δέ

G1161 G:CONJ

then

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.1:2 ff., 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)