δέ
de
δέ (before vowels δ᾽; on the general neglect of the elision in NT, see WH, App., 146; Tdf., Pr., 96),
post-positive conjunctive particle;
1. copulative, but, in the next place, and, now (Abbott, JG, 104): Mat.1:2ff., 2Co.6:15, 16, 2Pe.1:5-7; in repetition for emphasis, Rom.3:21, 22, 9:30, 1Co.2:6, Gal.2:2, Php.2:8; in transition to something new, Mat.1:18, 2:19, Luk.13:1, Jhn.7:14, Act.6:1, Rom.8:28, 1Co.7:1 8:1, al.; in explanatory parenthesis or addition, Jhn.3:19, Rom.5:8, 1Co.1:12, Eph.2:4, 5:32, al.; ὡς δέ, Jhn.2:9; καὶ . . . δέ, but also, Mat.10:18, Luk.1:76, Jhn.6:51, Rom.11:23, al.; καὶ ἐὰν δέ, yea even if, Jhn.8:16.
2. Adversative, but, on the other hand, prop., answering to a foregoing μέν (which see), and distinguishing a word or clause from one preceding (in NT most frequently without μέν; Bl., §77, 12): ἐὰν δέ, Mat.6:14, 23, al.; ἐγὼ (σὺ, etc.) δέ, Mat.5:22, 6:6, Mrk.8:29, al.; ὁ δέ, αὐτὸς δέ, Mrk.1:45, Luk.4:40, al.; after a negation, Mat.6:19, 20, Rom.3:4, 1Th.5:21, al.
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Concordance 2,482 verses
- Acts 11:15 δὲ
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
- Acts 11:16 δὲδὲ
Then I remembered the word of the Lord, as He used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
- Acts 11:18 δὲ
When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
- Acts 11:20 δέ
But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
- Acts 11:22 δὲ
When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
- Acts 11:25 δὲ
Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
- Acts 11:26 δὲ
and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
- Acts 11:27 δὲ
In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
- Acts 11:28 δὲ
One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)
- Acts 11:29 δὲ
So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
- Acts 12:1 δὲ
About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
- Acts 12:2 δὲ
He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
- Acts 12:3 δὲδὲ
And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
- Acts 12:5 δὲ
So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
- Acts 12:6 δὲ
On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
- Acts 12:7 δὲ
Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
- Acts 12:8 δὲδὲ
“Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
- Acts 12:9 δὲ
So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.
- Acts 12:10 δὲ
They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
- Acts 12:13 δὲ
He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.
- Acts 12:14 δὲ
When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”
- Acts 12:15 δὲδὲδὲ
“You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
- Acts 12:16 δὲδὲ
But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.
- Acts 12:17 δὲ
Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
- Acts 12:18 δὲ
At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
- Acts 12:19 δὲ
After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
- Acts 12:20 δὲδὲ
Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.
- Acts 12:21 δὲ
On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.
- Acts 12:22 δὲ
And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
- Acts 12:23 δὲ
Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- Acts 12:24 δὲ
But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.
- Acts 12:25 δὲ
When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
- Acts 13:1 δὲ
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
- Acts 13:2 δὲ
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
- Acts 13:5 δὲ
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.
- Acts 13:6 δὲ
They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,
- Acts 13:8 δὲ
But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
- Acts 13:9 δέ
Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas
- Acts 13:11 δὲ
Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
- Acts 13:13 δὲδὲ
After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
- Acts 13:14 δὲ
And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.
- Acts 13:15 δὲ
After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”
- Acts 13:16 δὲ
Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: “Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God, listen to me!
- Acts 13:25 δὲ
As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But He is coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’
- Acts 13:29 δὲ
When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
- Acts 13:30 δὲ
But God raised Him from the dead,
- Acts 13:34 δὲ
In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
- Acts 13:37 δὲ
But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.
- Acts 13:42 δὲ
As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.
- Acts 13:43 δὲ
After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.