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# 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.