#29 · 638× in the NT · conjunction

ἀλλά

but, rather

History

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In the NT

  • οὐκ ἦλθον καταλῦσαι ἀλλὰ πληρῶσαι

    I did not come to abolish but to fulfill

    Matt 5:17 · dictionary form

  • οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος ἀνδρὸς ἀλλ’ ἐκ θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν

    nor of the will of a man, but they were born of God

    John 1:13 · elided

  • ἵνα μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλ’ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον

    so that he should not perish but have eternal life

    John 3:16

Morphology

Strong adversative conjunction · indeclinable

Sharper contrast than δέ. Elides to ἀλλ’ before a vowel.

Strong ‘but / rather’. Elides to ἀλλ’ before a vowel. Stronger than δέ.

Further reading

Mounce pages are the 4th edition (2019 hardcover). Smyth 1920 is public domain. Hildebrandt pages follow the free 2019 CLI PDF.