δε

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 γυμνὰ
  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

LIST OF CONJUNCTIONS
ἀλλά, ἄρα, ἀτάρ, άχρί, γάρ, δέ, διατοῦτο, διό, διόπερ, διότι, ἐάν, ἐάνπερ, εἰ, (εἰ δὲ μήγε), (εἴ γε), (εἰ ἄρα), (εἰ δὲ καὶ), (εἰ δὲ μή), (εἰ δὲ μή γε), (εἰ δὲ μήγε), (εἴ γε), εἴγε, (εἰ καί), (εἰ μὲν γαρ), (εἰ μὲν οὖν), (εἰ μὴ ὅτι), (εἰ μήτι), (εἰ μή τι), (εἰ οὖν), εἴπερ, εἴπως, (εἴ πως), εἴς, εἴτε, εἶτε, (εἴ τις), εἴτις, εἴτοι, ἐπάν, ἐπεί, ἐπειδάν, ἐπειδή, ἐπειδήπερ, ἐπείπερ, ἕως, γάρ, γοῦν, ἤ, ἥδω, ἤγουν, (ἡνίκα ἄν), ἤτοι, ἵνα, κἀγώ, καί, καΐἐκεῖ, καϊἐμός, καίπερ, (καὶ τὰ λοιπά), καίτοι, καίτοιγε, (καίτοι γε), κἀκεῖθεν, κἀμέ, κἀμοί, κάλλιον, κἀμοῦ, κἂν, καθάπερ, κ.τ.λ., μά, μέντοι, μέντοιγε, μέχρι, μηδέ, μήπου, μήπως, μήτε, οἱονεί, ὅμως, ὁπόταν, ὅπως, (ὁσάκις ἄν), ὅταν, ὅτε, ὅτε ἄν, ὅτι, οὖν, οὔτε, πλήν, πρίν, τανῦν, τάχιον, τε, τοίνυν, τοιόσδε, τοὐναντίον, τοὔνομα, ὡς, ὡσάν, (ὡς ἄν), ὥστε, ὥστε