δέ dé
Meaning
but, and, etc.
In the King James Version: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English)
Derivation: a primary particle (adversative or continuative);
Where it is used
- Acts 7:12 When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.
- Acts 7:14 Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
- Acts 7:15 So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
- Acts 7:17 As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.
- Acts 7:21 When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.
- Acts 7:22 So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
- Acts 7:23 When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
- Acts 7:25 He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.
- Acts 7:27 But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
- Acts 7:29 At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
- Acts 7:31 When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him:
- Acts 7:32 ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.
- Acts 7:33 Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
- Acts 7:42 But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
- Acts 7:47 But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.
- Acts 7:49 ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?
- Acts 7:54 On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
- Acts 7:55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
- Acts 7:57 At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.
- Acts 7:60 Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
- Acts 8:1 And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
- Acts 8:2 God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
- Acts 8:3 But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
- Acts 8:5 Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.
- Acts 8:6 The crowds all paid close attention to Philip’s message and to the signs they saw him perform.
- Acts 8:7 With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed.
- Acts 8:8 So there was great joy in that city.
- Acts 8:9 Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,
- Acts 8:11 They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery.
- Acts 8:12 But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
- Acts 8:13 Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.
- Acts 8:14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
- Acts 8:16 For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
- Acts 8:18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
- Acts 8:20 But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
- Acts 8:24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
- Acts 8:26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
- Acts 8:29 The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”
- Acts 8:30 So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
- Acts 8:31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
- Acts 8:32 The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
- Acts 8:33 In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”
- Acts 8:34 “Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”
- Acts 8:35 Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
- Acts 8:36 As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
- Acts 8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
- Acts 8:39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.
- Acts 8:40 But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
- Acts 9:1 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest
- Acts 9:3 As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
- Acts 9:5 “Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.
- Acts 9:7 The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone.
- Acts 9:8 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.
- Acts 9:10 In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he answered.
- Acts 9:11 “Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
- Acts 9:13 But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
- Acts 9:15 “Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
- Acts 9:17 So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
- Acts 9:19 and after taking some food, he regained his strength. And he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.
- Acts 9:21 All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”