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γάρ

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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

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Occurrences

1,042 total
  1. 2 Corinthians 12:13γάρ
    In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
  2. 2 Corinthians 12:14γὰρ · because; γὰρ · For
    See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
  3. 2 Corinthians 12:20γὰρ · For
    For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
  4. 2 Corinthians 13:4γὰρ · For; γὰρ · For
    For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. For we are also weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him concerning you.
  5. 2 Corinthians 13:8γὰρ · For
    For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.
  6. 2 Corinthians 13:9γὰρ · In fact
    In fact, we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong, and our prayer is for your perfection.
  7. Galatians 1:10γὰρ
    Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
  8. Galatians 1:11γὰρ · For
    For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man.
  9. Galatians 1:12γὰρ
    I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
  10. Galatians 1:13γὰρ · For
    For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
  11. Galatians 2:6γὰρ
    But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—those leaders added nothing to me.
  12. Galatians 2:8γὰρ · For
    For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.
  13. Galatians 2:12γὰρ · For
    For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.
  14. Galatians 2:18γὰρ
    If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.
  15. Galatians 2:19γὰρ · For
    For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.
  16. Galatians 2:21γὰρ · For
    I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
  17. Galatians 3:10γὰρ; γὰρ · For
    All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
  18. Galatians 3:18γὰρ · For
    For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.
  19. Galatians 3:21γὰρ · For
    Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.
  20. Galatians 3:26γὰρ
    You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
  21. Galatians 3:27γὰρ · For
    For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
  22. Galatians 3:28γὰρ · for
    There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  23. Galatians 4:15γὰρ · For
    What then has become of your blessing? For I can testify that, if it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
  24. Galatians 4:22γὰρ · For
    For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
  25. Galatians 4:24γάρ · for
    These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
  26. Galatians 4:25γὰρ · because
    Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
  27. Galatians 4:27γάρ · For
    For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
  28. Galatians 4:30γὰρ · for
    But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
  29. Galatians 5:5γὰρ · [But]
    But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.
  30. Galatians 5:6γὰρ · For
    For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love.
  31. Galatians 5:13γὰρ · For
    For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
  32. Galatians 5:14γὰρ
    The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
  33. Galatians 5:17γὰρ · For; γὰρ
    For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
  34. Galatians 6:3γὰρ
    If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
  35. Galatians 6:5γὰρ · For
    For each one should carry his own load.
  36. Galatians 6:7γὰρ
    Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
  37. Galatians 6:9γὰρ · for
    Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
  38. Galatians 6:13γὰρ · For
    For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.
  39. Galatians 6:15γὰρ · For
    For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
  40. Galatians 6:17γὰρ · for
    From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.
  41. Ephesians 2:8γὰρ · For [it is]
    For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
  42. Ephesians 2:10γάρ · For
    For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
  43. Ephesians 2:14γάρ · For
    For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility
  44. Ephesians 5:5γὰρ · For
    For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
  45. Ephesians 5:6γὰρ · for
    Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
  46. Ephesians 5:8γάρ · For
    For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,