Words the Bible translates as however
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- plēnπλήνbut, nevertheless, only: a word that sets aside what comes before and points the reader to what really matters
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- except, besides, save: marks an exception, the one thing left out of an otherwise complete statement
- akhאַךְa small focusing particle that singles out its clause, either to insist on it (surely, indeed) or to fence it off from what came before (only, but, however)
- ephesאֶפֶסonly, however: a small word that limits or pushes back on what was just said
+2 more meanings
- an outermost edge: the farthest point something reaches, above all the farthest reaches of the earth
- nothing, none at all: what has run out or ceased to be, and so no one and nothing besides
- ulamאוּלָםbut, however: a weighty turn that sets what follows squarely against what was just said
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