Study
Word study

Word study

Greek

But

ἀλλάStrong’s G0235

alla

Appears in 602 verses of the New Testament

In short

Alla is the Greek word usually translated “but”, “instead” and “yet”. It appears in 602 verses of the New Testament.

“That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
2 Thessalonians 2:12 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “but”, “instead” and “yet”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • but 585
  • instead 15
  • yet 12
  • rather 7
  • nevertheless 3
  • but only 2
  • however 2
  • in fact 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • John 102
  • Romans 68
  • 1 Corinthians 64
  • 2 Corinthians 52
  • Mark 40
  • Luke 38

27 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 602 verses, by book
Colossians 3
2:53:113:22
2 Thessalonians 5
2:123:83:93:113:15
Philemon 2
1:141:16
3 John 3
1:91:111:13
Jude 2
1:61:9
Greek dictionary

ἀλλά alla · but

ἀλλά (ἀλλ᾽ usually bef. α and υ, often bef. ε and η, rarely bef. ο and ω, never bef. ι; Tdf., Pr., 93 f.; WH, App., 146), adversative particle, stronger than δέ; prop. neuter pl. of ἄλλος, used adverbially, with changed accent; hence prop. otherwise, on the other hand (cf. Rom.3:31); …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “but” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

BUT, conjunction

[Eng.over.]

  1. “BUT, the greatest of these is charity” 1 Corinthians 13:13“lowly is wisdom” Proverbs 11:2
All definitions and other forms of “but”

    BUT, noun

    [Latin peto.]

    1. An end; a limit; a bound.
    2. The end of a plank in a ship's side or bottom, which unites with another; generally written butt.

    BUT, verb intransitive

    To be bounded by; to lie contiguous to; a word used in America. [See Abut.]

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.