δὲ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 δὲ

   de

   but
2. sentence🔊 ὅτι ὁ μὲν υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὑπάγει καθὼς γέγραπται περὶ αὐτοῦ οὐαὶ δὲ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐκείνῳ διʼ οὗ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδίδοται καλὸν αὐτῷ εἰ οὐκ ἐγεννήθη ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖνος

   HO-ti ho MEN hy-OS tou an-THRŌ-pou hy-PA-gei ka-THŌS GE-gra-ptai pe-RI au-TOU ou-AI de tōi an-THRŌ-pōi e-KEI-nōi di hou ho hy-OS tou an-THRŌ-pou pa-ra-DI-do-tai ka-LON au-TŌi ei ouk e-ge-NNÊ-thē ho AN-thrō-pos e-KEI-nos

   for the indeed son of the man goes just as it has been written about him woe but to the man that through whom the son of the man is betrayed good for him if not he was born the man that

Exegesis

The second half is introduced by ouai de {οὐαὶ δὲ | ou-aí de} ‘but woe’, shifting from the divine plan to the human agent under judgment.

Root and etymology

dyo + deka🔊 δύο + δέκαdelta–upsilon–omicron; delta–epsilon–kappa–alpha

“two and ten, twelve”

• 🔊 δωδεκάςdelta–omega–delta–epsilon–kappa–alpha–sigmagroup of twelveActs 6:2