2001 Translation

PLĒN, plēn

Sounds Like: PLAYN

Translations: but, nevertheless, except, only, however, save, yet, notwithstanding, (except) for

From the root: ΠΛΗΝ

Part of Speech: Adverb, Conjunction, Preposition

Explanation: This word functions as an adverb, conjunction, or preposition, indicating an exception, contrast, or limitation. As an adverb, it means 'nevertheless' or 'only'. As a conjunction, it means 'but' or 'however', introducing a contrasting statement. As a preposition, it means 'except' or 'save', typically followed by a genitive case, indicating exclusion.

Inflection: Does not inflect

Strong’s number: G4133 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:26, 1:90, 1:215, 1:223

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:85, 8:8, 8:11

Codex Sinaiticus

• Leviticus — 21:23
• Numbers — 18:3
• Deuteronomy — 3:11, 28:69
• Judges — 4:9
• 1 Chronicles — 17:20
• 2 Esdras — 10:15
• Esther — 4:11, 4:17e, 4:17y
• Judith — 8:20
• Tobit — 1:20, 7:10
• 1 Maccabees — 4:6, 5:48, 6:24, 10:14, 11:38, 11:70, 13:6
• 4 Maccabees — 8:11
• Psalms — 17:32, 31:6, 38:6, 38:7, 38:12, 48:16, 61:5, 61:6, 61:10, 67:22, 72:18, 74:9, 84:10, 90:8, 139:14
• Proverbs — 7:1
• Ecclesiastes — 7:29
• Job — 6:27, 9:21, 14:18, 33:8
• Wisdom — 12:13
• Sirach — 17:24, 22:22, 29:8, 36:4, 36:9, 39:1, 45:13, 45:22
• Isaiah — 44:6, 45:5, 45:6, 45:14, 46:9, 64:3
• Jeremiah — 3:13, 3:23, 10:24, 12:1, 33:24, 35:7
• Lamentations — 2:16
• Joel — 2:27
• Zechariah — 1:6
• Matthew — 11:22, 11:24, 18:7, 26:39, 26:64
• Mark — 12:32
• Luke — 6:24, 6:35, 10:11, 10:14, 10:20, 11:41, 12:31, 13:33, 17:1, 18:8, 19:27, 22:21, 22:22, 22:42, 23:28
• Acts of the Apostles — 8:1, 15:28, 27:22
• 1 Corinthians — 11:11
• Ephesians — 5:33
• Philippians — 1:18, 3:16, 4:14

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 19:140, 22:167, 22:211, 26:240, 28:261

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 6:139, 10:182, 13:227
• Book 2 — 7:190, 12:271
• Book 3 — 6:126, 12:287
• Book 4 — 8:216, 8:247, 8:272, 8:280, 8:300
• Book 5 — 1:66, 1:68, 1:105, 2:162, 2:165, 8:234, 8:250
• Book 6 — 7:150, 14:370
• Book 10 — 11:225
• Book 11 — 6:226
• Book 12 — 11:422
• Book 14 — 13:338, 15:395, 15:417
• Book 18 — 5:128, 9:376
• Book 19 — 2:180, 2:205, 3:212
• Book 20 — 10:247

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 5:18, 11:21, 17:5, 24:7, 25:17, 26:11, 28:5
• Book Two — 7:16, 16:65, 17:50, 19:34, 20:5, 21:16
• Book Three — 4:11, 7:27, 7:69, 7:205, 8:60
• Book Four — 1:81, 8:19, 9:70
• Book Five — 1:25, 5:17, 5:31, 9:19, 11:19, 13:23
• Book Six — 5:11
• Book Seven — 8:29

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 21:1, 53:1
• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:8
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 11:1, 20:1, 25:4, 44:2, 46:4, 55:3, 68:4, 71:3, 84:3, 88:7, 93:1

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 13:69, 17:92, 55:288

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 9:4, 14:24, 39:6, 39:9, 41:40
• Exodus — 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 9:26, 10:24, 12:16, 12:37, 20:3, 21:19, 22:20
• Leviticus — 11:4, 11:36, 21:23, 23:38
• Numbers — 5:8, 5:20, 11:6, 18:3, 18:17, 22:35, 26:65, 28:23, 28:31, 29:6, 29:11, 29:16, 29:19, 29:22, 29:25, 29:28, 29:31, 29:34, 29:38, 29:39, 31:22, 32:12, 36:6
• Deuteronomy — 1:36, 2:28, 2:35, 2:37, 3:5, 3:11, 3:19, 4:35, 4:39, 10:15, 12:16, 12:26, 15:23, 16:8, 18:8, 18:20, 20:14, 29:1, 32:39
• Joshua — 1:17, 6:17, 6:24, 8:27, 11:13, 11:22, 13:14, 22:29
• Judges — 3:2, 4:9, 10:15, 14:16, 19:20, 20:10
• 1 Samuel — 1:5, 2:2, 5:4, 8:9, 12:20, 12:24, 25:34
• 2 Samuel — 2:10, 3:13, 7:22, 12:14, 17:3, 22:32, 23:10
• 1 Kings — 2:35, 3:3, 8:9, 8:25, 8:27, 11:12, 11:13, 15:14, 15:23, 16:28, 20:25, 22:44
• 2 Kings — 1:18, 3:2, 3:3, 5:7, 10:29, 12:3, 12:13, 13:6, 14:3, 14:4, 15:4, 15:35, 17:2, 17:18, 17:21, 18:20, 21:16, 22:7, 23:9, 23:26, 23:35, 24:3, 24:14
• 1 Chronicles — 3:9, 17:20
• 2 Chronicles — 5:10, 6:9, 6:16, 9:14, 15:17, 18:15, 33:8, 33:17, 35:19, 36:5
• Ezra (Beta) — 10:15
• Esther — 4:11, 4:17
• Judith — 8:20
• Tobit — 1:20, 1:20, 6:12, 6:15, 7:10, 7:10
• 1 Maccabees — 4:6, 5:48, 6:24, 10:14, 11:38, 11:70, 13:6
• 2 Maccabees — 6:17
• 3 Maccabees — 6:18
• 4 Maccabees — 8:11
• Psalms — 17:32, 31:6, 38:6, 38:7, 38:12, 48:16, 61:5, 61:6, 61:10, 67:22, 72:18, 74:9, 84:10, 90:8, 139:14
• Odes — 2:39, 3:2
• Proverbs — 7:1
• Ecclesiastes — 7:30
• Job — 6:27, 9:21, 14:18, 33:8
• Wisdom — 12:13
• Sirach — 17:24, 22:22, 29:8, 33:5, 33:12, 39:1, 45:13, 45:22
• Isaiah — 4:1, 44:6, 44:8, 45:5, 45:6, 45:14, 45:21, 46:9, 64:4
• Jeremiah — 3:13, 3:20, 3:23, 10:24, 12:1, 33:24, 35:7
• Lamentations — 2:16, 3:3
• Ezekiel — 16:49, 46:17
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 2:6, 4:12, 4:20, 11:18, 13:16, 14:41
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 14:41
• Hosea — 12:8, 13:4
• Amos — 3:2, 4:12, 9:8
• Joel — 2:27
• Zephaniah — 3:7
• Zechariah — 1:6

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 11:22, 11:24, 18:7, 26:39, 26:64
• Mark — 12:32
• Luke — 6:24, 6:35, 10:11, 10:14, 10:20, 11:41, 12:31, 13:33, 18:8, 19:27, 22:21, 22:22, 22:42, 23:28
• Acts — 8:1, 15:28, 20:23, 27:22
• 1 Corinthians — 11:11
• Ephesians — 5:33
• Philippians — 1:18, 3:16, 4:14
• Revelation — 2:25

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΛΗΝ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΔΕΠΛΗΝ — except, but, nevertheless, only, however, save, yet
• ΠΛ‾Η‾ — but, except, nevertheless, however, only, save, yet

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