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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 8 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. 1 Corinthians 10:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.

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  2. 1 Corinthians 10:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.

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  3. 1 Corinthians 10:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.

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  4. 1 Corinthians 10:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?

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  5. 1 Corinthians 10:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.

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  6. 1 Corinthians 11:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.

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  7. 1 Corinthians 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

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  8. 1 Corinthians 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good.

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  9. 1 Corinthians 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.

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  10. 1 Corinthians 12:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,

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  11. 1 Corinthians 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God has composed the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,

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  12. 1 Corinthians 12:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.

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  13. 1 Corinthians 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries in the Spirit.

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  14. 1 Corinthians 14:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other one is not edified.

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  15. 1 Corinthians 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

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  16. 1 Corinthians 14:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

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  17. 1 Corinthians 14:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.

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  18. 1 Corinthians 14:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.

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  19. 1 Corinthians 14:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.

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  20. 1 Corinthians 15:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

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  21. 1 Corinthians 15:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

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  22. 1 Corinthians 15:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.

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  23. 1 Corinthians 15:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.

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  24. 1 Corinthians 15:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.

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  25. 1 Corinthians 15:46 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.

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  26. 2 Corinthians 1:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

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  27. 2 Corinthians 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.

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  28. 2 Corinthians 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,

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  29. 2 Corinthians 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”

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  30. 2 Corinthians 1:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.

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  31. 2 Corinthians 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.

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  32. 2 Corinthians 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.

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  33. 2 Corinthians 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.

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  34. 2 Corinthians 2:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.

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  35. 2 Corinthians 3:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

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  36. 2 Corinthians 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

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  37. 2 Corinthians 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

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  38. 2 Corinthians 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.

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  39. 2 Corinthians 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.

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  40. 2 Corinthians 4:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

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  41. 2 Corinthians 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

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  42. 2 Corinthians 4:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

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  43. 2 Corinthians 4:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.

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  44. 2 Corinthians 4:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

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  45. 2 Corinthians 4:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

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  46. 2 Corinthians 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.

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  47. 2 Corinthians 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.

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  48. 2 Corinthians 5:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.

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  49. 2 Corinthians 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

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  50. 2 Corinthians 6:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;

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