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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 9 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. 2 Corinthians 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.

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  2. 2 Corinthians 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

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  3. 2 Corinthians 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.

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  4. 2 Corinthians 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    yet now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.

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  5. 2 Corinthians 7:11 · BSB · 6 occurrences

    Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

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  6. 2 Corinthians 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

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  7. 2 Corinthians 7:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.

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  8. 2 Corinthians 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, through the will of God.

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  9. 2 Corinthians 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

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  10. 2 Corinthians 8:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I am not giving a command, but I am testing the sincerity of your love through the earnestness of others.

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  11. 2 Corinthians 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And this is my opinion about what is helpful for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give, but even to have such a desire.

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  12. 2 Corinthians 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It is not our intention that others may be relieved while you are burdened, but that there may be equality.

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  13. 2 Corinthians 8:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the gracious offering we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.

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  14. 2 Corinthians 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.

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  15. 2 Corinthians 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.

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  16. 2 Corinthians 10:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

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  17. 2 Corinthians 10:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.

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  18. 2 Corinthians 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.

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  19. 2 Corinthians 10:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

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  20. 2 Corinthians 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I hope you will put up with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.

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  21. 2 Corinthians 11:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.

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  22. 2 Corinthians 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.

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  23. 2 Corinthians 12:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

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  24. 2 Corinthians 12:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.

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  25. 2 Corinthians 13:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you but is powerful among you.

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  26. 2 Corinthians 13:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. For we are also weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him concerning you.

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  27. 2 Corinthians 13:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not that we will appear to have stood the test, but that you will do what is right, even if we appear to have failed.

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  28. 2 Corinthians 13:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.

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  29. Galatians 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—

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  30. Galatians 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse!

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  31. Galatians 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.

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  32. Galatians 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.

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  33. Galatians 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

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  34. Galatians 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.

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  35. Galatians 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

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  36. Galatians 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”

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  37. Galatians 3:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.

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  38. Galatians 3:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.

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  39. Galatians 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.

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  40. Galatians 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.

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  41. Galatians 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.

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  42. Galatians 4:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.

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  43. Galatians 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.

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  44. Galatians 4:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.

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  45. Galatians 4:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.

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  46. Galatians 4:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”

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  47. Galatians 4:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.

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  48. Galatians 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love.

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  49. Galatians 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

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  50. Galatians 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

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