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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- Acts 13:44 δὲ
On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.
- Acts 13:45 δὲ
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
- Acts 13:48 δὲ
When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
- Acts 13:49 δὲ
And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.
- Acts 13:50 δὲ
The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
- Acts 13:51 δὲ
So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.
- Acts 14:1 δὲ
At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.
- Acts 14:2 δὲ
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
- Acts 14:4 δὲδὲ
The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.
- Acts 14:5 δὲ
But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,
- Acts 14:12 δὲ
Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
- Acts 14:14 δὲ
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,
- Acts 14:19 δὲ
Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.
- Acts 14:20 δὲ
But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
- Acts 14:23 δὲ
Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
- Acts 14:27 δὲ
When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
- Acts 14:28 δὲ
And they spent a long time there with the disciples.
- Acts 15:2 δὲ
And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
- Acts 15:4 δὲ
On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
- Acts 15:5 δέ
But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”
- Acts 15:7 δὲ
After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
- Acts 15:12 δὲ
The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
- Acts 15:13 δὲ
When they had finished speaking, James declared, “Brothers, listen to me!
- Acts 15:31 δὲ
When the people read it, they rejoiced at its encouraging message.
- Acts 15:33 δὲ
After spending some time there, they were sent off by the brothers in peace to return to those who had sent them.
- Acts 15:35 δὲ
But Paul and Barnabas remained at Antioch, along with many others, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord.
- Acts 15:36 δέ
Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
- Acts 15:37 δὲ
Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark.
- Acts 15:38 δὲ
But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.
- Acts 15:39 δὲ
Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,
- Acts 15:40 δὲ
but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.
- Acts 15:41 δὲ
And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
- Acts 16:1 δὲδὲ
Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.
- Acts 16:4 δὲ
As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.
- Acts 16:6 δὲ
After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.
- Acts 16:7 δὲ
And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.
- Acts 16:8 δὲ
So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.
- Acts 16:10 δὲ
As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
- Acts 16:11 δὲδὲ
We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.
- Acts 16:12 δὲ
From there we went to the Roman colony of Philippi, the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.
- Acts 16:15 δὲ
And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
- Acts 16:16 δὲ
One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.
- Acts 16:18 δὲδὲ
She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.
- Acts 16:19 δὲ
When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.
- Acts 16:25 δὲδὲ
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
- Acts 16:26 δὲδὲ
Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.
- Acts 16:27 δὲ
When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.
- Acts 16:28 δὲ
But Paul called out in a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself! We are all here!”
- Acts 16:29 δὲ
Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.
- Acts 16:31 δὲ
They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
