πλήν,
adv.,
[in LXX for רַק, לְבַד, אַךְ, etc.;]
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: Mt 11:22, 2418:726:39, 64 (M, Pr., 86), Lk 6:24, 3510:11, 14, 2011:4112:3113:3317:118:819:2722:21, 22, 42 (WH, mg. om.) 23:28, I Co 11:11, Eph 5:33, Phl 3:164:14, Re 2:25; π. ὅτι (Hdt., Plat., al.), except that, save that, Ac 20:23, Phl 1:18.
2. As prep., c. gen., except, save (cl.): Mk 12:32, Jo 8:10, Ac 8:115:2827:22.†