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 ....
| Hebrews 10:5 | Therefore when he came into the world, he said, “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but (de | δέ | conj) a body you prepared for me. |
| Hebrews 10:12 | But (de | δέ | conj) when this priest had offered a single sacrifice for sins for all time, he sat down at the right hand of God, |
| Hebrews 10:15 | And (de | δέ | conj) the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for after saying, |
| Hebrews 10:18 | Now (de | δέ | conj) where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin. |
| Hebrews 10:27 | but (de | δέ | conj) only a terrifying expectation of judgment and of raging fire ready to consume the adversaries. |
| Hebrews 10:32 | Instead (de | δέ | conj), remember those former days in which, after you had received the light, you weathered such a difficult struggle with suffering. |
| Hebrews 10:33 | Sometimes you were made a public spectacle, both by insults and persecutions, and (de | δέ | particle) at other times you became one with those who were treated in that way, |
| Hebrews 10:38 | But (de | δέ | conj) my righteous one will live by faithfulness. But should he shrink back, my soul will take no pleasure in him.” |
| Hebrews 10:39 | But (de | δέ | conj) we are not of those who shrink back and are lost, but are of those who are faithful and so preserve their soul. |
| Hebrews 11:1 | Now (de | δέ | conj) faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. |
| Hebrews 11:6 | and (de | δέ | conj) without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. |
| Hebrews 11:16 | But (de | δέ | conj) as it is, they were longing for a better homeland, that is, a heavenly one. For this reason God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city to receive them. |
| Hebrews 11:35 | Women received their dead by resurrection. But (de | δέ | particle) others were tortured, after refusing to accept release, so that they might gain a better resurrection. |
| Hebrews 11:36 | Others experienced jeering and flogging, and (de | δέ | conj) even chains and prison. |
| Hebrews 12:6 | For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and (de | δέ | conj) corrects with punishment everyone whom he receives as a son.” |
| Hebrews 12:8 | But (de | δέ | conj) if you are left without discipline, in which all sons share, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. |
| Hebrews 12:9 | Furthermore, we had our natural fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Should we not much more submit ourselves to the Father of spirits and live? |
| Hebrews 12:10 | For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but (de | δέ | conj) he disciplines us for our benefit, so that we may share his holy character. |
| Hebrews 12:11 | All discipline at the time seems not to be pleasant, but painful; but (de | δέ | conj) later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. |
| Hebrews 12:13 | and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but (de | δέ | conj) rather healed. |
| Hebrews 12:26 | At that time his voice shook the earth, but (de | δέ | conj) now he has promised, “Yet once more will I shake not only the earth but also the heaven.” |
| Hebrews 12:27 | The phrase, “Yet once more,” declares the removal of what can be shaken — that is, created things — so that what cannot be shaken may remain. |
| Hebrews 13:16 | And (de | δέ | conj) do not neglect doing good and sharing with others, for with sacrifices like that God is pleased. |
| Hebrews 13:19 | I urge you to do this more than ever so that I may be restored to you sooner. |
| Hebrews 13:20 | And (de | δέ | conj) may the God of peace, who, by the blood of the eternal covenant, brought up from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus, |