Strong’s G4133 · Greek

πλήν
plḗn

Definition

moreover (besides), i.e. albeit, save that, rather, yet

Etymology

from G4119 (πλείων);

Where the KJV renders it

  • but (rather)
  • except
  • nevertheless
  • notwithstanding
  • save
  • than

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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