πλήνplḗn
moreover (besides), i.e. albeit, save that, rather, yet
Greek (New Testament) · G4133
Meanings
1. introducing a clause (= ἀλλά, δέ; "it is obvious that πλήν was the regular word in the vulgar language": Bl., § 77, 13), yet, howbeit, only: Matthew 11:22, Matthew 11:24, Matthew 18:7, Matthew 26:39, Matthew 26:64, Luke 6:24, Luke 6:35, Luke 10:11, Luke 10:14, Luke 10:20, Luke 11:41, Luke 12:31, Luke 13:33, Luke 17:1, Luke 18:8, Luke 19:27, Luke 22:21, Luke 22:22, Luke 22:42 Luke 23:28, 1 Corinthians 11:11, Ephesians 5:33, Philippians 3:16, Philippians 4:14, Revelation 2:25; π. ὅτι, except that, save that, Acts 20:23, Philippians 1:18.
2. As preposition, with genitive, except, save (classical Greek): Mark 12:32, John 8:10, Acts 8:1, Acts 15:28, Acts 27:22.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 31 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 11:22 I tell you, Tyre and Sidon will be better off on judgment day than you.
- Matthew 11:24 I tell you, even Sodom will be better off on judgment day than you.”
- Matthew 18:7 “What sorrow awaits the world, because it tempts people to sin. Temptations are inevitable, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting.
- Matthew 26:39 He went on a little farther and bowed with his face to the ground, praying, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”
- Matthew 26:64 Jesus replied, “You have said it. And in the future you will see the Son of Man seated in the place of power at God’s right hand and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
- Mark 12:32 The teacher of religious law replied, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth by saying that there is only one God and no other.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.