πλήν,
Dor. and Aeol. πλάν SIG 56.3(Argos, vB.C. ), 421.7(Thermum, iii B. C. ), IG 9(1).333.4 ( Locr., v B. C. ), Berl.Sitzb. 1927.158 ( Cyrene ), Schwyzer 633.16, 19 (Eresus, ii/i B. C. ): Prep. with gen., except, save, πάντων Φαιήκων πλήν γ’ αὐτοῦ Λαοδάμαντος Od. 8.207; τίς ἔτλη . . π. Ἡρακλῆος; Hes. Sc. 74, cf. A. Pr. 914, IG 12.6.108, etc.: with γε, S. El. 909, etc.; ὑπεγγύους π. θανάτου liable to any punishment short of death, Hdt. 5.71; ἐπιτρέψαι περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν π. θανάτου save in respect of death, Th. 4.54; σκυλεύειν τοὺς τελευτήσαντας π. ὅπλων of anything save their arms, Pl. R. 469c; διαρπάσαι . . ἐπέτρεψε πλὴν ἀνδραπόδων to carry off all plunder save slaves, X. An. 2.4.27 .
2. later, besides, in addition to, LXX De. 18.8, LXX De. 29.1 . Conj.: I with single words and phrases, esp. when a neg. precedes, οὐκ ἆρ’ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄνδρες εἰσὶ π. ὅδε; S. Aj. 1238; οὐκ οἶδα π. ἕν Id. OC 1161, E. El. 752; οὐ κάτοιδα π. ἐπὶ σμικρὸν φράσαι S. El. 414, cf. Amphis 13: after a question implying a neg., τί σοι πέπρακται π.τεύχειν κακά; A. Eu. 125, cf. S. Ant. 646: after πᾶς, etc., τὸ δ’ ἄρσεν αἰνῶ πάντα π. γάμου τυχεῖν A. Eu. 737; παντὶ δῆλον π. ἐμοί Pl. R. 529a, cf. S. Ph. 299, Isoc. 12.19, etc.; νικᾶν . . πανταχοῦ . . ἔφυν π. εἰτ σέ S. Ph. 1053 ( πᾶς is sts. omitted, θνῄσκουσι [πάντες] π. εἷς τις Id. OT 118; ἀλλ’ ἔστι [πᾶσι] πλὴν σοί ib. 370 ): freq. with ἄλλος (much like ἤ ), τί οὖν μ’ ἄνωγας ἄλλο π. ψευδῆ λέγειν; Id. Ph. 100, cf. Aj. 125, Ant. 236, Ar. Pl. 106, X. An. 1.2.1, Pl. Prt. 334b, etc.: after a Comp., ταῦτ’ ἐστὶ κρείσσω π. ὑπ’ Ἀργείοις πεσεῖν E. Heracl. 231, cf. Pl. Min. 318e, etc.; πάντα μᾶλλον π. αὐτὸς ἅψασθαι D. 21.179: after a Sup., τὸ μέγιστον εἴργται π. αἱ τάξεις τοῦ φόρου X. Ath. 3.5 .
II freq. joined with other Particles:
1 π. εἰ, π. ἐάν, ὅταν, folld. by a Verb, π. εἴ τις κωμῳδοποιὸς τυγχάνει ὤν Pl. Revelation 18 d, cf. Tht. 177d, D. 3.18, 10.39, etc.; π. ὅταν A. Pr. 260, S. El. 293, etc.; π. εἰ ἄρα μή Str. 7.3.8; π. ἐὰν μὴ ἐξέλθῃ Arist. HA 554b2 . with Verb omitted, οὐδεὶς οἶδεν . ., π. εἴ τις ἄρ’ ὄρνις Ar. Av. 601, cf. X. HG 4.2.21, etc.; π. εἰ μή, after a neg., οὐδὲν προσδεησόμεθα, π. εἰ μὴ πάρεργόν τι Pl. Plt. 286d (v.l.); οὐδὲν ἂν πάθοι . ., π. εἰ μή που κατὰ συμβεβηκός Arist. GC 323b26; οὐ δεῖ . . τοῦτο . . κινεῖσθαι, π. εἰ μὴ κατὰ ς. Id. de An. 406b8, cf. APr. 43a39, Thphr. CP 1.10.6, D.H. 4.74 . - The pleon. phrase π. εἰ μή is censured by Luc. [Son 7:1-13] .
2. πλὴν ἤ (where ἤ adds nothing to the sense; πλὴν εἰ is a common v.l.), οὐκ ἄλλῳ π. ἢ Προδίκῳ Ar. Nu. 361, cf. 734; οὐδὲν κάκιον . ., πλὴν ἄρ’ ἢ γυναῖκες Id. Th. 532, cf. Hdt. 2.111, Pl. Ap. 42a (v.l. π. εἰ ); also οὐ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὑγιάζει π. ἀλλ’ ἢ . . Arist. Metaph. 981a18 (v.l.).
3. π. οὐ only not, πάντες προσδέχονται, π. οὐχ οἱ τύραννοι X. Hier. 1.18 ( v.l. ap. Ath. 4.144d ), cf. Lac. 15.6, D. 18.45, 56.23, Berl.Sitzb. l.c.
4. π. ὅτι except that . ., save that . ., καίτοι τί διαφέρουσιν ἡμῶν ἐκεῖνοι, π. ὅτι ψηφίσματ’ οὐ γράφουσιν; Ar. Nu. 1429; π. ἢ ὅτι Hdt. 4.189; πλήν γε ὅτι, πλήν γε δὴ ὅτι, Pl. Tht. 183a, Phd. 57b; after ὁμοίως, τὰ αὐτά, Plu. Pel. 4, Artem. 1.56 .
5. π. ὅσον except or save so far as . ., παρήκουσι παρὰ πᾶσαν [τὴν Λιβύην] . ., π. ὅσον Ἕλληνες . . ἔχουσι Hdt. 2.32, cf. D.H. 1.23; π. ὅσα Pl. R. 456a; π. καθόσον D.C. 72.19; π. καθόσον εἰ Th. 6.88 codd. without a Verb, πάντων ἐρήμους, π. ὅσον τὸ σὸν μέρος save so far as thou art concerned, S. OT 1509; τοὺς πολλοὺς ἀπέκτειναν π. ὅσον ἐκ τριῶν νεῶν οὓς ἐζώγρησαν except only . ., Th. 7.23, cf. Pl. Lg. 670a, 856d; ἀληθευτικός, π. ὅσα μὴ δι’ εἰρωνείαν Arist. EN 1124b30 .
III introducing a clause, mostly preceded by οὐδείς, πᾶς, ἄλλος, save that, νῦν δ’ οὐδεμία πάρεστιν . ., π. ἥ γ’ ἐμὴ κωμῆτις ἥδ’ ἐξέρχεται Ar. Lys. 5, cf. S. Tr. 41, X. An. 1.8.20, etc.; οὐκ ἀντεξῄεσαν π. ἕως ἀκροβολισμοῦ Plb. 1.18.2: without any such word preceding, only, albeit, ἀπέπεμπε κήρυκας ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα, π. οὔτε ἐς Ἀθήνας οὔτε ἐς Λακεδαίμονα ἀπέπεμπε Hdt. 7.32, cf. S. OC 1643, Th. 8.70, Pl. Prt. 328e, etc.
2. to break off and pass to another subject, only, however, π. γνώριζε ἄτοπος ὤν PCair.Zen. 454.10 (iii B. C.), cf. Plb. 1.69.14, 2.17.1, [1Co 11:11], Diog.Oen. 8, Plu. Per. 34, etc.: in late Prose, π. ἀλλά Id. Pyrrh. 5, Luc. Prom. 20, DMort. 13.3, 20.4, etc.; π. ἀλλά γε Id. Rh.[Pro 24:1-34] .
3. simply for δέ, but, πολλὴν στρατιὰν ἀθροίσας, π. ἄπειρον μάχης Hdn. 3.4.1; δυστυχῶν μέν, π. ἀλλ’ Ἑλλήνων Hld. 6.7 . (Cogn. with πλησίος, πελάζω, cf. ἔμπλην. )
G4133 — πλήν
adverb (from πλέον 'more' (Curtius, § 375; Lob. Path. Element. 1:143; 2:93 (cf. Lightfoot on [Phi 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): [Mat 11:22], [Mat 11:24]; [Mat 18:7]; [Mat 26:39], [Mat 26:64]; [Luk 6:24], [Luk 6:35]; [Luk 10:11], [Luk 10:14], [Luk 10:20]; [Luk 11:41]; [Luk 12:31]; [Luk 13:33]; [Luk 17:1] L Tr text WH; [Luk 18:8]; [Luk 19:27]; [Luk 22:21],22,42; 23:28>; [1Co 11:11]; [Eph 5:33]; [Phi 1:18] (R G (see Ellicott)); [Phi 3:16]; ; [Rev 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)): [Act 20:23] ((Winer's Grammar, 508 (473); [Phi 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: [Mar 12:32]; [Joh 8:10]; [Act 8:1]; [Act 15:28]; [Act 27:22]. Cf. Klotz ad Devar. II. 2, p. 724f.
πλήν ,
adv. ,
[in LXX for H7535, H905, H389, etc.;]
1. introducing a clause ( = ἀλλά , δέ ; "it is obvious that πλήν was the regular word in the vulgar language": B1., § 77, 13), yet, howbeit, only: [Mat 11:22]; [Mat 11:24]; [Mat 18:7]; [Mat 26:39]; [Mat 26:64] ( M, Pr. , 86), [Luk 6:24]; [Luk 6:35]; [Luk 10:11]; [Luk 10:14]; [Luk 10:20]; [Luk 11:41]; [Luk 12:31]; [Luk 13:33]; [Luk 17:1]; [Luk 18:8]; [Luk 19:27]; [Luk 22:21-22]; [Luk 22:42] ( WH , mg . om .) [Luk 23:28], [1Co 11:11], [Eph 5:33], [Php 3:16]; [Php 4:14], [Rev 2:25]; Papyri ὅτι ( Hdt ., Plat ., al. ), except that, save that, [Act 20:23], [Php 1:18].
2. As prep ., c . gen ., except, save ( cl .) : [Mar 12:32], [Joh 8:10], [Act 8:1]; [Act 15:28]; [Act 27:22]. †