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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.
(AS)
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.
(AS)
Abbott-Smith
Liddell–Scott–Jones
δέ,
A but: adversative and copulative Particle,
I answering to μέν (q. v.), τὴν νῦν μὲν Βοιωτίαν, πρότερον δὲ Καδμηίδα γῆν καλουμένην Th. 1.12, etc.
II without preceding μέν,
1 adversative, expressing dist. opposition, αἰεί τοι τὰ κάκ’ ἐστὶ φίλα.. μαντεύεσθαι, ἐσθλὸν δ’ οὔτε τί πω εἶπας ll. 1.108; ὀρθῶς ἔλεξας, οὐ φίλως δέ μοι λέγεις E. Or. 100, cf. S. Ant. 85, etc.; τέθνηκεν ἀνδρὸς οὐδενός, θεοῦ δ’ ὕπο Id. Ph. 334; so in Prose, οὐκ ἐπὶ κακῷ, ἐλευθερώσει δέ.. Th. 4.86; οἱ αἰχμάλωτοι.. ᾤχοντο εἰς Δεκέλειαν, οἱ δ’ εἰς Μέγαρα X. HG 1.2.14, cf. Cyr. 4.5.46; ἡ δ’ ἑτέρα IG 2.652A45.
2 copulative,
a in explanatory clauses, ξυνέβησαν.. τὰ μακρὰ τείχη ἑλεῖν (ἦν δὲ σταδίων μάλιστα ὀκτώ) Th. 4.66, cf. Il. 7.48: when a Subst. is folld. by words in apposition, Ἀρισταγόρῃ τῷ Μιλησίῳ, δούλῳ δὲ ἡμετέρῳ Hdt. 7.8. β’; μήτηρ βασιλέως βασίλεια δ’ ἐμή A. Pers. 152; so in answers, διπλᾶ λέγειν. —Answ. διπλᾶδ’ ὁρᾶν Id. Th. 974.
b in enumerations or transitions, Il. 1.43 – 49, 345 – 351, X. Cyr. 1.2.1, etc.; with repetition of a word in different relations, ὣς Ἀχιλεὺς θάμβησεν.., θάμβησαν δὲ καὶ ἄλλοι Il. 24.483; σάκος εἷλε.., εἵλετο δ’ ἔγχος 14.9 sq.; Ζεύς ἐστιν αἰθήρ, Ζεὺς δὲ γῆ, Ζεὺς δ’ οὐρανός A. Fr. 70; κινεῖκραδίαν, κινεῖδὲ χόλον E. Med. 99; ὄζει ἴων, ὄζει δὲ ῥόδων, ὄζει δ’ ὑακίνθου Hermipp. 82.8; in rhetorical outbursts, οὐκ ἂν εὐθέως εἴποιεν: τὸν δὲ βάσκανον, τὸν δὲ ὄλεθρον, τοῦτον δὲ ὑβρίζειν,—ἀναπνεῖν δέ! D. 21.209; in a climax, πᾶν γύναιον καὶ παιδίον καὶ θηρίον δέ nay even beast, Pl. Tht. 171e, cf. X. HG 5.2.37; in the combination καὶ δέ Il. 23.80, al., καὶ.. δέ A. Pr. 973, E. El. 1117, etc., each particle retains its force.
c answering to τε (q. v.), ἃ τῶν τε ἀποβαινόντων ἕνεκα ἄξια κεκτῆσθαι, πολὺ δὲ μᾶλλον αὐτὰ αὑτῶν Pl. R. 367c.
3 implying causal connexion, less direct than γάρ, Il. 6.160, Od. 1.433.
4 in questions, with implied opposition, ἑόρακας δ’, ἔφη, τὴν γυναῖκα; X. Cyr. 5.1.4; καὶ ὁ Σωκράτης, εἰπέ μοι, ἔφη, κύνας δὲ τρέφεις; Id. Mem. 2.9.2, cf. 2.1.26, S. Ant. 1172: in Trag. (not in Com. or Oratt.), when the speaker turns from one person to another, the voc. stands first, then the pers. Pron. folld. by δέ, as Μενέλαε, σοὶ δὲ τάδε λέγω.. E. Or. 622, etc.; also in Hdt., ὦ δέσποτα, ἐγὼ δὲ ταῦτα ἐποίησα 1.115.
b τί δέ; what then? to mark a transition in dialogue; v. τίς.
II in apodosi:
1 after hypothetical clauses, εἰ δέ κε μὴ δώωσιν, ἐγὼ δέ κεν αὐτὸς ἕλωμαι if they will not give it, then I.., Il. 1.137, cf. Od. 12.54; εἰ μηδὲ τοῦτο βούλει ἀποκρίνασθαι, σὺ δὲ τοὐντεῦθεν λέγε X. Cyr. 5.5.21, cf. Pi. O. 3.43 (v.l.), A. Ag. 1060, Hdt. 5.1, etc.
b after temporal or relative clauses, with ἐπεί, ἕως, etc., Il. 24.255, Hdt. 9.70, etc.; μέχρι.. εἶχον τὰ βέλη, οἱ δὲ ἀντεῖχον Th. 3.98; with demonstr. Pronouns or Advbs. answering to a preceding relative, οἵηπερ φύλλων γενεή, τοίη δὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν Il. 6.146, etc.; ἆθλα οἷς κεῖται ἀρετῆς μέγιστα, τοῖς δὲ καὶ ἄνδρες ἄριστοι πολιτεύουσιν Th. 2.46; τοὺς δ’ ἔλαβε τυράννους.. τούτους δὲ.. ἐξεδίδου Hdt. 5.37, cf. Isoc. 4.98, Pl. La. 194d; οἷα μὲν ἕκαστα ἐμοὶ φαίνεται τοιαῦτα μὲν ἔστιν ἐμοί, οἷα δὲ σοί, τοιαῦτα δὲ αὖ σοί Id. Tht. 152a: sts. after a participle, οἰόμενοι.. τιμῆς τεύξεσθαι, ἀντὶ δὲ τούτων οὐδ’ ὅμοιοι.. ἐσόμεθα X. An. 6.6.16, cf. Isoc. 15.71 (v.l.).
2 to resume after an interruption or parenthesis, χρόνου δὲ ἐπιγινομένου καὶ κατεστραμμένων σχεδὸν πάντων..,—κατεστραμμένων δὲ τούτων.. Hdt. 1.28, 29; νῦν δ’ αὖ πάλιν ὑπό τε πλούτου διαθρυπτόμενος.. καὶ ὑπ’ ἀνθρώπων.. ὑπὸ τοιούτων δέ.. X. Cyr. 7.2.23; with an anacoluthon, ἡ δὲ ψυχὴ ἄρα,—οἷ ἂν θεὸς θέλῃ.. τῇ ἐμῇ ψυχῇ ἰτέον, αὕτη δὲ δή.. Pl. Phd. 80d: for δ’ οὖν, v. οὖν.
3 to begin a story, ἦμος δ’ ἠέλιος.. well, when the sun.., Od. 4.400.
4 to introduce a proof, τεκμήριον δέ, σημεῖον δέ, v. sub vocc.
B POSITION of δέ. It usu. stands second: hence freq. between Art. and Subst. or Prep. and case; but also after Subst., or words forming a connected notion, hence it may stand third, γυναῖκα πιστὴν δ’ ἐν δόμοις εὕροι A. Ag. 606, cf. Th. 411, Eu. 531, S. Ph. 959, etc.; fourth, Id. OT 485, E. Hel. 688, A. Pr. 323, 383, etc.; fifth, ib. 401c odd.; even sixth, Epigen. 7 (codd. Poll. ); so in Prose after a neg., οὐχ ὑπ’ ἐραστοῦ δέ, to avoid confusion between οὐ δέ and οὐδέ, Pl. Phdr. 227c.
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Where it occurs
This word occurs 7,550 times — too many to list one by one. The counts below give each work; open a book to see it in place.
Septuagint 3,489
Genesis (LXX) 832×
Exodus (LXX) 385×
Leviticus (LXX) 124×
Numbers (LXX) 74×
Deuteronomy (LXX) 93×
Joshua (LXX) 57×
Judges (LXX) 10×
Ruth (LXX) 22×
1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 9×
2 Kingdoms (2 Samuel) 20×
3 Kingdoms (1 Kings) 19×
4 Kingdoms (2 Kings) 8×
1 Chronicles (LXX) 9×
2 Chronicles (LXX) 2×
2 Esdras (Ezra-Nehemiah) 4×
Esther (LXX) 104×
Psalms (LXX) 119×
Proverbs (LXX) 552×
Job (LXX) 723×
Hosea (LXX) 20×
Amos (LXX) 5×
Micah (LXX) 4×
Joel (LXX) 3×
Obadiah (LXX) 3×
Jonah (LXX) 4×
Habakkuk (LXX) 5×
Zephaniah (LXX) 2×
Haggai (LXX) 2×
Zechariah (LXX) 8×
Malachi (LXX) 3×
Isaiah (LXX) 151×
Jeremiah (LXX) 26×
Lamentations (LXX) 3×
Ezekiel (LXX) 31×
Daniel (Old Greek) 53×
Intertestamental 1,274
1 Esdras 48×
Judith 41×
Tobit 54×
1 Maccabees 94×
2 Maccabees 449×
3 Maccabees 130×
4 Maccabees 115×
Wisdom of Solomon 128×
Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 82×
Psalms of Solomon 9×
Baruch 13×
Letter of Jeremiah 20×
Susanna (Old Greek) 16×
Susanna (Theodotion) 23×
Bel and the Dragon (Old Greek) 19×
Bel and the Dragon (Theodotion) 13×
1 Enoch (Greek, Swete) 20×
New Testament 2,787
Matthew 494×
Mark 163×
Luke 542×
John 209×
Acts 558×
Romans 147×
1 Corinthians 210×
2 Corinthians 74×
Galatians 58×
Ephesians 20×
Philippians 27×
Colossians 5×
1 Thessalonians 15×
2 Thessalonians 11×
1 Timothy 30×
2 Timothy 24×
Titus 8×
Philemon 6×
Hebrews 69×
James 37×
1 Peter 28×
2 Peter 21×
1 John 10×
3 John 2×
Jude 12×
Revelation 7×
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