Strong G4133πλήν
but/however
- Transliteration
- plēn
- Pronunciation
- plane
- Morphology
- Greek Conjunction
Definition
From G4119; moreover (besides) that is albeit 6
save that rather yet: - but (rather) except nevertheless notwithstanding save than.
save that rather yet: - but (rather) except nevertheless notwithstanding save than.
Detailed definition
πλήν
adv., [in LXX for רַק, בַּד, אַךְ, etc.;]
1. introducing a clause (= ἀλλά, δέ; "it is obvious that πλήν was the regular word in the vulgar language": Bl., § 77, 13), yet, howbeit, only: Mat.11:22, 24 18:7 26:39, 64 (M, Pr., 86), Luk.6:24, 35 10:11, 14 10:20 11:41 12:31 13:33 17:1 18:8 19:27 22:21-22, 42 (WH, mg. om.) Luk.23:28, 1Co.11:11, Eph.5:33, Php.3:16 4:14, Rev.2:25; π. ὅτι (Hdt., Plat., al.), except that, save that, Act.20:23, Php.1:18.
2. As prep., with genitive, except, save (cl.): Mrk.12:32, Jhn.8:10, Act.8:1 15:28 27:22.†
(AS)
adv., [in LXX for רַק, בַּד, אַךְ, etc.;]
1. introducing a clause (= ἀλλά, δέ; "it is obvious that πλήν was the regular word in the vulgar language": Bl., § 77, 13), yet, howbeit, only: Mat.11:22, 24 18:7 26:39, 64 (M, Pr., 86), Luk.6:24, 35 10:11, 14 10:20 11:41 12:31 13:33 17:1 18:8 19:27 22:21-22, 42 (WH, mg. om.) Luk.23:28, 1Co.11:11, Eph.5:33, Php.3:16 4:14, Rev.2:25; π. ὅτι (Hdt., Plat., al.), except that, save that, Act.20:23, Php.1:18.
2. As prep., with genitive, except, save (cl.): Mrk.12:32, Jhn.8:10, Act.8:1 15:28 27:22.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4133 appears in 31 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- but14
- nevertheless7
- notwithstanding4
- rather2
- except1
- save1
- than1
- when1
First verses
- Matthew 11:22But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
- Matthew 11:24But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
- Matthew 18:7Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
- Matthew 26:39And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
- Matthew 26:64Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
- Mark 12:32And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
- Luke 6:24But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
- Luke 6:35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
- Luke 10:11Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
- Luke 10:14But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.
- Luke 10:20Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
- Luke 11:41But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
- Luke 12:31But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
- Luke 13:33Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
- Luke 18:8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
- Luke 19:27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
- Luke 22:21But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.
- Luke 22:22And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!
- Luke 22:42Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
- Luke 23:28But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πλήν,
Doric dialectand Aeolic dialect πλάν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 56.3(Argos, 5th c.BC), 421.7(Thermum, 3rd c.BC), “IG” 9(1).333.4 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC), “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.158 (from Cyrene), “Schwyzer” 633.16, 19 (Eresus, 2nd-1st c.BC))]: preposition with genitive, except, save, πάντων Φαιήκων πλήν γ᾽ αὐτοῦ Λαοδάμαντος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.207; τίς ἔτλη.. π. Ἡρακλῆο; 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 74, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 914, “IG” 12.6.108, etc.: with γε, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 909, etc.)]; ὑπεγγύους π. θανάτου liable to any punishment short of death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.71)]; ἐπιτρέψαι περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν π. θανάτου save in respect of death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.54)]; σκυλεύειν τοὺς τελευτήσαντας π. ὅπλων of anything save their arms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 469c)]; διαρπάσαι.. ἐπέτρεψε πλὴν ἀνδραπόδων to carry off all plunder save slaves, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.27.)]
2 later, besides, in addition to, [LXX (LXX.Deu.18.8, 29.1.)]
B conjunction:
B.I with single words and phrases, especially when a negative precedes, οὐκ ἆρ᾽ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄνδρες εἰσὶ π. ὅδ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1238; οὐκ οἶδα π. ἕν [prev. author] “OC” 1161, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 752; οὐ κάτοιδα π. ἐπὶ σμικρὸν φράσαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 414, compare 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 13)]: after a question implying a negative, τί σοι πέπρακται π.τεύχειν κακ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 125, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 646: after πᾶς, etc., τὸ δ᾽ ἄρσεν αἰνῶ πάντα π. γάμου τυχεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 737; παντὶ δῆλον π. ἐμοί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 529a, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 299, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.19, etc.; νικᾶν.. πανταχοῦ.. ἔφυν π. εἰς σέ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1053 (πᾶς)] is sometimes omitted, θνῄσκουσι [πάντες] π. εἷς τις [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 118; ἀλλ᾽ ἔστι [πᾶσι] πλὴν σοί [prev. work] 370): frequently with ἄλλος (much like{ἤ}), τί οὖν μ᾽ ἄνωγας ἄλλο π. ψευδῆ λέγει; [prev. author] “Ph.” 100, compare “Aj.” 125, “Ant.” 236, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 106, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 334b, etc.)]: after a comparative, ταῦτ᾽ ἐστὶ κρείσσω π. ὑπ᾽ Ἀργείοις πεσεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 231, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Minos” 318e, etc.; πάντα μᾶλλον π. αὐτὸς ἅψασθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.179)]: after a superlative, τὸ μέγιστον εἴργται π. αἱ τάξεις τοῦ φόρου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 3.5.)]
B.II frequently joined with other Particles:
B.II.1 π. εἰ, π. ἐάν, ὅταν,
B.II.1.a followed by a Verb, π. εἴ τις κωμῳδοποιὸς τυγχάνει ὤν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 18d, compare “Tht.” 177d, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.18, 10.39, etc.; π. ὅταν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 260, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 293, etc.; π. εἰ ἄρα μή 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 7.3.8; π. ἐὰν μὴ ἐξέλθῃ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 554b2.)]
B.II.1.b with Verb omitted, οὐδεὶς οἶδεν.., π. εἴ τις ἄρ᾽ ὄρνις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 601, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.2.21, etc.)]; π. εἰ μή, after a negative, οὐδὲν προσδεησόμεθα, π. εἰ μὴ πάρεργόν τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 286d (variant); οὐδὲν ἂν πάθοι.., π. εἰ μή που κατὰ συμβεβηκός 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione et Corruptione” 323b26; οὐ δεῖ.. τοῦτο.. κινεῖσθαι, π. εἰ μὴ κατὰ σ. [prev. author] “de An.” 406b8, compare “APr.” 43a39, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.10.6, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.74.—The pleonastic phrase π. εἰ μή is censured by 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 7.)]
B.II.2 πλὴν ἤ (where ἤ adds nothing to the sense; πλὴν εἰ is a common variant), οὐκ ἄλλῳ π. ἢ Προδίκῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 361, compare 734; οὐδὲν κάκιον.., πλὴν ἄρ᾽ ἢ γυναῖκες [prev. author] “Th.” 532, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.111, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 42a (variant{π. εἰ}))]; also οὐ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὑγιάζει π. ἀλλ᾽ ἢ.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 981a18 (variant).)]
B.II.3 π. οὐ only not, πάντες προσδέχονται, π. οὐχ οἱ τύραννοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.18 (variant cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 4.144d), compare “Lac.” 15.6, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.45, 56.23, “Berl.Sitzb.” [prev. cited])]
B.II.4 π. ὅτι except that.., save that.., καίτοι τί διαφέρουσιν ἡμῶν ἐκεῖνοι, π. ὅτι ψηφίσματ᾽ οὐ γράφουσι; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1429; π. ἢ ὅτι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.189)]; πλήν γε ὅτι, πλήν γε δὴ ὅτι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 183a, “Phd.” 57b)]; after ὁμοίως, τὰ αὐτά, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 4, 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 1.56.)]
B.II.5 π. ὅσον except or save so far as.., παρήκουσι παρὰ πᾶσαν [τὴν Λιβύην].., π. ὅσον Ἕλληνες.. ἔχουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.32, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.23; π. ὅσα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 456a; π. καθόσον 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 72.19; π. καθόσον εἰ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.88 codices)]
B.II.5.b without a Verb, πάντων ἐρήμους, π. ὅσον τὸ σὸν μέρος save so far as thou art concerned, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1509)]; τοὺς πολλοὺς ἀπέκτειναν π. ὅσον ἐκ τριῶν νεῶν οὓς ἐζώγρησαν except only.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.23, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 670a, 856d; ἀληθευτικός, π. ὅσα μὴ δι᾽ εἰρωνείαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1124b30.)]
B.III introducing a clause, mostly preceded by οὐδείς, πᾶς, ἄλλος, save that, νῦν δ᾽ οὐδεμία πάρεστιν.., π. ἥ γ᾽ ἐμὴ κωμῆτις ἥδ᾽ ἐξέρχεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 5, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 41, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.8.20, etc.; οὐκ ἀντεξῄεσαν π. ἕως ἀκροβολισμοῦ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.18.2)]: without any such word preceding, only, albeit, ἀπέπεμπε κήρυκας ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα, π. οὔτε ἐς Ἀθήνας οὔτε ἐς Λακεδαίμονα ἀπέπεμπε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.32, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1643, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.70, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 328e, etc.)]
B.III.2 to break off and pass to another subject, only, however, π. γνώριζε ἄτοπος ὤν [NT+3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 454.10 (3rd c.BC),compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.69.14, 2.17.1, NT.1Cor.11.11, 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 8, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 34, etc.)]: in late Prose, π. ἀλλά [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Pyrrh.” 5, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Prom.” 20, “DMort.” 13.3, 20.4, etc.; π. ἀλλά γε [prev. author] “Rh.Pr.” 24.)]
B.III.3 simply for δέ, but, πολλὴν στρατιὰν ἀθροίσας, π. ἄπειρον μάχης [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.4.1; δυστυχῶν μέν, π. ἀλλ᾽ Ἑλλήνων 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 6.7. (Cogn. with πλησίος, πελάζω, compare ἔμπλην.))]
Doric dialectand Aeolic dialect πλάν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 56.3(Argos, 5th c.BC), 421.7(Thermum, 3rd c.BC), “IG” 9(1).333.4 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC), “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.158 (from Cyrene), “Schwyzer” 633.16, 19 (Eresus, 2nd-1st c.BC))]: preposition with genitive, except, save, πάντων Φαιήκων πλήν γ᾽ αὐτοῦ Λαοδάμαντος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.207; τίς ἔτλη.. π. Ἡρακλῆο; 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 74, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 914, “IG” 12.6.108, etc.: with γε, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 909, etc.)]; ὑπεγγύους π. θανάτου liable to any punishment short of death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.71)]; ἐπιτρέψαι περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν π. θανάτου save in respect of death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.54)]; σκυλεύειν τοὺς τελευτήσαντας π. ὅπλων of anything save their arms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 469c)]; διαρπάσαι.. ἐπέτρεψε πλὴν ἀνδραπόδων to carry off all plunder save slaves, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.27.)]
2 later, besides, in addition to, [LXX (LXX.Deu.18.8, 29.1.)]
B conjunction:
B.I with single words and phrases, especially when a negative precedes, οὐκ ἆρ᾽ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄνδρες εἰσὶ π. ὅδ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1238; οὐκ οἶδα π. ἕν [prev. author] “OC” 1161, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 752; οὐ κάτοιδα π. ἐπὶ σμικρὸν φράσαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 414, compare 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 13)]: after a question implying a negative, τί σοι πέπρακται π.τεύχειν κακ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 125, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 646: after πᾶς, etc., τὸ δ᾽ ἄρσεν αἰνῶ πάντα π. γάμου τυχεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 737; παντὶ δῆλον π. ἐμοί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 529a, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 299, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.19, etc.; νικᾶν.. πανταχοῦ.. ἔφυν π. εἰς σέ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1053 (πᾶς)] is sometimes omitted, θνῄσκουσι [πάντες] π. εἷς τις [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 118; ἀλλ᾽ ἔστι [πᾶσι] πλὴν σοί [prev. work] 370): frequently with ἄλλος (much like{ἤ}), τί οὖν μ᾽ ἄνωγας ἄλλο π. ψευδῆ λέγει; [prev. author] “Ph.” 100, compare “Aj.” 125, “Ant.” 236, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 106, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 334b, etc.)]: after a comparative, ταῦτ᾽ ἐστὶ κρείσσω π. ὑπ᾽ Ἀργείοις πεσεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 231, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Minos” 318e, etc.; πάντα μᾶλλον π. αὐτὸς ἅψασθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.179)]: after a superlative, τὸ μέγιστον εἴργται π. αἱ τάξεις τοῦ φόρου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 3.5.)]
B.II frequently joined with other Particles:
B.II.1 π. εἰ, π. ἐάν, ὅταν,
B.II.1.a followed by a Verb, π. εἴ τις κωμῳδοποιὸς τυγχάνει ὤν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 18d, compare “Tht.” 177d, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.18, 10.39, etc.; π. ὅταν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 260, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 293, etc.; π. εἰ ἄρα μή 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 7.3.8; π. ἐὰν μὴ ἐξέλθῃ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 554b2.)]
B.II.1.b with Verb omitted, οὐδεὶς οἶδεν.., π. εἴ τις ἄρ᾽ ὄρνις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 601, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.2.21, etc.)]; π. εἰ μή, after a negative, οὐδὲν προσδεησόμεθα, π. εἰ μὴ πάρεργόν τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 286d (variant); οὐδὲν ἂν πάθοι.., π. εἰ μή που κατὰ συμβεβηκός 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione et Corruptione” 323b26; οὐ δεῖ.. τοῦτο.. κινεῖσθαι, π. εἰ μὴ κατὰ σ. [prev. author] “de An.” 406b8, compare “APr.” 43a39, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.10.6, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.74.—The pleonastic phrase π. εἰ μή is censured by 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 7.)]
B.II.2 πλὴν ἤ (where ἤ adds nothing to the sense; πλὴν εἰ is a common variant), οὐκ ἄλλῳ π. ἢ Προδίκῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 361, compare 734; οὐδὲν κάκιον.., πλὴν ἄρ᾽ ἢ γυναῖκες [prev. author] “Th.” 532, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.111, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 42a (variant{π. εἰ}))]; also οὐ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὑγιάζει π. ἀλλ᾽ ἢ.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 981a18 (variant).)]
B.II.3 π. οὐ only not, πάντες προσδέχονται, π. οὐχ οἱ τύραννοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.18 (variant cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 4.144d), compare “Lac.” 15.6, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.45, 56.23, “Berl.Sitzb.” [prev. cited])]
B.II.4 π. ὅτι except that.., save that.., καίτοι τί διαφέρουσιν ἡμῶν ἐκεῖνοι, π. ὅτι ψηφίσματ᾽ οὐ γράφουσι; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1429; π. ἢ ὅτι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.189)]; πλήν γε ὅτι, πλήν γε δὴ ὅτι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 183a, “Phd.” 57b)]; after ὁμοίως, τὰ αὐτά, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 4, 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 1.56.)]
B.II.5 π. ὅσον except or save so far as.., παρήκουσι παρὰ πᾶσαν [τὴν Λιβύην].., π. ὅσον Ἕλληνες.. ἔχουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.32, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.23; π. ὅσα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 456a; π. καθόσον 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 72.19; π. καθόσον εἰ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.88 codices)]
B.II.5.b without a Verb, πάντων ἐρήμους, π. ὅσον τὸ σὸν μέρος save so far as thou art concerned, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1509)]; τοὺς πολλοὺς ἀπέκτειναν π. ὅσον ἐκ τριῶν νεῶν οὓς ἐζώγρησαν except only.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.23, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 670a, 856d; ἀληθευτικός, π. ὅσα μὴ δι᾽ εἰρωνείαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1124b30.)]
B.III introducing a clause, mostly preceded by οὐδείς, πᾶς, ἄλλος, save that, νῦν δ᾽ οὐδεμία πάρεστιν.., π. ἥ γ᾽ ἐμὴ κωμῆτις ἥδ᾽ ἐξέρχεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 5, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 41, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.8.20, etc.; οὐκ ἀντεξῄεσαν π. ἕως ἀκροβολισμοῦ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.18.2)]: without any such word preceding, only, albeit, ἀπέπεμπε κήρυκας ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα, π. οὔτε ἐς Ἀθήνας οὔτε ἐς Λακεδαίμονα ἀπέπεμπε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.32, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1643, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.70, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 328e, etc.)]
B.III.2 to break off and pass to another subject, only, however, π. γνώριζε ἄτοπος ὤν [NT+3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 454.10 (3rd c.BC),compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.69.14, 2.17.1, NT.1Cor.11.11, 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 8, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 34, etc.)]: in late Prose, π. ἀλλά [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Pyrrh.” 5, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Prom.” 20, “DMort.” 13.3, 20.4, etc.; π. ἀλλά γε [prev. author] “Rh.Pr.” 24.)]
B.III.3 simply for δέ, but, πολλὴν στρατιὰν ἀθροίσας, π. ἄπειρον μάχης [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.4.1; δυστυχῶν μέν, π. ἀλλ᾽ Ἑλλήνων 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 6.7. (Cogn. with πλησίος, πελάζω, compare ἔμπλην.))]