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

Matthew 15:23 But (de | δέ | conj) he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, “Send her away, because she keeps shouting after us.”
Matthew 15:24 But (de | δέ | conj) he answered, saying, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Matthew 15:25 Then (de | δέ | conj) she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me!”
Matthew 15:26 And (de | δέ | conj) he answered, “It is not right to take bread from the children and toss it to the dogs.”
Matthew 15:27 “Yes, Lord,” she said, “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
Matthew 15:32 Then (de | δέ | conj) Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd because they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint from exhaustion on the way.”
Matthew 15:34 And Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And (de | δέ | conj) they said, “Seven, and a few little fish.”
Matthew 15:36 he took the seven loaves and the fish: and when he had given thanks, he broke them and began distributing them to the disciples, and (de | δέ | conj) the disciples to the crowds.
Matthew 15:38 Not counting women and children, there were four thousand men who had eaten.
Matthew 16:2 And (de | δέ | conj) he answered them, saying, “When evening comes, you say, ‘The weather will be fair, for the sky is red’;
Matthew 16:3 and in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but (de | δέ | conj) you cannot evaluate the signs of the times?
Matthew 16:6 Jesus said to them, “Watch out, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Matthew 16:7 And (de | δέ | conj) they began to discuss this among themselves, saying, “It is because we brought no bread.”
Matthew 16:8 But (de | δέ | conj) when Jesus became aware of this, he said, “O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread?
Matthew 16:11 How is it that you do not understand that I was not speaking about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Matthew 16:13 Now (de | δέ | conj) when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
Matthew 16:14 And (de | δέ | conj) they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and (de | δέ | particle) others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
Matthew 16:15 He said to them, “But (de | δέ | conj) you, who do you say that I am?”
Matthew 16:16 And (de | δέ | conj) Simon Peter answered, saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Matthew 16:17 And (de | δέ | conj) Jesus responded, saying to him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven.
Matthew 16:18 And I say to you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
Matthew 16:23 But (de | δέ | conj) Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my way, because you are not thinking the thoughts of God but those of men.”
Matthew 16:25 For whoever resolves to save his life will lose it; but (d | δ᾿ | conj) whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Matthew 16:26 For what advantage will there be for a person if he gains the whole world yet (de | δέ | conj) forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?
Matthew 17:2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and (de | δέ | conj) his clothes became white as light.