STRONGS G4133:
πλήν, adverb (from
πλέον 'more' (
Curtius, § 375; Lob. Path. Element. 1:143; 2:93 (cf.
Lightfoot on
Philippians 3:16)); hence, properly,
beyond, besides, further); it stands:
1. adverbially, at the beginning of a sentence, serving either to restrict, or to unfold and expand what has preceded:
moreover, besides, so that, according to the requirements of the context, it may also be rendered
but, nevertheless; (
howbeit; cf.
Buttmann, § 146, 2):
Matthew 11:22,
24;
Matthew 18:7;
Matthew 26:39,
64;
Luke 6:24,
35;
Luke 10:11,
14,
20;
Luke 11:41;
Luke 12:31;
Luke 13:33;
Luke 17:1 L Tr text
WH;
Luke 18:8;
19:27;
22:21,
22,
42;
23:28;
1 Corinthians 11:11;
Ephesians 5:33;
Philippians 1:18 (
R G (see Ellicott));
Philippians 3:16;
4:14;
Revelation 2:25;
πλήν ὅτι,
except that, save that (examples from classical Greek are given by
Passow, under the word, II. 1 e.; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, B. II. 4)):
Acts 20:23 ((
Winer's Grammar, 508 (473);
Philippians 1:18 L T Tr WH (
R. V. only that)).
2. as a preposition, with the genitive (first so by
Homer, Odyssey 8, 207; (cf.
Winers Grammar, § 54, 6)),
besides, except, but:
Mark 12:32;
John 8:10;
Acts 8:1;
Acts 15:28;
Acts 27:22. Cf.
Klotz ad Devar. II. 2, p. 724f.
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