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 19:19 δὲ
And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
- Acts 19:21 δὲ
After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”
- Acts 19:22 δὲ
He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.
- Acts 19:23 δὲ
About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
- Acts 19:27 δὲ
There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”
- Acts 19:28 δὲ
When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
- Acts 19:30 δὲ
Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.
- Acts 19:31 δὲ
Even some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.
- Acts 19:33 δὲδὲ
The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.
- Acts 19:34 δὲ
But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
- Acts 19:35 δὲ
Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?
- Acts 19:39 δέ
But if you are seeking anything beyond this, it must be settled in a legal assembly.
- Acts 20:1 δὲ
When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.
- Acts 20:2 δὲ
After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece,
- Acts 20:4 δὲδὲδὲ
Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
- Acts 20:5 δὲ
These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.
- Acts 20:6 δὲ
And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.
- Acts 20:7 δὲ
On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.
- Acts 20:8 δὲ
Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.
- Acts 20:9 δέ
And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.
- Acts 20:10 δὲ
But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”
- Acts 20:11 δὲ
Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.
- Acts 20:12 δὲ
And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.
- Acts 20:13 δὲ
We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.
- Acts 20:14 δὲ
And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.
- Acts 20:15 δὲδὲ
Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.
- Acts 20:17 δὲ
From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
- Acts 20:18 δὲ
When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.
- Acts 20:37 δὲ
They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.
- Acts 20:38 δὲ
They were especially grieved by his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.
- Acts 21:1 δὲδὲ
After we had torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
- Acts 21:3 δὲ
After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.
- Acts 21:4 δὲ
We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
- Acts 21:5 δὲ
But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
- Acts 21:6 δὲ
And after we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.
- Acts 21:7 δὲ
When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.
- Acts 21:8 δὲ
Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.
- Acts 21:9 δὲ
He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
- Acts 21:10 δὲ
After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
- Acts 21:12 δὲ
When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
- Acts 21:14 δὲ
When he would not be dissuaded, we fell silent and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
- Acts 21:15 δὲ
After these days, we packed up and went on to Jerusalem.
- Acts 21:16 δὲ
Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to stay at the home of Mnason the Cypriot, an early disciple.
- Acts 21:17 δὲ
When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us joyfully.
- Acts 21:18 δὲ
The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.
- Acts 21:20 δὲ
When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.
- Acts 21:21 δὲ
But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.
- Acts 21:25 δὲ
As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
- Acts 21:27 δὲ
When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
- Acts 21:32 δὲ
Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
