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γάρ

garforHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentConjunction1,042 occurrences27 books990 verses

Definition

γάρ,

co-ordinating particle, contr. of γε ἄρα,

verily then, hence, in truth, indeed, yea, then, why, and when giving a reason or explanation, for, the usage in NT being in general accord with that of cl.;

1. explicative and epexegetic: Matthew 4:18; 19:12, Mark 1:16; 5:42; 16:4, Luke 11:3o, Romans 7:1, 1 Corinthians 16:5, al.

2. Conclusive, in questions, answers and exclamations: Matthew 9:5; 27:23, Luke 9:25; 22:27, John 9:30, Acts 8:31; 16:37; 19:35, Romans 15:26, 1 Corinthians 9:10, Philippians 1:18 (Ellic., in l.), 1 Thessalonians 2:20, al.

3. Causal: Matthew 1:21; 2:2, 5, 6, 3:23, Mark 1:22; 9:6, Luke 1:15, 18, John 2:25, Acts 2:25, Romans 1:9, 11, 1 Corinthians 11:5, Revelation 1:3, al.; giving the reason for a command or prohibition, Matthew 2:20; 3:9, Romans 13:11, Colossians 3:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:3, al.; where the cause is contained in an interrog. statement, Luke 22:27, Romans 3:3; 4:3, 1 Corinthians 10:29; καὶ γάρ, for also, Mark 10:45, Luke 6:32, 1 Corinthians 5:7, al. id. as in cl. = etenim, where the καί loses its connective force (Bl., §78, 6; Kühner 3, ii, 854f.), Mark 14:70, Luke 1:66; 22:37, 2 Corinthians 13:4. The proper place of γάρ is after the first word in a clause, but in poets it often comes third or fourth, and so in late prose: 2 Corinthians 1:19. Yet "not the number but the nature of the word after which it stands is the point to be noticed" (see Thayer, see word).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as γάρ:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

1,042 total
  1. Romans 3:3γάρ
    What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?
  2. Romans 3:9γὰρ · For
    What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
  3. Romans 3:20γὰρ · For
    Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
  4. Romans 3:22γάρ
    And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
  5. Romans 3:23γὰρ · for
    …for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
  6. Romans 3:28γὰρ · For
    For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
  7. Romans 4:2γὰρ
    If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
  8. Romans 4:3γὰρ · For
    For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
  9. Romans 4:9γάρ
    Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.
  10. Romans 4:13γὰρ · For
    For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
  11. Romans 4:14γὰρ · For
    For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,
  12. Romans 4:15γὰρ · because
    …because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
  13. Romans 5:6γὰρ · For
    For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
  14. Romans 5:7γὰρ · Very; γὰρ · though
    Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
  15. Romans 5:10γὰρ · For
    For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!
  16. Romans 5:13γὰρ · For
    For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.
  17. Romans 5:15γὰρ · For
    But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!
  18. Romans 5:16γὰρ
    Again, the gift is not like the result of the one man’s sin: The judgment that followed one sin brought condemnation, but the gift that followed many trespasses brought justification.
  19. Romans 5:17γὰρ · For
    For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
  20. Romans 5:19γὰρ
    For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
  21. Romans 6:5γὰρ · For
    For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.
  22. Romans 6:7γὰρ · For
    For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
  23. Romans 6:10γὰρ
    The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.
  24. Romans 6:14γὰρ · For; γάρ · because
    For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
  25. Romans 6:19γὰρ
    I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
  26. Romans 6:20γὰρ · For
    For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.
  27. Romans 6:21γὰρ
    What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
  28. Romans 6:23γὰρ · For
    For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  29. Romans 7:1γὰρ · (for
    Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?
  30. Romans 7:2γὰρ
    For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
  31. Romans 7:5γὰρ · For
    For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
  32. Romans 7:7γὰρ · For
    What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
  33. Romans 7:8γὰρ · For
    But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
  34. Romans 7:11γὰρ · For
    For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
  35. Romans 7:14γὰρ
    We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
  36. Romans 7:15γὰρ; γὰρ · For
    I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.
  37. Romans 7:18γὰρ; γὰρ · for
    I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
  38. Romans 7:19γὰρ · For
    For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.
  39. Romans 7:22γὰρ · For
    For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
  40. Romans 8:2γὰρ · For
    For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
  41. Romans 8:3γὰρ · For
    For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
  42. Romans 8:5γὰρ
    Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
  43. Romans 8:6γὰρ
    The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,
  44. Romans 8:7γὰρ; γὰρ
    …because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
  45. Romans 8:13γὰρ · For
    For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.