
δέ
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
| John 7:27 | Yet we know where this man is from; when the Christ appears, no one will know where he is from.” |
| John 7:31 | Yet (de | δέ | conj) many of the crowd believed in him, saying, “When the Christ comes, he will not perform more miraculous signs than this man has, will he?” |
| John 7:37 | On the last day of the festival, the great day, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. |
| John 7:39 | Now (de | δέ | conj) he said this about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet present, because Jesus had not yet been glorified. |
| John 7:41 | Others were saying, “This man is the Christ.” But (de | δέ | particle) others were saying, “Surely the Christ does not come from Galilee, does he? |
| John 7:44 | Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him. |
| John 8:1 | but (de | δέ | conj) Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. |
| John 8:2 | Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people were coming to him, and he sat down and began to teach them. |
| John 8:3 | The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and making her stand before them, |
| John 8:5 | Moses commanded us in the law to stone to death such women. But you, what do you say?” |
| John 8:6 | (They said this as a trap, so they could have some basis for accusing him.) Jesus bent down and started writing on the ground with his finger. |
| John 8:7 | When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “The man among you without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” |
| John 8:9 | At (de | δέ | conj) this (de | δέ | conj), those who had heard began to leave one by one, starting with the oldest; and Jesus alone was left, with the woman standing before him. |
| John 8:10 | Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?” |
| John 8:11 | She said, “No one, Lord.” Then (de | δέ | conj) Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.” |
| John 8:14 | Jesus answered them, saying, “Even if I am bearing witness about myself, my testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. You, on (de | δέ | conj) the other hand, do not know where I come from or where I am going. |
| John 8:16 | But (de | δέ | conj) even if I do judge, my judgment is trustworthy, because it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me. |
| John 8:17 | In your own law it is written that the testimony of two men is conclusive. |
| John 8:35 | A slave does not remain in the house forever, but a son remains forever. |
| John 8:40 | But (de | δέ | conj) now you are intent on killing me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did! |
| John 8:45 | Yet (de | δέ | conj) because I am speaking the truth, you do not believe me. |
| John 8:50 | I am not seeking glory for myself; there is one who seeks it and he is the one who judges. |
| John 8:55 | And you have not known him, but (de | δέ | conj) I know him. If I were to say that I did not know him, I would be like you, a liar; but I do know him, and I keep his word. |
| John 8:59 | Then they picked up stones to throw at him; but (de | δέ | conj) Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple. |
| John 9:14 | Now (de | δέ | conj) it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. |