ἀλλά
but
G235
Strong's Greek
allá
Transliteration
/al-lah'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the GNT
636
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Thayer Definition
1. but
a. nevertheless, notwithstanding
b. an objection
c. an exception
d. a restriction
e. nay, rather, yea, moreover
f. forms a transition to the cardinal matter
Strong's concordance entry
Neuter plural of G243 ; properly other things that is (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations): - and but (even) howbeit indeed nay nevertheless no notwithstanding save therefore yea yet.
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Conjunction
- A joining word linking words or clauses.
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
Gender
- Neuter
- Grammatically neuter.
Number
- Plural
- More than one.
Grammatical forms
- Conjunction 635 times (100%)
- Adjective, Nominative, Plural, Neuter 1 time (0%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (Robinson–Tischendorf, public domain), counted across 636 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Matthew 37 verses
- Matthew 4:4 ἀλλ’ conj But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"
- Matthew 5:15 ἀλλ’ conj Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.
- Matthew 5:17 ἀλλὰ conj "Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill.
- Matthew 5:39 ἀλλ’ conj But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
- Matthew 6:13 ἀλλὰ conj Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.'
- Matthew 6:18 ἀλλὰ conj so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
- Matthew 7:21 ἀλλ’ conj Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
- Matthew 8:4 ἀλλὰ conj Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."
- Matthew 8:8 ἀλλὰ conj The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
- Matthew 9:12 ἀλλ’ conj When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
- Matthew 9:13 ἀλλὰ conj But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
- Matthew 9:17 ἀλλὰ conj Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."
- Matthew 9:18 ἀλλὰ conj While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."
- Matthew 9:24 ἀλλὰ conj he said to them, "Make room, because the girl isn't dead, but sleeping." They were ridiculing him.
- Matthew 10:20 ἀλλὰ conj For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
- Matthew 10:34 ἀλλὰ conj "Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn't come to send peace, but a sword.
- Matthew 11:8 ἀλλὰ conj But what did you go out to see? A man in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in king's houses.
- Matthew 11:9 ἀλλὰ conj But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.
- Matthew 13:21 ἀλλὰ conj yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
- Matthew 15:11 ἀλλὰ conj That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."
- Matthew 16:12 ἀλλὰ conj Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
- Matthew 16:17 ἀλλ’ conj Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
- Matthew 16:23 ἀλλὰ conj But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men."
- Matthew 17:12 ἀλλὰ conj but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn't recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them."
- Matthew 18:22 ἀλλ’ conj Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.
- Matthew 18:30 ἀλλὰ conj He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.
- Matthew 19:6 ἀλλὰ conj So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear apart."
- Matthew 19:11 ἀλλ’ conj But he said to them, "Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.
- Matthew 20:23 ἀλλ’ conj He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father."
- Matthew 20:26 ἀλλ’ conj It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.
- Matthew 20:28 ἀλλὰ conj even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
- Matthew 21:21 ἀλλὰ conj Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, if you have faith, and don't doubt, you will not only do what is done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it would be done.
- Matthew 22:30 ἀλλ’ conj For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God's angels in heaven.
- Matthew 22:32 ἀλλὰ conj 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?' God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."
- Matthew 24:6 ἀλλ’ conj You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.
- Matthew 26:39 ἀλλ’ conj He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire."
- Matthew 27:24 ἀλλὰ conj So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."
Mark 41 verses
- Mark 1:44 ἀλλὰ conj and said to him, "See you say nothing to anybody, but go show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."
- Mark 1:45 ἀλλ’ conj But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places: and they came to him from everywhere.
- Mark 2:17 ἀλλ’ ἀλλὰ conj conj When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
- Mark 3:26 ἀλλὰ conj If Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he can't stand, but has an end.
- Mark 3:27 ἀλλ’ conj But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder, unless he first binds the strong man; and then he will plunder his house.
- Mark 3:29 ἀλλὰ conj but whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"
- Mark 4:17 ἀλλὰ conj They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
- Mark 4:22 ἀλλ’ conj For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.
- Mark 5:19 ἀλλὰ conj He didn't allow him, but said to him, "Go to your house, to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you."
- Mark 5:26 ἀλλὰ conj and had suffered many things by many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better, but rather grew worse,
- Mark 5:39 ἀλλὰ conj When he had entered in, he said to them, "Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep."
- Mark 6:9 ἀλλὰ conj but to wear sandals, and not put on two tunics.
- Mark 6:52 ἀλλ’ conj for they hadn't understood about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
- Mark 7:5 ἀλλὰ conj The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"
- Mark 7:15 ἀλλὰ conj There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.
- Mark 7:19 ἀλλ’ conj because it doesn't go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus making all foods clean?"
- Mark 7:25 ἀλλὰ conj For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
- Mark 8:33 ἀλλὰ conj But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men."
- Mark 9:8 ἀλλὰ conj Suddenly looking around, they saw no one with them any more, except Jesus only.
- Mark 9:13 ἀλλὰ conj But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him."
- Mark 9:22 ἀλλὰ conj Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us."
- Mark 9:37 ἀλλὰ conj "Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn't receive me, but him who sent me."
- Mark 10:8 ἀλλὰ conj and the two will become one flesh,' so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.
- Mark 10:27 ἀλλ’ conj Jesus, looking at them, said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God."
- Mark 10:40 ἀλλ’ conj but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared."
- Mark 10:43 ἀλλ’ conj But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.
- Mark 10:45 ἀλλὰ conj For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
- Mark 11:23 ἀλλὰ conj For most assuredly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and doesn't doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says.
- Mark 11:32 ἀλλὰ conj If we should say, 'From men'"--they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.
- Mark 12:14 ἀλλ’ conj When they had come, they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don't defer to anyone; for you aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
- Mark 12:25 ἀλλ’ conj For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
- Mark 12:27 ἀλλὰ conj He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken."
- Mark 13:7 ἀλλ’ conj "When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don't be troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet.
- Mark 13:11 ἀλλ’ ἀλλὰ conj conj When they lead you away and deliver you up, don't be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
- Mark 13:20 ἀλλὰ conj Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.
- Mark 13:24 Ἀλλὰ conj But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,
- Mark 14:28 ἀλλὰ conj However, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."
- Mark 14:29 ἀλλ’ conj But Peter said to him, "Although all will be offended, yet I will not."
- Mark 14:36 ἀλλ’ ἀλλὰ conj conj He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire."
- Mark 14:49 ἀλλ’ conj I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."
- Mark 16:7 ἀλλὰ conj But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.'"
Luke 35 verses
- Luke 1:60 ἀλλὰ conj His mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called John."
- Luke 5:14 ἀλλὰ conj He charged him to tell no one, "But go your way, and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."
- Luke 5:31 ἀλλὰ conj Jesus answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
- Luke 5:32 ἀλλὰ conj I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
- Luke 5:38 ἀλλὰ conj But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.
- Luke 6:27 Ἀλλὰ conj "But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
- Luke 7:7 ἀλλὰ conj Therefore I didn't even think myself worthy to come to you; but say the word, and my servant will be healed.
- Luke 7:25 ἀλλὰ conj But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
- Luke 7:26 ἀλλὰ conj But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.
- Luke 8:16 ἀλλ’ conj "No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.
- Luke 8:27 ἀλλ’ conj When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn't live in a house, but in the tombs.
- Luke 8:52 ἀλλὰ conj All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, "Don't weep. She isn't dead, but sleeping."
- Luke 11:33 ἀλλ’ conj "No man, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar, nor under a basket, but on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.
- Luke 11:42 ἀλλὰ conj But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
- Luke 12:7 ἀλλὰ conj But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
- Luke 12:51 ἀλλ’ conj Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
- Luke 13:3 ἀλλ’ conj I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.
- Luke 13:5 ἀλλ’ conj I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way."
- Luke 14:10 ἀλλ’ conj But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
- Luke 14:13 ἀλλ’ conj But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
- Luke 16:21 ἀλλὰ conj and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
- Luke 16:30 ἀλλ’ conj "He said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'
- Luke 17:8 ἀλλ’ conj and will not rather tell him, 'Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink'?
- Luke 18:13 ἀλλ’ conj But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'
- Luke 20:21 ἀλλ’ conj They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
- Luke 20:38 ἀλλὰ conj Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him."
- Luke 21:9 ἀλλ’ conj When you hear of wars and disturbances, don't be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won't come immediately."
- Luke 22:26 ἀλλ’ conj But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves.
- Luke 22:36 ἀλλὰ conj Then he said to them, "But now, whoever has a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword.
- Luke 22:42 ἀλλὰ conj saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done."
- Luke 22:53 ἀλλ’ conj When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn't stretch out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."
- Luke 23:15 ἀλλ’ conj Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.
- Luke 24:6 ἀλλὰ conj He isn't here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee,
- Luke 24:21 ἀλλά conj But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.
- Luke 24:22 ἀλλὰ conj Also, certain women of our company amazed us, having arrived early at the tomb;
John 101 verses
- John 1:8 ἀλλ’ conj He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.
- John 1:13 ἀλλ’ conj who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
- John 1:31 ἀλλ’ conj I didn't know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel."
- John 1:33 ἀλλ’ conj I didn't recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, 'On whomever you will see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'
- John 3:8 ἀλλ’ conj The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don't know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
- John 3:16 ἀλλ’ conj For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- John 3:17 ἀλλ’ conj For God didn't send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
- John 3:28 ἀλλ’ conj You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before him.'
- John 3:36 ἀλλ’ conj One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."
- John 4:2 ἀλλ’ conj (although Jesus himself didn't baptize, but his disciples),
- John 4:14 ἀλλὰ conj but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."
- John 4:23 ἀλλὰ conj But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers.
- John 5:18 ἀλλὰ conj For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
- John 5:22 ἀλλὰ conj For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
- John 5:24 ἀλλὰ conj "Most assuredly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
- John 5:30 ἀλλὰ conj I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.
- John 5:34 ἀλλὰ conj But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved.
- John 5:42 ἀλλὰ conj But I know you, that you don't have God's love in yourselves.
- John 6:9 ἀλλὰ conj "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?"
- John 6:22 ἀλλὰ conj On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples had embarked, and that Jesus hadn't entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone.
- John 6:23 ἄλλα adj nom pl neut However boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
- John 6:26 ἀλλ’ conj Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.
- John 6:27 ἀλλὰ conj Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."
- John 6:32 ἀλλ’ conj Jesus therefore said to them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, it wasn't Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.
- John 6:36 ἀλλ’ conj But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you don't believe.
- John 6:38 ἀλλὰ conj For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
- John 6:39 ἀλλὰ conj This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.
- John 6:64 ἀλλ’ conj But there are some of you who don't believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn't believe, and who it was who would betray him.
- John 7:10 ἀλλ’ conj But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
- John 7:12 ἀλλὰ conj There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others said, "Not so, but he leads the multitude astray."
- John 7:16 ἀλλὰ conj Jesus therefore answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
- John 7:22 ἀλλ’ conj Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.
- John 7:24 ἀλλὰ conj Don't judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."
- John 7:27 ἀλλὰ conj However we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from."
- John 7:28 ἀλλ’ conj Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don't know.
- John 7:44 ἀλλ’ conj Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.
- John 7:49 ἀλλὰ conj But this multitude that doesn't know the law is accursed."
- John 8:12 ἀλλ’ conj Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."
- John 8:16 ἀλλ’ conj Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.
- John 8:26 ἀλλ’ conj I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world."
- John 8:28 ἀλλὰ conj Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.
- John 8:37 ἀλλὰ conj I know that you are Abraham's seed, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.
- John 8:42 ἀλλ’ conj Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven't come of myself, but he sent me.
- John 8:49 ἀλλὰ conj Jesus answered, "I don't have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.
- John 8:55 ἀλλὰ conj You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I don't know him,' I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.
- John 9:3 ἀλλ’ conj Jesus answered, "Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him.
- John 9:9 ἀλλὰ conj Others were saying, "It is he." Still others were saying, "He looks like him." He said, "I am he."
- John 9:31 ἀλλ’ conj We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
- John 10:1 ἀλλὰ conj "Most assuredly, I tell you, one who doesn't enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
- John 10:5 ἀλλὰ conj They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don't know the voice of strangers."
- John 10:8 ἀλλ’ conj All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.
- John 10:18 ἀλλ’ conj No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."
- John 10:26 ἀλλὰ conj But you don't believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.
- John 10:33 ἀλλὰ conj The Jews answered him, "We don't stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself God."
- John 11:4 ἀλλ’ conj But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God's Son may be glorified by it."
- John 11:11 ἀλλὰ conj He said these things, and after that, he said to them, "Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep."
- John 11:15 ἀλλὰ conj I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let's go to him."
- John 11:30 ἀλλ’ conj Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.
- John 11:42 ἀλλὰ conj I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude that stands around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me."
- John 11:51 ἀλλὰ conj Now he didn't say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
- John 11:52 ἀλλ’ conj and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
- John 11:54 ἀλλὰ conj Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples.
- John 12:6 ἀλλ’ conj Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
- John 12:9 ἀλλ’ conj A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there, and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
- John 12:16 ἀλλ’ conj His disciples didn't understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him.
- John 12:27 ἀλλὰ conj "Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? 'Father, save me from this time?' But for this cause I came to this time.
- John 12:30 ἀλλὰ conj Jesus answered, "This voice hasn't come for my sake, but for your sakes.
- John 12:42 ἀλλὰ conj Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn't confess it, so that they wouldn't be put out of the synagogue,
- John 12:44 ἀλλὰ conj Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me.
- John 12:47 ἀλλ’ conj If anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn't believe, I don't judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
- John 12:49 ἀλλ’ conj For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
- John 13:9 ἀλλὰ conj Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!"
- John 13:10 ἀλλ’ ἀλλ’ conj conj Jesus said to him, "Someone who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed, but is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you."
- John 13:18 ἀλλ’ conj I don't speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.'
- John 14:24 ἀλλὰ conj He who doesn't love me doesn't keep my words. The word which you hear isn't mine, but the Father's who sent me.
- John 14:31 ἀλλ’ conj But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, even so I do. Arise, let us go from here.
- John 15:16 ἀλλ’ conj You didn't choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
- John 15:19 ἀλλ’ conj If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
- John 15:21 ἀλλὰ conj But all these things will they do to you for my name's sake, because they don't know him who sent me.
- John 15:25 ἀλλ’ conj But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'
- John 16:2 ἀλλ’ conj They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
- John 16:4 ἀλλὰ conj But I have told you these things, so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn't tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
- John 16:6 ἀλλ’ conj But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart.
- John 16:7 ἀλλ’ conj Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don't go away, the Counselor won't come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
- John 16:12 ἀλλ’ conj "I have yet many things to tell you, but you can't bear them now.
- John 16:13 ἀλλ’ conj However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
- John 16:20 ἀλλ’ conj Most assuredly I tell you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
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The Greek conjunction αλλα centers on the idea of “but.” Its earliest occurrence is Matthew 4:4. Spanning 601 verses in 27 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Greek New Testament. Related forms include αλλος, αλλασσω and αλλαχοθεν. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
Strong's · 1890
and
Modern gloss
but
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current Thayer scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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About this word
Strong's G235 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 601
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 601 distinct verses.
- 27 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 27 of 27 New Testament books.
- #31
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Greek words (rank 31 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 601 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- John 101 verses 17%
- Romans 68 verses 11%
- 1 Corinthians 63 verses 10%
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 601 distinct verses.
- Pauline corpus 283 verses · 47%
- Gospels 214 verses · 36%
- Johannine 132 verses · 22%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 65 verses · 11%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 46 verses · 8%
- Hebrews 16 verses · 3%
- Revelation 12 verses · 2%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: But 566×, Yea 15×, Yet 11×
- American Standard Version: But 521×, Howbeit 18×, Yet 16×
- Berean Standard Bible: But 433×, Instead 49×, No 10×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: But 556×, Instead 32×, Rather 10×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G235 across 636 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 11 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G235 across 616 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 24 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G235 across 565 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 10 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 66 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G235 across 642 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 1 sense Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- but
Word origin
Derived from αλλος (állos) (G243) — another.
Neuter plural of G243 ; properly other things that is (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations): - and but (even) howbeit indeed nay nevertheless no notwithstanding save therefore yea yet.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 6 distinct written forms G235 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀλλὰ allà | Conjunction | Matthew 5:17 | 408 |
| ἀλλ’ all | Conjunction | Matthew 4:4 | 220 |
| Ἀλλὰ Allà | Conjunction | Mark 13:24 | 4 |
| ἀλλά allá | Conjunction | Luke 24:21 | 2 |
| ἄλλα álla | Adjective, Nominative, Plural, Neuter | John 6:23 | 1 |
| Ἀλλ’ All | Conjunction | Romans 10:16 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G235, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- αλλασσω allássō G236 to change
- αλλαχοθεν allachóthen G237 from another place
- αλληγορεω allēgoréō G238 to speak allegorically
- αλληλων allḗlōn G240 one another
- αλλογενης allogenḗs G241 foreigner
- αλλοτριος allótrios G245 foreign
- αλλοφυλος allóphylos G246 foreign
- αλλως állōs G247 otherwise
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 10 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word αλλα appears 364 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 360 verses in 28 books.
- 364
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 360
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 28 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 28 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 15:4 ἀλλά
- Exodus 8:24 ἀλλά
- Leviticus 11:21 ἀλλά
- Numbers 10:30 ἀλλά
- Deuteronomy 1:28 ἀλλά
- Joshua 1:18 ἀλλά
- Judges 2:2 ἀλλά
- 1 Samuel 1:23 ἀλλά
- 2 Samuel 10:3 ἀλλά
- 1 Kings 3:11 ἀλλά
- 2 Kings 4:2 ἀλλά
- 1 Chronicles 2:34 ἀλλά
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G235) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 360. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 15:4 ἀλλά Behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own body will be your heir."
- Genesis 17:5 ἀλλά Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made you.
- Genesis 17:15 ἀλλά God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.
- Genesis 18:15 ἀλλά Then Sarah denied, saying, "I didn't laugh," for she was afraid." He said, "No, but you did laugh."
- Genesis 19:2 ἀλλά and he said, "See now, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you will rise up early, and go on your way." They said, "No, but we will stay in the street all night."
- Genesis 20:12 ἀλλά Moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
- Genesis 21:23 ἀλλά Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner."
- Genesis 21:26 ἀλλά Abimelech said, "I don't know who has done this thing. Neither did you tell me, neither did I hear of it, until today."
- Genesis 24:4 ἀλλά But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac."
- Genesis 24:38 ἀλλά but you shall go to my father's house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.'
- Genesis 28:17 ἀλλά He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven."
- Genesis 32:29 ἀλλά Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name." He said, "Why is it that you ask what my name is?" He blessed him there.
- Genesis 34:31 ἀλλά They said, "Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?"
- Genesis 35:10 ἀλλά God said to him, "Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel." He named him Israel.
- Genesis 38:23 ἀλλά Judah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this kid, and you haven't found her."
- Genesis 40:14 ἀλλά But remember me when it will be well with you, and show kindness, please, to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.
- Genesis 40:15 ἀλλά For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon."
- Genesis 40:23 ἀλλά Yet the chief cupbearer didn't remember Joseph, but forgot him.
- Genesis 42:12 ἀλλά He said to them, "No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land."
- Genesis 42:34 ἀλλά Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.'"
- Genesis 44:26 ἀλλά We said, 'We can't go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, unless our youngest brother is with us.'
- Genesis 45:1 ἀλλά Then Joseph couldn't control himself before all those who stood before him, and he cried, "Cause every man to go out from me!" There stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
- Genesis 45:8 ἀλλά So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 47:18 ἀλλά When that year was ended, they came to him the second year, and said to him, "We will not hide from my lord how our money is all spent, and the herds of cattle are my lord's. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands.
- Genesis 47:30 ἀλλά but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place." He said, "I will do as you have said."
- Genesis 48:19 ἀλλά His father refused, and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations."
- Exodus 8:24 ἀλλά Yahweh did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies.
- Exodus 9:2 ἀλλά For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,
- Exodus 10:25 ἀλλά Moses said, "You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt-offerings, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.
- Exodus 12:9 ἀλλά Don't eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; with its head, its legs and its inner parts.
- Exodus 16:8 ἀλλά Moses said, "Now Yahweh shall give you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy you; because Yahweh hears your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against Yahweh."
- Exodus 16:20 ἀλλά Notwithstanding they didn't listen to Moses, but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became foul: and Moses was angry with them.
- Exodus 21:13 ἀλλά but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
- Exodus 23:5 ἀλλά If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don't leave him, you shall surely help him with it.
- Exodus 23:24 ἀλλά You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars.
- Exodus 32:18 ἀλλά He said, "It isn't the voice of those who shout for victory, neither is it the voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the noise of those who sing that I hear."
- Exodus 33:16 ἀλλά For how would people know that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Isn't it in that you go with us, so that we are separated, I and your people, from all the people who are on the surface of the earth?"
- Leviticus 11:21 ἀλλά Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the earth.
- Leviticus 21:2 ἀλλά except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother,
- Leviticus 21:14 ἀλλά A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.
- Leviticus 26:15 ἀλλά and if you shall reject my statutes, and if your soul abhors my ordinances, so that you will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant;
- Leviticus 26:23 ἀλλά "'If by these things you won't be reformed to me, but will walk contrary to me;
- Leviticus 27:21 ἀλλά but the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee, shall be holy to Yahweh, as a field devoted; it shall be owned by the priests.
- Leviticus 27:29 ἀλλά "'No one devoted, who shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.
- Numbers 10:30 ἀλλά He said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives.
- Numbers 13:28 ἀλλά However the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, [and] very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
- Numbers 13:30 ἀλλά Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
- Numbers 13:33 ἀλλά There we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
- Numbers 14:9 ἀλλά Only don't rebel against Yahweh, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is removed from over them, and Yahweh is with us: don't fear them.
- Numbers 14:14 ἀλλά and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you Yahweh are in the midst of this people; for you Yahweh are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G235) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
