Strong G1161δέ
then
- Transliteration
- de
- Pronunciation
- deh
- Morphology
- Greek Conjunction
Definition
A primary particle (adversative or continuative);
but and etc.: - also and but moreover now [often unexpressed in English].
but and etc.: - also and but moreover now [often unexpressed in English].
Detailed definition
δέ (before vowels δ᾽; on the general neglect of the elision in NT, see WH, App., 146; Tdf., Pr., 96),
post-positive conjunctive particle;
1. copulative, but, in the next place, and, now (Abbott, JG, 104): Mat.1:2ff., 2Co.6:15, 16, 2Pe.1:5-7; in repetition for emphasis, Rom.3:21, 22, 9:30, 1Co.2:6, Gal.2:2, Php.2:8; in transition to something new, Mat.1:18, 2:19, Luk.13:1, Jhn.7:14, Act.6:1, Rom.8:28, 1Co.7:1 8:1, al.; in explanatory parenthesis or addition, Jhn.3:19, Rom.5:8, 1Co.1:12, Eph.2:4, 5:32, al.; ὡς δέ, Jhn.2:9; καὶ... δέ, but also, Mat.10:18, Luk.1:76, Jhn.6:51, Rom.11:23, al.; καὶ ἐὰν δέ, yea even if, Jhn.8:16.
2. Adversative, but, on the other hand, prop., answering to a foregoing μέν (which see), and distinguishing a word or clause from one preceding (in NT most frequently without μέν; Bl., §77, 12): ἐὰν δέ, Mat.6:14, 23, al.; ἐγὼ (σὺ, etc.) δέ, Mat.5:22, 6:6, Mrk.8:29, al.; ὁ δέ, αὐτὸς δέ, Mrk.1:45, Luk.4:40, al.; after a negation, Mat.6:19, 20, Rom.3:4, 1Th.5:21, al.
(AS)
post-positive conjunctive particle;
1. copulative, but, in the next place, and, now (Abbott, JG, 104): Mat.1:2ff., 2Co.6:15, 16, 2Pe.1:5-7; in repetition for emphasis, Rom.3:21, 22, 9:30, 1Co.2:6, Gal.2:2, Php.2:8; in transition to something new, Mat.1:18, 2:19, Luk.13:1, Jhn.7:14, Act.6:1, Rom.8:28, 1Co.7:1 8:1, al.; in explanatory parenthesis or addition, Jhn.3:19, Rom.5:8, 1Co.1:12, Eph.2:4, 5:32, al.; ὡς δέ, Jhn.2:9; καὶ... δέ, but also, Mat.10:18, Luk.1:76, Jhn.6:51, Rom.11:23, al.; καὶ ἐὰν δέ, yea even if, Jhn.8:16.
2. Adversative, but, on the other hand, prop., answering to a foregoing μέν (which see), and distinguishing a word or clause from one preceding (in NT most frequently without μέν; Bl., §77, 12): ἐὰν δέ, Mat.6:14, 23, al.; ἐγὼ (σὺ, etc.) δέ, Mat.5:22, 6:6, Mrk.8:29, al.; ὁ δέ, αὐτὸς δέ, Mrk.1:45, Luk.4:40, al.; after a negation, Mat.6:19, 20, Rom.3:4, 1Th.5:21, al.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1161 appears in 2,569 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- and1,109
- but906
- now157
- then134
- when82
- yet23
- for21
- also16
- yea15
- so15
- howbeit14
- moreover12
First verses
- Matthew 1:2Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
- Matthew 1:3And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
- Matthew 1:4And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
- Matthew 1:5And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
- Matthew 1:6And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
- Matthew 1:7And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
- Matthew 1:8And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
- Matthew 1:9And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
- Matthew 1:10And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
- Matthew 1:11And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
- Matthew 1:12And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
- Matthew 1:13And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
- Matthew 1:14And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
- Matthew 1:15And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
- Matthew 1:16And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
- Matthew 1:18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
- Matthew 1:19Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
- Matthew 1:20But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
- Matthew 1:21And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
- Matthew 1:22Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
δέ,
but: adversative and copulative Particle,
I answering to μέν (which see), τὴν νῦν μὲν Βοιωτίαν, πρότερον δὲ Καδμηίδα γῆν καλουμένην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.12, etc.)]
II without preceding μέν,
II.1 adversative, expressing distinct opposition, αἰεί τοι τὰ κάκ᾽ ἐστὶ φίλα.. μαντεύεσθαι, ἐσθλὸν δ᾽ οὔτε τί πω εἶπας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (lines 1.108; ὀρθῶς ἔλεξας, οὐ φίλως δέ μοι λέγεις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 100, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 85, etc.; τέθνηκεν ἀνδρὸς οὐδενός, θεοῦ δ᾽ ὕπο [prev. author] “Ph.” 334)]; so in Prose, οὐκ ἐπὶ κακῷ, ἐλευθερώσει δέ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.86; οἱ αἰχμάλωτοι.. ᾤχοντο εἰς Δεκέλειαν, οἱ δ᾽ εἰς Μέγαρα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.2.14, compare “Cyr.” 4.5.46; ἡ δ᾽ ἑτέρα “IG” 2.652 A 45.)]
II.2 copulative,
II.2.a in explanatory clauses, ξυνέβησαν.. τὰ μακρὰ τείχη ἑλεῖν (ἦν δὲ σταδίων μάλιστα ὀκτώ) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.66, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.48)]: when a substantive is followed by words in apposition, Ἀρισταγόρῃ τῷ Μιλησίῳ, δούλῳ δὲ ἡμετέρῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.8. β; μήτηρ βασιλέως βασίλεια δ᾽ ἐμή 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 152)]; so in answers, διπλᾶ λέγειν. —Answ. διπλᾶδ᾽ ὁρᾶν [Refs ([prev. author] “Th.” 974.)]
II.2.b in enumerations or transitions, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.43 - 49, 345 - 351, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.1, etc.)]; with repetition of a word in different relations, ὣς Ἀχιλεὺς θάμβησεν.., θάμβησαν δὲ καὶ ἄλλοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.483; σάκος εἷλε.., εἵλετο δ᾽ ἔγχος 14.9 {δε}; Ζεύς ἐστιν αἰθήρ, Ζεὺς δὲ γῆ, Ζεὺς δ᾽ οὐρανός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 70; κινεῖκραδίαν, κινεῖδὲ χόλον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 99; ὄζει ἴων, ὄζει δὲ ῥόδων, ὄζει δ᾽ ὑακίνθου 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 82.8)]; in rhetorical outbursts, οὐκ ἂν εὐθέως εἴποιεν· τὸν δὲ βάσκανον, τὸν δὲ ὄλεθρον, τοῦτον δὲ ὑβρίζειν,—ἀναπνεῖν δέ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.209)]; in a climax, πᾶν γύναιον καὶ παιδίον καὶ θηρίον δέ nay even beast, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 171e, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.37)]; in the combination καὶ δέ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.80, +others, καὶ.. δέ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 973, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1117, etc., each particle retains its force.)]
II.2.c answering to τε (which see), ἃ τῶν τε ἀποβαινόντων ἕνεκα ἄξια κεκτῆσθαι, πολὺ δὲ μᾶλλον αὐτὰ αὑτῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 367c.)]
II.3 implying causal connexion, less direct than γάρ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.160, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.433.)]
II.4 in questions, with implied opposition, ἑόρακας δ᾽, ἔφη, τὴν γυναῖκ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.1.4; καὶ ὁ Σωκράτης, εἰπέ μοι, ἔφη, κύνας δὲ τρέφει; [prev. author] “Mem.” 2.9.2, compare 2.1.26, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1172: in Trag. (not in Comedy texts or Oratt.), when the speaker turns from one person to another, the _vocative_ stands first, then the _person_ _pronoun_ followed by δέ, as Μενέλαε, σοὶ δὲ τάδε λέγω.. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 622, etc.; also in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, ὦ δέσποτα, ἐγὼ δὲ ταῦτα ἐποίησα 1.115.)]
II.4.b τί δ; what then? to mark a transition in dialogue; see at {τίς}.
II in apodosi:
II.1 after hypothetical clauses, εἰ δέ κε μὴ δώωσιν, ἐγὼ δέ κεν αὐτὸς ἕλωμαι if they will not give it, then I.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.137, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.54; εἰ μηδὲ τοῦτο βούλει ἀποκρίνασθαι, σὺ δὲ τοὐντεῦθεν λέγε 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.21, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.43 (variant), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1060, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.1, etc.)]
II.1.b after temporal or relative clauses, with ἐπεί, ἕως, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.255, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.70, etc.; μέχρι.. εἶχον τὰ βέλη, οἱ δὲ ἀντεῖχον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.98)]; with demonstrative Pronouns or adverbs answering to a preceding relative, οἵηπερ φύλλων γενεή, τοίη δὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.146, etc.; ἆθλα οἷς κεῖται ἀρετῆς μέγιστα, τοῖς δὲ καὶ ἄνδρες ἄριστοι πολιτεύουσιν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.46; τοὺς δ᾽ ἔλαβε τυράννους.. τούτους δὲ.. ἐξεδίδου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.37, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.98, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 194d; οἷα μὲν ἕκαστα ἐμοὶ φαίνεται τοιαῦτα μὲν ἔστιν ἐμοί, οἷα δὲ σοί, τοιαῦτα δὲ αὖ σοί [prev. author] “Tht.” 152a)]: sometimes after a participle, οἰόμενοι.. τιμῆς τεύξεσθαι, ἀντὶ δὲ τούτων οὐδ᾽ ὅμοιοι.. ἐσόμεθα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.6.16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.71 (variant).)]
II.2 to resume after an interruption or parenthesis, χρόνου δὲ ἐπιγινομένου καὶ κατεστραμμένων σχεδὸν πάντων..,—κατεστραμμένων δὲ τούτων.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.28, 29; νῦν δ᾽ αὖ πάλιν ὑπό τε πλούτου διαθρυπτόμενος.. καὶ ὑπ᾽ ἀνθρώπων.. ὑπὸ τοιούτων δέ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.23)]; with an anacoluthon, ἡ δὲ ψυχὴ ἄρα,—οἷ ἂν θεὸς θέλῃ.. τῇ ἐμῇ ψυχῇ ἰτέον, αὕτη δὲ δή.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 80d: for δ᾽ οὖν, see at {οὖν}.)]
II.3 to begin a story, ἦμος δ᾽ ἠέλιος.. well, when the sun.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.400.)]
II.4 to introduce a proof, τεκμήριον δέ, σημεῖον δέ, (see entry).
B POSITION of δέ. It usually stands second: hence frequently between Article and substantive or preposition and case; but also after substantive, or words forming a connected notion, hence it may stand third, γυναῖκα πιστὴν δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις εὕροι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 606, compare “Th.” 411, “Eu.” 531, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 959, etc.; fourth, [prev. author] “OT” 485, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 688, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 323, 383, etc.; fifth, [prev. work] 401 codices; even sixth, Epigen. 7 (codices 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus))]; so in Prose after a negative, οὐχ ὑπ᾽ ἐραστοῦ δέ, to avoid confusion between οὐ δέ and οὐδέ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 227c.)]
but: adversative and copulative Particle,
I answering to μέν (which see), τὴν νῦν μὲν Βοιωτίαν, πρότερον δὲ Καδμηίδα γῆν καλουμένην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.12, etc.)]
II without preceding μέν,
II.1 adversative, expressing distinct opposition, αἰεί τοι τὰ κάκ᾽ ἐστὶ φίλα.. μαντεύεσθαι, ἐσθλὸν δ᾽ οὔτε τί πω εἶπας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (lines 1.108; ὀρθῶς ἔλεξας, οὐ φίλως δέ μοι λέγεις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 100, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 85, etc.; τέθνηκεν ἀνδρὸς οὐδενός, θεοῦ δ᾽ ὕπο [prev. author] “Ph.” 334)]; so in Prose, οὐκ ἐπὶ κακῷ, ἐλευθερώσει δέ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.86; οἱ αἰχμάλωτοι.. ᾤχοντο εἰς Δεκέλειαν, οἱ δ᾽ εἰς Μέγαρα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.2.14, compare “Cyr.” 4.5.46; ἡ δ᾽ ἑτέρα “IG” 2.652 A 45.)]
II.2 copulative,
II.2.a in explanatory clauses, ξυνέβησαν.. τὰ μακρὰ τείχη ἑλεῖν (ἦν δὲ σταδίων μάλιστα ὀκτώ) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.66, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.48)]: when a substantive is followed by words in apposition, Ἀρισταγόρῃ τῷ Μιλησίῳ, δούλῳ δὲ ἡμετέρῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.8. β; μήτηρ βασιλέως βασίλεια δ᾽ ἐμή 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 152)]; so in answers, διπλᾶ λέγειν. —Answ. διπλᾶδ᾽ ὁρᾶν [Refs ([prev. author] “Th.” 974.)]
II.2.b in enumerations or transitions, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.43 - 49, 345 - 351, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.1, etc.)]; with repetition of a word in different relations, ὣς Ἀχιλεὺς θάμβησεν.., θάμβησαν δὲ καὶ ἄλλοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.483; σάκος εἷλε.., εἵλετο δ᾽ ἔγχος 14.9 {δε}; Ζεύς ἐστιν αἰθήρ, Ζεὺς δὲ γῆ, Ζεὺς δ᾽ οὐρανός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 70; κινεῖκραδίαν, κινεῖδὲ χόλον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 99; ὄζει ἴων, ὄζει δὲ ῥόδων, ὄζει δ᾽ ὑακίνθου 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 82.8)]; in rhetorical outbursts, οὐκ ἂν εὐθέως εἴποιεν· τὸν δὲ βάσκανον, τὸν δὲ ὄλεθρον, τοῦτον δὲ ὑβρίζειν,—ἀναπνεῖν δέ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.209)]; in a climax, πᾶν γύναιον καὶ παιδίον καὶ θηρίον δέ nay even beast, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 171e, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.37)]; in the combination καὶ δέ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.80, +others, καὶ.. δέ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 973, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1117, etc., each particle retains its force.)]
II.2.c answering to τε (which see), ἃ τῶν τε ἀποβαινόντων ἕνεκα ἄξια κεκτῆσθαι, πολὺ δὲ μᾶλλον αὐτὰ αὑτῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 367c.)]
II.3 implying causal connexion, less direct than γάρ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.160, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.433.)]
II.4 in questions, with implied opposition, ἑόρακας δ᾽, ἔφη, τὴν γυναῖκ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.1.4; καὶ ὁ Σωκράτης, εἰπέ μοι, ἔφη, κύνας δὲ τρέφει; [prev. author] “Mem.” 2.9.2, compare 2.1.26, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1172: in Trag. (not in Comedy texts or Oratt.), when the speaker turns from one person to another, the _vocative_ stands first, then the _person_ _pronoun_ followed by δέ, as Μενέλαε, σοὶ δὲ τάδε λέγω.. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 622, etc.; also in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, ὦ δέσποτα, ἐγὼ δὲ ταῦτα ἐποίησα 1.115.)]
II.4.b τί δ; what then? to mark a transition in dialogue; see at {τίς}.
II in apodosi:
II.1 after hypothetical clauses, εἰ δέ κε μὴ δώωσιν, ἐγὼ δέ κεν αὐτὸς ἕλωμαι if they will not give it, then I.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.137, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.54; εἰ μηδὲ τοῦτο βούλει ἀποκρίνασθαι, σὺ δὲ τοὐντεῦθεν λέγε 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.21, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.43 (variant), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1060, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.1, etc.)]
II.1.b after temporal or relative clauses, with ἐπεί, ἕως, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.255, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.70, etc.; μέχρι.. εἶχον τὰ βέλη, οἱ δὲ ἀντεῖχον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.98)]; with demonstrative Pronouns or adverbs answering to a preceding relative, οἵηπερ φύλλων γενεή, τοίη δὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.146, etc.; ἆθλα οἷς κεῖται ἀρετῆς μέγιστα, τοῖς δὲ καὶ ἄνδρες ἄριστοι πολιτεύουσιν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.46; τοὺς δ᾽ ἔλαβε τυράννους.. τούτους δὲ.. ἐξεδίδου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.37, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.98, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 194d; οἷα μὲν ἕκαστα ἐμοὶ φαίνεται τοιαῦτα μὲν ἔστιν ἐμοί, οἷα δὲ σοί, τοιαῦτα δὲ αὖ σοί [prev. author] “Tht.” 152a)]: sometimes after a participle, οἰόμενοι.. τιμῆς τεύξεσθαι, ἀντὶ δὲ τούτων οὐδ᾽ ὅμοιοι.. ἐσόμεθα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.6.16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.71 (variant).)]
II.2 to resume after an interruption or parenthesis, χρόνου δὲ ἐπιγινομένου καὶ κατεστραμμένων σχεδὸν πάντων..,—κατεστραμμένων δὲ τούτων.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.28, 29; νῦν δ᾽ αὖ πάλιν ὑπό τε πλούτου διαθρυπτόμενος.. καὶ ὑπ᾽ ἀνθρώπων.. ὑπὸ τοιούτων δέ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.23)]; with an anacoluthon, ἡ δὲ ψυχὴ ἄρα,—οἷ ἂν θεὸς θέλῃ.. τῇ ἐμῇ ψυχῇ ἰτέον, αὕτη δὲ δή.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 80d: for δ᾽ οὖν, see at {οὖν}.)]
II.3 to begin a story, ἦμος δ᾽ ἠέλιος.. well, when the sun.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.400.)]
II.4 to introduce a proof, τεκμήριον δέ, σημεῖον δέ, (see entry).
B POSITION of δέ. It usually stands second: hence frequently between Article and substantive or preposition and case; but also after substantive, or words forming a connected notion, hence it may stand third, γυναῖκα πιστὴν δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις εὕροι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 606, compare “Th.” 411, “Eu.” 531, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 959, etc.; fourth, [prev. author] “OT” 485, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 688, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 323, 383, etc.; fifth, [prev. work] 401 codices; even sixth, Epigen. 7 (codices 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus))]; so in Prose after a negative, οὐχ ὑπ᾽ ἐραστοῦ δέ, to avoid confusion between οὐ δέ and οὐδέ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 227c.)]