δέ
  • Parse: Postpositive Conjunction
  • Meaning:
    • also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English)
    • used in answer to μέν

      μἐν ... δέ
      on the one hand ... on the other

    • but (when a contrast is obviously implied)
    • and (when there is a simple connective)
    • and (when there is a list of similar things)
    • rather (when the previous clause is negative.

      οὐκ ἔστιν κτίσις ἀφανὴς ..., πάντα δὲ γυμνά
      no creature is hidden ... rather all are naked

    • then (as an introduction to an apodosis clause after a hypothetical or temporal protasis and contrasting with the protasis e.g., if they do this, then I will do that)
    • then, now, so (as a transitional particle without any contrast)
    • as a resumption of a discourse that had been interrupted
    • now, well, okay (used to introduce a story, e.g., well, when such and such ...)
  • Combination:
    • δὲ καί = but also, but even
    • εἰ δὲ καί = but if, and if, and even if
    • εἰ δὲ μήγε = otherwise
    • εἰ δὲ μή γε = otherwise (Matt 9:17; Luke 5:37; 10:6; 13:9; Matt 9:17; 2Cor 11:16)
    • εἰ δὲ μή = if not, otherwise (Mark 2:22; John 14:11; Rev 2:5, 16)
  • Forms:
    • δ’ Conjunction