Strong’s G235 · Greek
ἀλλά
allá
Definition
properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
Etymology
neuter plural of G243 (ἄλλος);
Where the KJV renders it
- and
- but (even)
- howbeit
- indeed
- nay
- nevertheless
- no
- notwithstanding
- save
- therefore
- yea
- yet
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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