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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