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Strong's Lexicon alla: but, rather, on the contrary Original Word: ἀλλά Part of Speech: Conjunction Transliteration: alla Pronunciation: al-lah' Phonetic Spelling: (al-lah') Definition: but, except, however. Meaning: The Greek particle ἀλλά is primarily used as a conjunction meaning "but," "rather," or "on the contrary." It is employed to denote a contrast or exception to what has been previously stated. Word Origin: A primary particle Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often used in similar contexts is אֲבָל (abal • Strong's Hebrew 61), which also serves as a conjunction meaning "but" or "however," indicating contrast or exception. Usage: ἀλλά is frequently used in the New Testament to introduce a statement that contrasts with or corrects a preceding statement. It serves to emphasize a shift in thought or to highlight an alternative perspective. Context: The Greek particle ἀλλά is a fundamental conjunction in the New Testament, appearing numerous times to indicate a contrast or exception. It is often used to introduce a stronger or more significant statement following a lesser or negative one. For example, in Matthew 4:4, Jesus responds to Satan's temptation by saying, "It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’" Here, ἀλλά introduces the essential truth that spiritual sustenance is more vital than physical nourishment. In the teachings of Jesus, ἀλλά frequently serves to correct misunderstandings or to elevate spiritual principles over worldly concerns. In Matthew 5:39, Jesus instructs, "But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also." The use of ἀλλά here contrasts the common practice of retaliation with the higher calling of non-resistance and forgiveness. The Apostle Paul also employs ἀλλά to clarify theological points and to distinguish between the old covenant and the new covenant in Christ. In Romans 6:23, Paul writes, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." The conjunction ἀλλά introduces the profound contrast between the consequences of sin and the grace offered through Jesus Christ. Overall, ἀλλά is a critical linguistic tool in the New Testament, used to draw attention to the transformative message of the Gospel and to underscore the distinction between human understanding and divine revelation. HELPS Word-studies 235 allá (typically a strong adversative conjunction) – but (but instead), nevertheless, on the contrary. 235 (allá), the neuter plural of 243 /állos ("other"), literally means "otherwise" or "on the other hand" (Abbott-Smith). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin adversative particle from allos Definition otherwise, on the other hand, but NASB Translation besides (1), certainly (1), contrary (6), fact (2), however (9), indeed (4), indeed* (1), least* (1), nevertheless (5), no (1), rather (2), what (6), yes (1), yet (16). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 235: ἀλλά ἀλλά, an adversative particle, derived from ἀλλά, neuter of the adjective ἄλλος, which was originally pronounced ἄλλος (cf. Klotz ad Devar. ii., p. 1f), hence properly, other things namely, than those just mentioned. It differs from δέ, as the Latinat andsed fromautem, (cf. Winer's Grammar, 441f (411)). I. But. So related to the preceding words that it serves to introduce 1. an opposition to concessions; nevertheless, notwithstanding: Matthew 24:6; Mark 13:20; Mark 14:28; John 16:7, 20; Acts 4:17; Acts 7:48; Romans 5:14; Romans 10:16; 1 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Corinthians 7:6; Philippians 2:27 (ἀλλ' ὁ Θεός etc.), etc. 2. an objection: John 7:27; Romans 10:18; 1 Corinthians 15:35; James 2:18. 3. an exception: Luke 22:53; Romans 4:2; 1 Corinthians 8:7; 1 Corinthians 10:23. 4. a restriction: John 11:42; Galatians 4:8; Mark 14:36. 5. an ascensive transition or gradation, nay rather, yea moreover: John 16:2; 2 Corinthians 1:9; especially with καί added, Luke 12:7; Luke 16:21; Luke 24:22. ἀλλ' οὐδέ, but ... not even (German ja nicht einmal): Luke 23:15; Acts 19:2; 1 Corinthians 3:2 (Rec. οὔτε); cf. Fritzsche on Mark, p. 157. 6. or forms a transition to the cardinal matter, especially before imperatives: Matthew 9:18.; Mark 9:22; Mark 16:7; Luke 7:7; John 8:26; John 16:4; Acts 9:6 (not Rec.); . 7. it is put elliptically: ἀλλ' ἵνα, i. e. ἀλλά τοῦτο γέγονεν, Mark 14:49; John 13:18; John 15:25; 1 John 2:19. 8. after a conditional or concessive protasis it signifies, at the beginning of the apodosis, yet (cf. Winer's Grammar, 442 (411)): after καί εἰ, 2 Corinthians 13:4 (R G); Mark 14:29 R G L (2 Macc. 8:15); after εἰ καί, Mark 14:29 (T Tr WH); 2 Corinthians 4:16; 2 Corinthians 5:16; 2 Corinthians 11:6; Colossians 2:5 (2 Macc. 6:26); after εἰ, 1 Corinthians 9:2; Romans 6:5 (1 Macc. 2:20); after ἐάν, 1 Corinthians 4:15; after εἴπερ, 1 Corinthians 8:6 (L Tr marginal reading WH brackets ἀλλ'; cf. Klotz ad Devar. ii., p. 93f; Kühner, ii., p. 827, § 535 Anm. 6. 9. after a preceding μέν: Mark 9:13 (T omits; Tr brackets μέν; Acts 4:16; Romans 14:20; 1 Corinthians 14:17. 10. it is joined to other particles; ἀλλά γέ (Griesbach ἀλλάγε) (twice in the N. T.): yet at least, 1 Corinthians 9:2; yet surely (aber freilich), Luke 24:21 (L T Tr WH add καί yea and etc.), cf. Bornemann at the passage. In the more elegant Greek writers these particles are not combined without the interposition of the most emphatic word between them; cf. Bornemann, the passage cited; Klotz ad Devar. ii., pp. 15f, 24f; Ast, Lex. Plato, i., p. 101; (Winer's Grammar, 444 (413)). ἀλλ' ἤ (arising from the blending of the two statements οὐδέν ἄλλο ἤ and οὐδέν ἄλλο, ἀλλά) save only, except: 1 Corinthians 3:5 (where ἀλλ' ἤ omitted by G L T Tr WH is spurious); Luke 12:51 (Sir. 37:12 Sir. 44:10); and after ἀλλά itself, 2 Corinthians 1:13 (here Lachmann brackets ἀλλ' before ἤ); cf. Klotz as above ii., 31ff; Kühner, ii., p. 824f § 535, 6; Winers Grammar, 442 (412); (Buttmann, 374 (320)). ἀλλ' οὐ but not, yet not: Hebrews 3:16 (if punctuated παρεπίκραναν; ἀλλ' οὐ) for 'But why do I ask? Did not all,' etc.; cf. Bleek at the passage (Winer's Grammar, 442 (411)). ἀλλ' οὐχί will he not rather? Luke 17:8. II. preceded by a negation: but (Latinsed, German sondern); 1. οὐκ (μή) ... ἀλλά: Matthew 19:11; Mark 5:39; John 7:16; 1 Corinthians 1:17; 1 Corinthians 7:10, 19 (οὐδέν); 2 Corinthians 7:9; 1 Timothy 5:23 (μηκέτι), etc. By a rhetorical construction οὐκ ... ἀλλά sometimes is logically equivalent to not so much ... as: Mark 9:37 (οὐκ ἐμέ δέχεται, ἀλλά τόν ἀποστείλαντά με); Matthew 10:20; John 12:44; Acts 5:4; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:8; by this form of speech the emphasis is laid on the second member; cf. Fritzsche on Mark, p. 773ff; Winers Grammar, § 55, 8 b.; (Buttmann, 356 (306)). οὐ μόνος ... ἀλλά καί not only ... but also: John 5:18; John 11:52 (ἀλλ' ἵνα καί, Romans 1:32, and very often. When καί is omitted (as in the Latinnon solum ... sed), the gradation is strengthened: Acts 19:26 (Lachmann adds καί); 1 John 5:6; ἀλλά πολλῷ μᾶλλον, Philippians 2:12; cf. Fritzsche, the passage cited, p. 786ff; Winers Grammar, 498 (464); (Buttmann, 369f (317)). 2. The negation to which ἀλλά pertains is suppressed, but can easily be supplied upon reflection (Winer's Grammar, 442 (412)): Matthew 11:7-9; Luke 7:24-26 (in each passage, before ἀλλά supply 'you will say you did not go out into the wilderness for this purpose'); Acts 19:2 (we have not received the Holy Spirit, but ...); Galatians 2:3 (they said not one word in opposition to me, but ...); 2 Corinthians 7:11 (where before ἀλλά, repeated six times by anaphora, supply οὐ μόνον with the accusative of the preceding word). It is used in answers to questions having the force of a negation (Winer's Grammar, 442 (412)): John 7:49; Acts 15:11; 1 Corinthians 10:20. ἀλλά ἵνα (or ἀλλ' ἵνα, cf. Winers Grammar, 40; Buttmann, 10) elliptical after a negation (Winer's Grammar, 316f (297); 620 (576); Fritzsche on Matthew, p. 840f): John 1:8 (supply ἀλλά ἦλθεν, ἵνα); (ἀλλά τυφλός ἐγένετο (or ἐγεννήθη), ἵνα); Mark 4:22 (ἀλλά τοιοῦτο ἐγένετο, ἵνα). ( The best manuscripts seem to elide the final a before nouns, but not before verbs Scrivener, Plain Introduction, etc., p. 14; but see Dr. Gregory's full exhibition of the facts in Tdf Proleg., p. 93f, from which it appears that "elision is commonly or almost always omitted before (alpha) ἆ, almost always before (upsilon) u, often before (epsilon) e and (eta) ee, rarely before (omikron) o and (omega) oo, never before (iota) i; and it should be noticed that this coincides with the fact that the familiar words ἐν, ἵνα, ὅτι, οὐ, ὡς, prefer the form ἀλλ'; see also WHs Appendix, p. 146. Cf. Winers Grammar, § 5, 1 a.; Buttmann, p. 10.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance but, yet, except Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations) -- and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet. see GREEK allos Forms and Transliterations αλλ αλλ' ἀλλ' αλλα αλλά αλλ'ά ἀλλά ἀλλὰ άλλαγμα άλλαγμά αλλάγματα αλλάγματι all all' alla allá allà Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Matthew 4:4 Conj GRK: ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἀλλ' ἐπὶ παντὶ KJV: bread alone, but by every INT: the man but by every Matthew 5:15 Conj GRK: τὸν μόδιον ἀλλ' ἐπὶ τὴν KJV: under a bushel, but on a candlestick; INT: a basket but upon the Matthew 5:17 Conj GRK: ἦλθον καταλῦσαι ἀλλὰ πληρῶσαι KJV: come to destroy, but to fulfil. INT: I came to abolish but to fulfill [them] Matthew 5:39 Conj GRK: τῷ πονηρῷ ἀλλ' ὅστις σε KJV: not evil: but whosoever shall smite INT: the evil [person] but whoever you Matthew 6:13 Conj GRK: εἰς πειρασμόν ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς KJV: into temptation, but deliver us INT: into temptation but deliver us Matthew 6:18 Conj GRK: ἀνθρώποις νηστεύων ἀλλὰ τῷ πατρί KJV: unto men to fast, but unto thy Father INT: to men fasting but to Father Matthew 7:21 Conj GRK: τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀλλ' ὁ ποιῶν KJV: of heaven; but he that doeth INT: of the heavens but he who does Matthew 8:4 Conj GRK: μηδενὶ εἴπῃς ἀλλὰ ὕπαγε σεαυτὸν KJV: thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew INT: no one you tell but go yourself Matthew 8:8 Conj GRK: στέγην εἰσέλθῃς ἀλλὰ μόνον εἰπὲ KJV: my roof: but speak the word INT: roof you should come but only speak Matthew 9:12 Conj GRK: ἰσχύοντες ἰατροῦ ἀλλ' οἱ κακῶς KJV: a physician, but they that are INT: are strong of a physician but they who sick Matthew 9:13 Conj GRK: καλέσαι δικαίους ἀλλὰ ἁμαρτωλούς KJV: to call the righteous, but sinners to INT: to call righteous [ones] but sinners Matthew 9:17 Conj GRK: ἀσκοὶ ἀπόλλυνται ἀλλὰ βάλλουσιν οἶνον KJV: the bottles perish: but they put new INT: wineskins will be destroyed but they put wine Matthew 9:18 Conj GRK: ἄρτι ἐτελεύτησεν ἀλλὰ ἐλθὼν ἐπίθες KJV: is even now dead: but come and lay INT: presently has died but having come lay Matthew 9:24 Conj GRK: τὸ κοράσιον ἀλλὰ καθεύδει καὶ KJV: not dead, but sleepeth. And INT: the girl but sleeps And Matthew 10:20 Conj GRK: οἱ λαλοῦντες ἀλλὰ τὸ πνεῦμα KJV: ye that speak, but the Spirit of your INT: they who speak but the Spirit Matthew 10:34 Conj GRK: βαλεῖν εἰρήνην ἀλλὰ μάχαιραν KJV: to send peace, but a sword. INT: to bring peace but a sword Matthew 11:8 Conj GRK: ἀλλὰ τί ἐξήλθατε KJV: But what went ye out INT: But what went you out Matthew 11:9 Conj GRK: ἀλλὰ τί ἐξήλθατε KJV: But what went ye out INT: But why went you out Matthew 13:21 Conj GRK: ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἀλλὰ πρόσκαιρός ἐστιν KJV: in himself, but dureth for a while: INT: in himself but temporary is Matthew 15:11 Conj GRK: τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἀλλὰ τὸ ἐκπορευόμενον KJV: a man; but that which cometh INT: the man but that which goes forth Matthew 16:12 Conj GRK: τῶν ἄρτων ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ τῆς KJV: of bread, but of INT: of bread but of the Matthew 16:17 Conj GRK: ἀπεκάλυψέν σοι ἀλλ' ὁ πατήρ KJV: revealed [it] unto thee, but my Father INT: revealed [it] to you but the Father Matthew 16:23 Conj GRK: τοῦ θεοῦ ἀλλὰ τὰ τῶν KJV: that be of God, but those that be of men. INT: of God but the things Matthew 17:12 Conj GRK: ἐπέγνωσαν αὐτὸν ἀλλὰ ἐποίησαν ἐν KJV: him not, but have done unto INT: they knew him but did to Matthew 18:22 Conj GRK: ἕως ἑπτάκις ἀλλὰ ἕως ἑβδομηκοντάκις KJV: seven times: but, Until INT: up to seven times but up to seventy times Strong's Greek 235 644 Occurrences ἀλλ' — 223 Occ. ἀλλὰ — 421 Occ.