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 11:11 | “I tell you the truth, there has not risen among those born of women anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet (de | δέ | conj) the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. |
| Matthew 11:12 | From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent are taking it by force. |
| Matthew 11:16 | “To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces who cry to their friends, |
| Matthew 12:1 | At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath; and (de | δέ | conj) his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and eat. |
| Matthew 12:2 | But (de | δέ | conj) when the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.” |
| Matthew 12:3 | But (de | δέ | conj) he said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he and those with him were hungry, |
| Matthew 12:6 | But (de | δέ | conj) I say to you that something greater than the temple is here. |
| Matthew 12:7 | And (de | δέ | conj) if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. |
| Matthew 12:11 | But (de | δέ | conj) he said to them, “What man is there among you who has only one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out? |
| Matthew 12:14 | Then (de | δέ | conj) the Pharisees went and plotted against him in order that they might put him to death. |
| Matthew 12:15 | But (de | δέ | conj) Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And large crowds followed him, and he healed them all. |
| Matthew 12:24 | But (de | δέ | conj) when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.” |
| Matthew 12:25 | But (de | δέ | conj) he knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to ruin, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. |
| Matthew 12:28 | But (de | δέ | conj) if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. |
| Matthew 12:31 | “For this reason I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but (de | δέ | conj) the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. |
| Matthew 12:32 | And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but (d | δ᾿ | conj) whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, neither in this age nor in the age to come. |
| Matthew 12:36 | But (de | δέ | conj) I say to you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every careless word they speak. |
| Matthew 12:39 | But (de | δέ | conj) he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet. |
| Matthew 12:43 | “When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions in search of a resting place, but finds none. |
| Matthew 12:47 | |
| Matthew 12:48 | But (de | δέ | conj) he answered, saying to the one who had told him, “Who is my mother? And who are my brothers?” |
| Matthew 13:5 | Other seed fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprouted because it had no depth of soil. |
| Matthew 13:6 | But (de | δέ | conj) when the sun came up it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. |
| Matthew 13:7 | Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it. |
| Matthew 13:8 | Other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and (de | δέ | particle) some thirty. |