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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Only:

"alone, solitary," is translated "only," e.g., in Mat 4:10; 12:4; 17:8; 1Cr 9:6; 14:36; Phl 4:15; Col 4:11; 2Jo 1:1; it is used as an attribute of God in Jhn 5:44; 17:3; Rom 16:27; 1Ti 1:17; 1Ti 6:15, 16; Jud 1:4, 25; Rev 15:4.
See ALONE, A.

Only:

"only begotten" (No. 1 and genos, "offspring"), has the meaning "only," of human offspring, in Luk 7:12; 8:42; 9:38; the term is one of endearment, as well as of singleness. For Hbr 11:17 see ONLY BEGOTTEN.

Only:

the neuter of A, No. 1, "only, exclusively," is translated "only," e.g., in Mat 5:47; 8:8; Jhn 5:18; 11:52; 12:9; 13:9; frequently in Acts, Romans and Galatians.
See ALONE, B, No. 1.

Only:

"howbeit, except that," is translated "only that" in the RV of Phl 1:18 (AV, "notwithstanding"); "only" in Phl 3:16 (AV, "nevertheless").

Notes:

(1) In Mar 2:7, AV, heis, "one" (so RV), is translated "only;" in Jam 4:12, RV, "one only" (AV, "one").

(2) For "only that" in Act 21:25, AV, see the RV.

(3) The conjunction ei, "if," with the negative me, "not," is translated "but only" in Luk 4:26, RV (AV, "save"); Luk 4:27 (AV, "saving"); "only" in 1Cr 7:17 (AV, "but"); in some mss. in Act 21:25 (AV "save only").