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Lexicon :: Strong's G235 - alla

Aa
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 3 / 13 (Luk 16:30–Jhn 7:49)

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:30 -

“ ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said. ‘But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:8 -

“Instead, will he not tell him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, get ready, and serve me while I eat and drink; later you can eat and drink’?

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:13 -

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, have mercy on me,[fn] a sinner! ’

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:21 -

They questioned him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, and you don’t show partiality[fn] but teach truthfully the way of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:38 -

“He is not the God of the dead but of the living, because all are living to[fn] him.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:9 -

“When you hear of wars and rebellions,[fn] don’t be alarmed. Indeed, it is necessary that these things take place first, but the end won’t come right away.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:26 -

“It is not to be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever is greatest among you should become like the youngest, and whoever leads, like the one serving.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:36 -

Then he said to them, “But now, whoever has a money-bag should take it, and also a traveling bag. And whoever doesn’t have a sword should sell his robe and buy one.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:42 -

“Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me ​— ​nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:53 -

“Every day while I was with you in the temple, you never laid a hand on me. But this is your hour ​— ​and the dominion of darkness.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:15 -

“Neither has Herod, because he sent him back to us. Clearly, he has done nothing to deserve death.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:6 -

“He is not here, but he has risen! Remember how he spoke to you when he was still in Galilee,

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:21 -

“But we were hoping that he was the one who was about to redeem Israel. Besides all this, it’s the third day since these things happened.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:22 -

“Moreover, some women from our group astounded us. They arrived early at the tomb,

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:8 -

He was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:13 -

who were born, not of natural descent,[fn] or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man,[fn] but of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:31 -

“I didn’t know him, but I came baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:33 -

“I didn’t know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The one you see the Spirit descending and resting on ​— ​he is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:8 -

“The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:16 -

“For God loved the world in this way:[fn] He gave[fn] his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:17 -

“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:28 -

“You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah, but I’ve been sent ahead of him.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:36 -

The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who rejects the Son[fn] will not see life; instead, the wrath of God remains on him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:2 -

(though Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:14 -

“But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again. In fact, the water I will give him will become a well[fn] of water springing up in him for eternal life.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:23 -

“But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and in truth.[fn] Yes, the Father wants such people to worship him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18 -

This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill him: Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal to God.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:22 -

“The Father, in fact, judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son,

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:24 -

“Truly I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:30 -

“I can do nothing on my own. I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:34 -

“I don’t receive human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:42 -

“but I know you ​— ​that you have no love for God within you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:9 -

“There’s a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish ​— ​but what are they for so many? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:22 -

The next day, the crowd that had stayed on the other side of the sea saw there had been only one boat.[fn] They also saw that Jesus had not boarded the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone off alone.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:26 -

Jesus answered, “Truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw[fn] the signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:27 -

“Don’t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal of approval on him.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:32 -

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, Moses didn’t give you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:36 -

“But as I told you, you’ve seen me,[fn] and yet you do not believe.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:38 -

“For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:39 -

“This is the will of him who sent me: that I should lose none of those he has given me but should raise them up on the last day.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:64 -

“But there are some among you who don’t believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning those who did not[fn] believe and the one who would betray him.)

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:10 -

After his brothers had gone up to the festival, then he also went up, not openly but secretly.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:12 -

And there was a lot of murmuring about him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He’s a good man.” Others were saying, “No, on the contrary, he’s deceiving the people.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:16 -

Jesus answered them, “My teaching isn’t mine but is from the one who sent me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:22 -

“This is why Moses has given you circumcision ​— ​not that it comes from Moses but from the fathers ​— ​and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:24 -

“Stop judging according to outward appearances; rather judge according to righteous judgment.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:27 -

“But we know where this man is from. When the Messiah comes, nobody will know where he is from.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:28 -

As he was teaching in the temple, Jesus cried out, “You know me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on my own, but the one who sent me is true. You don’t know him;

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:44 -

Some of them wanted to seize him, but no one laid hands on him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:49 -

“But this crowd, which doesn’t know the law, is accursed.”


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