# δέ/de
This word is used to organize what someone wrote. It relates two ideas or groups of words to one another in some way. It is a conjunction.

* This word can mean but. This word is used to say something that is different than what was just said. 

* This word can mean and.

* This word can mean also. 

* This word can mean now. This word is used to indicate that the speaker or writer is starting a new topic or is starting to talk about a new event.

Sometimes this word is used with other words:

* When it is used with μέν (G3303), these words mean on the one hand … on the other hand. These words are used to make a statement about something and then to make another statement that opposes the first statement.

Advice to translators: Sometimes in English, this word is not translated.