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Strong's #235: alla (pronounced al-lah')

neuter plural of 243; properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations):--and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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alla

1) but

1a) nevertheless, notwithstanding

1b) an objection

1c) an exception

1d) a restriction

1e) nay, rather, yea, moreover

1f) forms a transition to the cardinal matter

Part of Speech: conjunction

Relation: neuter plural of G243




Usage:

This word is used 635 times:

Philippians 2:12: "my presence only, but now much more in"
Philippians 2:17: " Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service"
Philippians 2:27: "he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and"
Philippians 2:27: "not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have"
Philippians 3:7: " But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss"
Philippians 3:8: " Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for"
Philippians 3:9: "which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ,"
Philippians 4:6: "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication"
Philippians 4:17: "because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to"
Colossians 2:5: "though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you"
Colossians 3:11: "Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in"
Colossians 3:22: "eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing"
1 Thessalonians 1:5: "in word only, but also in power, and"
1 Thessalonians 1:8: "Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place"
1 Thessalonians 2:2: " But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at"
1 Thessalonians 2:4: " But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel,"
1 Thessalonians 2:4: "as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts."
1 Thessalonians 2:7: " But we were gentle among you, even as"
1 Thessalonians 2:8: "gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because"
1 Thessalonians 2:13: "ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth,"
1 Thessalonians 4:7: "us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness."
1 Thessalonians 4:8: "He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given"
1 Thessalonians 5:6: "sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober."
1 Thessalonians 5:9: "us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by"
1 Thessalonians 5:15: "evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good,"
2 Thessalonians 2:12: "not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
2 Thessalonians 3:8: "man's bread for naught; but wrought with labor and"
2 Thessalonians 3:9: "we have not power, but to make ourselves an example"
2 Thessalonians 3:11: "disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies."
2 Thessalonians 3:15: "him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother."
1 Timothy 1:13: "a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly"
1 Timothy 1:16: " Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first"
1 Timothy 2:10: " But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good"
1 Timothy 2:12: "nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence."
1 Timothy 3:3: "striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;"
1 Timothy 4:12: "despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers,"
1 Timothy 5:1: "Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men"
1 Timothy 5:13: "and not only idle, but tattlers also and"
1 Timothy 5:23: "Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake"
1 Timothy 6:2: "them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are"
1 Timothy 6:4: "He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and"
1 Timothy 6:17: "nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the"
2 Timothy 1:7: "us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and"
2 Timothy 1:8: "of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according"
2 Timothy 1:9: "according to our works, but according to his own purpose and"
2 Timothy 1:12: "I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know"
2 Timothy 1:17: " But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and"
2 Timothy 2:9: "as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God"
2 Timothy 2:20: "of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth;"
2 Timothy 2:24: "must not strive; but be gentle unto all"









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