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Lexicon :: Strong's G235 - alla

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ἀλλά
Transliteration
alla (Key)
Pronunciation
al-lah'
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Part of Speech
conjunction
Root Word (Etymology)
Neuter plural of ἄλλος (G243)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἀλλά allá, al-lah'; neuter plural of G243; properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations):—and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 637x

The KJV translates Strong's G235 in the following manner: but (573x), yea (15x), yet (11x), nevertheless (10x), howbeit (9x), nay (4x), therefore (3x), save (2x), not translated (2x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 637x
The KJV translates Strong's G235 in the following manner: but (573x), yea (15x), yet (11x), nevertheless (10x), howbeit (9x), nay (4x), therefore (3x), save (2x), not translated (2x), miscellaneous (8x).
  1. but

    1. nevertheless, notwithstanding

    2. an objection

    3. an exception

    4. a restriction

    5. nay, rather, yea, moreover

    6. forms a transition to the cardinal matter

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀλλά allá, al-lah'; neuter plural of G243; properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations):—and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.
STRONGS G235:
ἀλλά, an adversative particle, derived from ἄλλα, neuter of the adjective ἄλλος, which was originally pronounced ἀλλός (cf. Klotz ad Devar. ii., p. 1f), hence properly, other things namely, than those just mentioned. It differs from δέ, as the Latin at and sed from autem, [cf. Winer's Grammar, 441f (411)].
I. But. So related to the preceding words that it serves to introduce
1. an opposition to concessions; nevertheless, notwithstanding: Matthew 24:6; Mark 13:20; Mark 14:28; John 16:7, 20; Acts 4:17; Acts 7:48; Romans 5:14; Romans 10:16; 1 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Corinthians 7:6; Philippians 2:27 (ἀλλ’ θεός etc.), etc.
2. an objection: John 7:27; Romans 10:18; 1 Corinthians 15:35; James 2:18.
3. an exception: Luke 22:53; Romans 4:2; 1 Corinthians 8:7; 1 Corinthians 10:23.
4. a restriction: John 11:42; Galatians 4:8; Mark 14:36.
5. an ascensive transition or gradation, nay rather, yea moreover: John 16:2; 2 Corinthians 1:9; especially with καί added, Luke 12:7; Luke 16:21; Luke 24:22. ἀλλ’ οὐδέ, but... not even (German ja nicht einmal): Luke 23:15; Acts 19:2; 1 Corinthians 3:2 [Rec. οὔτε]; cf. Fritzsche on Mark, p. 157.
6. or forms a transition to the cardinal matter, especially before imperatives: Matthew 9:18.; Mark 9:22; Mark 16:7; Luke 7:7; John 8:26; John 16:4; Acts 9:6 [not Rec.]; Acts 10:20; 26:16.
7. it is put elliptically: ἀλλ’ ἵνα, i. e. ἀλλὰ τοῦτο γέγονεν, Mark 14:49; John 13:18; John 15:25; 1 John 2:19.
8. after a conditional or concessive protasis it signifies, at the beginning of the apodosis, yet [cf. Winer's Grammar, 442 (411)]: after καὶ εἰ, 2 Corinthians 13:4 [R G]; Mark 14:29 R G L, (2 Macc. 8:15); after εἰ καί, Mark 14:29 [T Tr WH]; 2 Corinthians 4:16; 2 Corinthians 5:16; 2 Corinthians 11:6; Colossians 2:5 (2 Macc. 6:26); after εἰ, 1 Corinthians 9:2; Romans 6:5 (1 Macc. 2:20); after ἐάν, 1 Corinthians 4:15; after εἴπερ, 1 Corinthians 8:6 [L Tr marginal reading WH brackets ἀλλ’; cf. Klotz ad Devar. ii., p. 93f; Kühner, ii., p. 827, § 535 Anm. 6.
9. after a preceding μέν: Mark 9:13 [T omits; Tr brackets μέν]; Acts 4:16; Romans 14:20; 1 Corinthians 14:17.
10. it is joined to other particles; ἀλλά γε [Griesbach ἀλλάγε] (twice in the N. T.): yet at least, 1 Corinthians 9:2; yet surely (aber freilich), Luke 24:21 [L T Tr WH add καί yea and etc.], cf. Bornemann at the passage. In the more elegant Greek writers these particles are not combined without the interposition of the most emphatic word between them; cf. Bornemann, the passage cited; Klotz ad Devar. ii., pp. 15f, 24f; Ast, Lex. Plato, i., p. 101; [Winer's Grammar, 444 (413)]. ἀλλ’ (arising from the blending of the two statements οὐδὲν ἄλλο and οὐδὲν ἄλλο, ἀλλά) save only, except: 1 Corinthians 3:5 (where ἀλλ’ omitted by G L T Tr WH is spurious); Luke 12:51 (Sir. 37:12; Sir. 44:10); and after ἄλλα itself, 2 Corinthians 1:13 [here Lachmann brackets ἀλλ’ before ]; cf. Klotz as above ii., 31ff; Kühner, ii., p. 824f § 535, 6; Winers Grammar, 442 (412); [Buttmann, 374 (320)]. ἀλλ’ οὐ but not, yet not: Hebrews 3:16 (if punctuated παρεπίκραναν; ἀλλ’ οὐ) for 'but why do I ask? did not all,' etc.; cf. Bleek at the passage [Winer's Grammar, 442 (411)]. ἀλλ’ οὐχί will he not rather? Luke 17:8.
II. preceded by a negation: but (Latin sed, German sondern);
1. οὐκ (μή)... ἀλλά: Matthew 19:11; Mark 5:39; John 7:16; 1 Corinthians 1:17; 1 Corinthians 7:10, 19 [οὐδέν]; 2 Corinthians 7:9; 1 Timothy 5:23 [μηκέτι], etc. By a rhetorical construction οὐκ... ἀλλά sometimes is logically equivalent to not so much... as: Mark 9:37 (οὐκ ἐμὲ δέχεται, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με); Matthew 10:20; John 12:44; Acts 5:4; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:8; by this form of speech the emphasis is laid on the second member; cf. Fritzsche on Mark, p. 773ff; Winers Grammar, § 55, 8 b.; [Buttmann, 356 (306)]. οὐ μόνον... ἀλλὰ καί not only... but also: John 5:18; John 11:52 [ἀλλ’ ἵνα καί, etc.]; Romans 1:32, and very often. When καί is omitted (as in the Latin non solum... sed), the gradation is strengthened: Acts 19:26 [Lachmann adds καί]; 1 John 5:6; ἀλλὰ πολλῷ μᾶλλον, Philippians 2:12; cf. Fritzsche, the passage cited, p. 786ff; Winers Grammar, 498 (464); [Buttmann, 369f (317)].
2. The negation to which ἀλλά pertains is suppressed, but can easily be supplied upon reflection [Winer's Grammar, 442 (412)]: Matthew 11:7-9; Luke 7:24-26 (in each passage, before ἀλλά supply 'you will say you did not go out into the wilderness for this purpose'); Acts 19:2 (we have not received the Holy Spirit, but...); Galatians 2:3 (they said not one word in opposition to me, but...); 2 Corinthians 7:11 (where before ἀλλά, repeated six times by anaphora, supply οὐ μόνον with the accusative of the preceding word). It is used in answers to questions having the force of a negation [Winer's Grammar, 442 (412)]: John 7:49; Acts 15:11; 1 Corinthians 10:20. ἀλλὰ ἵνα [or ἀλλ’ ἵνα, cf. Winers Grammar, 40; Buttmann, 10] elliptical after a negation [Winer's Grammar, 316f (297); 620 (576); Fritzsche on Matthew, p. 840f]: John 1:8 (supply ἀλλὰ ἦλθεν, ἵνα); John 9:3 (ἀλλὰ τυφλὸς ἐγένετο [or ἐγεννήθη], ἵνα); Mark 4:22 (ἀλλὰ τοιοῦτο ἐγένετο, ἵνα).
["The best manuscripts seem to elide the final α before nouns, but not before verbs" Scrivener, Plain Introduction, etc., p. 14; but see Dr. Gregory's full exhibition of the facts in Tdf. Proleg., p. 93f, from which it appears that "elision is commonly or almost always omitted before α, almost always before υ, often before ε and η, rarely before ο and ω, never before ι; and it should be noticed that this coincides with the fact that the familiar words ἐν, ἵνα, ὅτι, οὐ, ὡς, prefer the form ἀλλ’"; see also WHs Appendix, p. 146. Cf. Winers Grammar, § 5, 1 a.; Buttmann, p. 10.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
9:18; 10:20; 11:7; 11:8; 11:9; 19:11; 24:6
Mark
4:22; 5:39; 9:13; 9:22; 9:37; 13:20; 14:28; 14:29; 14:29; 14:36; 14:49; 16:7
Luke
7:7; 7:24; 7:25; 7:26; 12:7; 12:51; 16:21; 17:8; 22:53; 23:15; 24:21; 24:22
John
1:8; 5:18; 7:16; 7:27; 7:49; 8:26; 9:3; 11:42; 11:52; 12:44; 13:18; 15:25; 16:2; 16:4; 16:7; 16:20
Acts
4:16; 4:17; 5:4; 7:48; 9:6; 10:20; 15:11; 19:2; 19:2; 19:26; 26:16
Romans
1:32; 4:2; 5:14; 6:5; 10:16; 10:18; 14:20
1 Corinthians
1:17; 3:2; 3:5; 4:4; 4:15; 7:10; 7:19; 8:6; 8:7; 9:2; 9:2; 10:20; 10:23; 14:17; 15:10; 15:35
2 Corinthians
1:9; 1:13; 4:16; 5:16; 7:6; 7:9; 7:11; 11:6; 13:4
Galatians
2:3; 4:8
Philippians
2:12; 2:27
Colossians
2:5
1 Thessalonians
4:8
1 Timothy
5:23
Hebrews
3:16
James
2:18
1 John
2:19; 5:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G235 matches the Greek ἀλλά (alla),
which occurs 638 times in 603 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 13 (Mat 4:4–Mar 6:9)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:4 - But he answered, “It is written,
“‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:15 - Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:17 - “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:39 - But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:13 - And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:18 - that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:21 - “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:4 - And Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:8 - But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:12 - But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:13 - Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:17 - Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:18 - While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:24 - he said, “Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:20 - For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:34 - “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:8 - What then did you go out to see? A man[fn] dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:9 - What then did you go out to see? A prophet?[fn] Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:21 - yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:11 - it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:12 - Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:17 - And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:23 - But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance[fn] to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:12 - But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of Man will certainly suffer at their hands.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:22 - Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:30 - He refused and went and put him in prison until he should pay the debt.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:6 - So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:11 - But he said to them, “Not everyone can receive this saying, but only those to whom it is given.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:23 - He said to them, “You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:26 - It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:28 - even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:21 - And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:30 - For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:32 - ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:6 - And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:39 - And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:24 - So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood;[fn] see to it yourselves.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:44 - and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:45 - But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:17 - And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:22 - And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins—and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:26 - And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:27 - But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:29 - but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:17 - And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:22 - For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:19 - And he did not permit him but said to him, “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:26 - and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:39 - And when he had entered, he said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but sleeping.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:9 - but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics.[fn]

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