🇬🇷 Greek · Strong's G1161
G1161

δέ

[deh] Conjunction
Core meaningbut/and

Lexical Definition

Strong's Greek G1161

but, and, etc.

KJV usage: :--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Etymology: a primary particle (adversative or continuative);
Thayer's Greek Lexicon

a conjunctive particle, marking the superaddition of a clause, whether in opposition or in continuation, to what has preceded, and it may be variously rendered but, on the other hand, and, also, now, etc.; καὶ δέ, when there is a special superaddition in continuation, too, yea, etc. It sometimes is found at the commencement of the apodosis of a sentence, Acts 11:17. It serves also to mark the resumption of an interrupted discourse, 2 Cor. 2:10; Gal. 2:6

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