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ἀλλά (alla) means “but” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἀλλά Greek · G235 637 tagged occurrences in 602 verses

Pronunciation guide: al-lah' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G0235

ἀλλά · alla · but

ἀλλά (ἀλλ᾽ usually bef. α and υ, often bef. ε and η, rarely bef. ο and ω, never bef. ι; Tdf., Pr., 93 f.; WH, App., 146), adversative particle, stronger than δέ; prop. neuter pl. of ἄλλος, used adverbially, with changed accent; hence prop. otherwise, on the other hand (cf. Rom.3:31); 1. opposing a previous negation, but: οὐ (μὴ) . . . ἀ., Mat.5:15, 17 Mrk.5:39, Jhn.7:16, al.; rhetorically subordinating but not entirely negativing what precedes, οὐ . . . ἀ., not so much . . . as, Mrk.9:37, Mat.10:20, Jhn.12:44, al.; with ellipse of the negation, Mat.11:7-9, Act.19:2, 1Co.3:6 6:11 7:7, 2Co.7:1, Gal.2:3, al.; in opposition to a foregoing pos. sentence, ἀ. οὐ, Mat.24:6, 1Co.10:23; οὐ μόνον . . . ἀ. καί, Jhn.5:18, Rom.1:32, al.; elliptically, after a negation, ἀ. ἵνα, Mrk.14:49, Jhn.1:8 9:3, al.; = εἰ μή (Bl., §77, 13; M, Pr., 241; but cf. WM, §iii, 10), Mat.20:23, Mrk.4:22. 2. Without previous negation, to express opposition, interruption, transition, etc., but: Jhn.16:20 12:27, Gal.2:14; before commands or requests, Act.10:20 26:16, Mat.9:18, Mrk.9:22, al.; to introduce an accessory idea, 2Co.7:11; in the apodosis after a condition or concession with εἰ, ἐάν, εἴπερ, yet, still, at least, Mrk.14:29, 1Co.9:2, 2Co.4:16, Col.2:5, al.; after μέν, Act.4:17, Rom.14:20, 1Co.14:17; giving emphasis to the following clause, ἀλλ᾽ ἔρχεται ὥρα, yea, etc., Jhn.16:2; so with neg., ἀλλ᾽ οὐδέ, nay, nor yet, Luk.23:15. 3. Joined with other particles (a practice which increases in late writers; Simcox, LNT, 166), ἀ. γε, yet at least, Luk.24:21, 1Co.9:2; ἄ ἤ., save only, except, Luk.12:51, 2Co.1:13; ἀ. μὲν οὖν, Php.3:8 (on this usage, see MM, VGT, see word). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

but, except, however.

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How translators render G235

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
but 415
instead 49
no 10
however 9
but only 8
on the contrary 8
vvv 8
yet 8
and 7
indeed 7
what 6
but it is 5
but that 4
in fact 4
rather 4
though 3
and even 2
nevertheless 2
now 2
otherwise 2
so 2
then 2
although 1
and start 1
and unable 1
but am 1
but are in fact 1
but by 1
but for 1
but he stayed 1
but he was called 1
but in 1
but just 1
but only those 1
but rather 1
but respond 1
but this is 1
but to do 1
except 1
furthermore 1
it comes 1
more than that 1
only 1
rather i received it 1
these seats belong 1
these seats belong to those 1
what counts is 1
what matters is 1
yes 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
but 549
yea 15
yet 11
nevertheless 8
howbeit 5
and 3
nay 3
save 2
also 1
and so 1
but that 1
howbeit that 1
moreover 1
neither 1
no 1
notwithstanding 1
than 1
therefore 1
we have 1

Verses containing G235

Page 4 of 13. 602 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. John 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

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  2. John 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.

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  3. John 8:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”

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  4. John 8:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.

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  5. John 8:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.

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  6. John 8:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.

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  7. John 8:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I do not have a demon,” Jesus replied, “but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.

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  8. John 8:55 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.

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  9. John 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.

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  10. John 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Some claimed that he was, but others said, “No, he just looks like him.” But the man kept saying, “I am the one.”

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  11. John 9:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.

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  12. John 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

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  13. John 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice.”

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  14. John 10:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

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  15. John 10:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”

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  16. John 10:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.

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  17. John 10:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, make Yourself out to be God.”

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  18. John 11:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

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  19. John 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”

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  20. John 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

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  21. John 11:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.

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  22. John 11:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”

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  23. John 11:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,

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  24. John 11:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.

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  25. John 11:54 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.

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  26. John 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.

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  27. John 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they came not only because of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

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  28. John 12:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.

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  29. John 12:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.

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  30. John 12:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In response, Jesus said, “This voice was not for My benefit, but yours.

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  31. John 12:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.

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  32. John 12:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me.

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  33. John 12:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

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  34. John 12:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.

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  35. John 13:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!”

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  36. John 13:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”

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  37. John 13:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’

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  38. John 14:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.

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  39. John 14:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.

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  40. John 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

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  41. John 15:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

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  42. John 15:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.

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  43. John 15:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

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  44. John 16:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

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  45. John 16:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

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  46. John 16:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.

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  47. John 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.

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  48. John 16:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.

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  49. John 16:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.

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  50. John 16:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.

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