#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, BBG 4th ed. ch. 8, pp. 67–78 (vocab)
- Smyth §2777
Mounce pages are the 4th edition (2019 hardcover). Smyth 1920 is public domain. Hildebrandt pages follow the free 2019 CLI PDF.