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Lexicon :: Strong's G1063 - gar

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γάρ
Transliteration
gar (Key)
Pronunciation
gar
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Part of Speech
conjunction
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary particle
mGNT
1,041x in 2 unique form(s)
TR
1,067x in 2 unique form(s)
LXX
877x in 2 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

γάρ gár, gar; a primary particle; properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles):—and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,067x

The KJV translates Strong's G1063 in the following manner: for (1,027x), miscellaneous (28x), not translated (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,067x
The KJV translates Strong's G1063 in the following manner: for (1,027x), miscellaneous (28x), not translated (12x).
  1. for

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γάρ gár, gar; a primary particle; properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles):—and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
STRONGS G1063:
γάρ, a conjunction, which according to its composition, γέ and ἄρα (equivalent to ἄρ), is properly a particle of affirmation and conclusion, denoting truly therefore, verily as the case stands, "the thing is first affirmed by the particle γέ, and then is referred to what precedes by the force of the particle ἄρα" (Klotz ad Devar. ii. 1, p. 232; cf. Kühner, ii., p. 724; [Jelf, § 786; Winers Grammar, 445f (415f)]). Now since by a new affirmation not infrequently the reason and nature of something previously mentioned are set forth, it comes to pass that, by the use of this particle, either the reason and cause of a foregoing statement is added, whence arises the causal or argumentative force of the particle, for (Latin nam, enim; German denn); or some previous declaration is explained, whence γάρ takes on an explicative force: for, the fact is, namely (Latin videlicet, German nämlich). Thus the force of the particle is either conclusive, or demonstrative, or explicative and declaratory; cf. Rost in Passow's Lexicon, i., p. 535ff; Kühner, ii., pp. 724ff, 852ff; [cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word]. The use of the particle in the N. T. does not differ from that in the classics.
I. Its primary and original Conclusive force is seen in questions (in Greek writings also in exclamations) and answers expressed with emotion; where, according to the connexion, it may be freely represented by assuredly, verily, forsooth, why, then, etc.: ἐν γὰρ τούτῳ etc. ye profess not to know whence he is; herein then is assuredly a marvellous thing, why, herein etc. John 9:30; οὐ γάρ, ἀλλά etc. by no means in this state of things, nay verily, but etc. Acts 16:37; certainly, if that is the case, 1 Corinthians 8:11 L T Tr WH. It is joined to interrogative particles and pronouns: μὴ γὰρ etc. John 7:41 (do ye then suppose that the Christ comes out of Galilee? What, doth the Christ, etc.?); μὴ γὰρ... οὐκ, 1 Corinthians 11:22 (what! since ye are so eager to eat and drink, have ye not, etc.?); τίς γάρ, τί γάρ: Matthew 27:23 (τί γὰρ κακὸν ἐποίησεν, ye demand that he be crucified like a malefactor, Why, what evil hath he done?); Matthew 9:5 (your thoughts are evil; which then do ye suppose to be the easier, etc.?); Matthew 16:26; Matthew 23:17, 19; Luke 9:25; Acts 19:35; τί γάρ; for τί γάρ ἐστι, what then? i. e. what, under these circumstances, ought to be the conclusion? Philippians 1:18 [cf. Ellicott at the passage]; πῶς γάρ, Acts 8:31; cf. Klotz, the passage cited, p. 245ff; Kühner, ii., p. 726; [Jelf, ii., p. 608]; Winer's Grammar, 447 (416). Here belongs also the vexed passage Luke 18:14 γὰρ ἐκεῖνος (so G T Tr marginal reading, but L WH Tr text παῤ ἐκεῖνον) or do ye suppose then that that man went down approved of God? cf. Winer's Grammar, 241 (226).
II. It adduces the Cause or gives the Reason of a preceding statement or opinion;
1. universally: Matthew 2:5; Matthew 6:24; Mark 1:22; Mark 9:6; Luke 1:15, 18; Luke 21:4; John 2:25; Acts 2:25; Romans 1:9, 11; 1 Corinthians 11:5; Hebrews 2:8; 1 John 2:19; Revelation 1:3, and very often. In John 4:44 γάρ assigns the reason why now at length Jesus betook himself into Galilee; for the authority denied to a prophet in his own country (Galilee), he had previously to seek and obtain among strangers; cf. John 4:45; Meyer [yet see edition 6 (Weiss)] at the passage; Strauss, Leben Jesu, i. 725 edition 3; Neander, Leben Jesu, p. 385f edition 1 [American translation, pp. 100, 168]; Ewald, Jahrbb. d. Biblical Wissensch. x., p. 108ff.
2. Often the sentences are connected in such a way that either some particular statement is established by a general proposition (`the particular by the universal'), as in Matthew 7:8; Matthew 13:12; Matthew 22:14; Mark 4:22, 25; John 3:20; 1 Corinthians 12:12; Hebrews 5:13, etc.; or what has been stated generally, is proved to be correctly stated by a particular instance (`the universal by the particular'): Mark 7:10; Luke 12:52, 58; Romans 7:2; 1 Corinthians 1:26; 1 Corinthians 12:8.
3. To sentences in which something is commanded or forbidden, γάρ annexes the reason why the thing must either be done or avoided: Matthew 1:20; Matthew 2:20; Matthew 3:9; Matthew 7:2; Romans 13:11; Colossians 3:3; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; Hebrews 2:2, and very often. In Philippians 2:13 γάρ connects the verse with Philippians 2:12 thus: work out your salvation with most intense earnestness, for nothing short of this accords with God's saving efficiency within your souls, to whom you owe both the good desire and the power to execute that desire.
4. To questions, γάρ annexes the reason why the question is asked: Matthew 2:2 (we ask this with good reason, for we have seen the star which announces his birth); Matthew 22:28; Romans 14:10; 1 Corinthians 14:9; Galatians 1:10.
5. Frequently the statement which contains the cause is interrogative; τίς, τί γάρ: Luke 22:27; Romans 4:3; Romans 11:34; 1 Corinthians 2:16; 1 Corinthians 7:16; Hebrews 1:5; Hebrews 12:7; τί γάρ for τί γάρ ἐστι, Romans 3:3 (cf. Fritzsche at the passage; [Ellicott on Philippians 1:18]); ἵνα τί γάρ, 1 Corinthians 10:29; ποία γάρ, James 4:14 [WH text omits; Tr brackets γάρ].
6. Sometimes in answers it is so used to make good the substance of a preceding question that it can be rendered yea, assuredly: 1 Corinthians 9:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:20; cf. Kühner, ii., p. 724.
7. Sometimes it confirms, not a single statement, but the point of an entire discussion: Romans 2:25 (it is no advantage to a wicked Jew, for etc.). On the other hand, it may so confirm but a single thought as to involve the force of asseveration and be rendered assuredly, yea: Romans 15:27 (εὐδόκησαν γάρ); so also καὶ γάρ, Philippians 2:27.
8. It is often said that the sentence of which γάρ introduces the cause, or renders the reason, is not expressed, but must be gathered from the context and supplied in thought. But that this ellipsis is wholly imaginary is clearly shown by Klotz ad Devar. ii. 1, p. 236f, cf. Winer's Grammar, 446f (415f). The particle is everywhere used in reference to something expressly stated. Suffice it to append a very few examples; the true nature of many others is shown under the remaining heads of this article: In Matthew 5:12 before γάρ some supply 'nor does this happen to you alone'; but the reason is added why a great reward in heaven is reserved for those who suffer persecution, which reason consists in this, that the prophets also suffered persecution, and that their reward is great no one can doubt. In Romans 8:18 some have supplied 'do not shrink from this suffering with Christ'; but on the use of γάρ here, see III. a. below. On Mark 7:28 [T Tr WH omit; L brackets γάρ], where before καὶ γάρ some supply 'but help me,' or 'yet we do not suffer even the dogs to perish with hunger,' see 10 b. below. In Acts 9:11 before γάρ many supply 'he will listen to thee'; but it introduces the reason for the preceding command.
9. When in successive statements γάρ is repeated twice or thrice, or even four or five times, either
a. one and the same thought is confirmed by as many arguments, each having its own force, as there are repetitions of the particle [Meyer denies the coordinate use of γάρ in the N. T., asserting that the first is argumentative, the second explicative, see his commentaries on the passage to follow, also on Romans 8:6]: Matthew 6:32; Romans 16:18f; or
b. every succeeding statement contains the reason for its immediate predecessor, so that the statements are subordinate one to another: Mark 6:52; Matthew 16:25-27; John 3:19; John 5:21; Acts 2:15; Romans 4:13-15; Romans 8:2f, 5; 1 Corinthians 3:3; 1 Corinthians 9:15-17 (where five times in G L T Tr WH); 1 Corinthians 16:7; James 2:10, etc.; or
c. it is repeated in a different sense: Mark 9:39-41; Romans 5:6f (where cf. Winer's Grammar, 453 (422)); Romans 10:2-5 (four times); James 4:14 [WH text omits; Tr brackets the first γάρ, L WH marginal reading omit the second].
10. καὶ γάρ (on which cf. Kühner, ii., p. 854f; Winer's Grammar, 448 (417); [Ellicott on 2 Thessalonians 3:10]) is
a. for, and truly (etenim, namque, [the simple rendering for is regarded as inexact by many; cf. Meyer on 2 Corinthians 13:4 and see Hartung, Partikeln, i. 137f; Krüger, § 69, 32, 21]): Mark 14:70; Luke 22:37 [L Tr brackets γάρ]; 1 Corinthians 5:7; 1 Corinthians 11:9; 1 Corinthians 12:13.
b. for also, for even (nam etiam): Matthew 8:9; Mark 10:45; Luke 6:32; John 4:45; 1 Corinthians 12:14, etc. In Mark 7:28 καὶ γάρ [R G L brackets] τὰ κυνάρια etc. the woman, by adducing an example, confirms what Christ had said, but the example is of such a sort as also to prove that her request ought to be granted. τὲ γάρ for indeed (German denn ja): Romans 7:7; cf. Fritzsche at the passage; Winer's Grammar, 448 (417). ἰδοὺ γάρ, see under ἰδού.
III. It serves to explain, make clear, illustrate, a preceding thought or word: for equivalent to that is, namely;
a. so that it begins an exposition of the thing just announced [cf. Winer's Grammar, 454f (423f)]: Matthew 1:18 [R G]; Matthew 19:12; Luke 11:30; Luke 18:32. In Romans 8:18 γάρ introduces a statement setting forth the nature of the συνδοξασθῆναι just mentioned.
b. so that the explanation is intercalated into the discourse, or even added by way of appendix: Matthew 4:18; Mark 1:16; Mark 2:15; Mark 5:42; Romans 7:1; 1 Corinthians 16:5. In Mark 16:4 the information ἦν γὰρ μέγας σφόδρα is added to throw light on all that has been previously said (in Mark 16:3f) about the stone.
IV. As respects position: γάρ never occupies the first place in a sentence, but the second, or third, or even the fourth ( τοῦ θεοῦ γὰρ υἱός, 2 Corinthians 1:19 — according to true text). Moreover, "not the number but the nature of the word after which it stands is the point to be noticed," Hermann on Sophocles Phil. 1437.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
1:18; 1:20; 2:2; 2:5; 2:20; 3:9; 4:18; 5:12; 6:24; 6:32; 7:2; 7:8; 8:9; 9:5; 13:12; 16:25; 16:26; 16:26; 16:27; 19:12; 22:14; 22:28; 23:17; 23:19; 27:23
Mark
1:16; 1:22; 2:15; 4:22; 4:25; 5:42; 6:52; 7:10; 7:28; 7:28; 9:6; 9:39; 9:40; 9:41; 10:45; 14:70; 16:3; 16:4
Luke
1:15; 1:18; 6:32; 9:25; 11:30; 12:52; 12:58; 18:14; 18:32; 21:4; 22:27; 22:37
John
2:25; 3:19; 3:20; 4:44; 4:45; 4:45; 5:21; 7:41; 9:30
Acts
2:15; 2:25; 8:31; 9:11; 16:37; 19:35
Romans
1:9; 1:11; 2:25; 3:3; 4:3; 4:13; 4:14; 4:15; 5:6; 7:1; 7:2; 7:7; 8:2; 8:5; 8:6; 8:18; 8:18; 10:2; 10:3; 10:4; 10:5; 11:34; 13:11; 14:10; 15:27; 16:18
1 Corinthians
1:26; 2:16; 3:3; 5:7; 7:16; 8:11; 9:10; 9:15; 9:16; 9:17; 10:29; 11:5; 11:9; 11:22; 12:8; 12:12; 12:13; 12:14; 14:9; 16:5; 16:7
2 Corinthians
1:19; 13:4
Galatians
1:10
Philippians
1:18; 1:18; 2:12; 2:13; 2:27
Colossians
3:3
1 Thessalonians
2:20; 4:3
2 Thessalonians
3:10
Hebrews
1:5; 2:2; 2:8; 5:13; 12:7
James
2:10; 4:14; 4:14
1 John
2:19
Revelation
1:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1063 matches the Greek γάρ (gar),
which occurs 1,041 times in 990 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 2 / 20 (Mat 12:8–Mat 24:27)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:8 -

“For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:33 -

“Either make the tree good and its fruit will be good, or make the tree bad[fn] and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:34 -

“Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:37 -

“For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:40 -

“For as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish[fn] three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:50 -

“For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:12 -

“For whoever has, more will be given to him, and he will have more than enough; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:15 -

“For this people’s heart has grown callous;

their ears are hard of hearing,

and they have shut their eyes;

otherwise they might see with their eyes,

and hear with their ears, and

understand with their hearts,

and turn back —

and I would heal them.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:17 -

“For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see the things you see but didn’t see them, to hear the things you hear but didn’t hear them.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:3 -

For Herod had arrested John, chained[fn] him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:4 -

since John had been telling him, “It’s not lawful for you to have her.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:24 -

Meanwhile, the boat was already some distance[fn] from land,[fn] battered by the waves, because the wind was against them.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:2 -

“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:4 -

“For God said:[fn] Honor your father and your mother; and, Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:19 -

“For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, slander.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:27 -

“Yes, Lord,” she said, “yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:2 -

He replied, “When evening comes you say, ‘It will be good weather because the sky is red.’

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:3 -

“And in the morning, ‘Today will be stormy because the sky is red and threatening.’ You[fn] know how to read the appearance of the sky, but you can’t read the signs of the times.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:25 -

“For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:26 -

“For what will it benefit someone if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will anyone give in exchange for his life?

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:27 -

“For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each according to what he has done.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:15 -

“Lord,” he said, “have mercy on my son, because he has seizures[fn] and suffers terribly. He often falls into the fire and often into the water.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:20 -

“Because of your little faith,” he[fn] told them. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of[fn] a mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:7 -

“Woe to the world because of offenses. For offenses will inevitably come, but woe to that person by whom the offense comes.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:10 -

“See to it that you don’t despise one of these little ones, because I tell you that in heaven their angels continually view the face of my Father in heaven.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:20 -

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there among them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:12 -

“For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, there are eunuchs who were made by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves that way because of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept it should accept it.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:14 -

Jesus said, “Leave the little children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to me, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:22 -

When the young man heard that, he went away grieving, because he had many possessions.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:1 -

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:26 -

“But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’ we’re afraid of the crowd, because everyone considers John to be a prophet.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:32 -

“For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him. Tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; but you, when you saw it, didn’t even change your minds then and believe him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:14 -

“For many are invited, but few are chosen.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:16 -

So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are truthful and teach truthfully the way of God. You don’t care what anyone thinks nor do you show partiality.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:28 -

“In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had married her.”[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:30 -

“For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like[fn] angels in heaven.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:3 -

“Therefore do whatever they tell you, and observe it. But don’t do what they do, because they don’t practice what they teach.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:5 -

“They do everything[fn] to be seen by others: They enlarge their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:8 -

“But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ because you have one Teacher,[fn] and you are all brothers and sisters.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:9 -

“Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is in heaven.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13 -

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:17 -

“Blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:19 -

“Blind people![fn] For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:39 -

“For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord’! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:5 -

“For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:6 -

“You are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, because these things must take place, but the end is not yet.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:7 -

“For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines[fn] and earthquakes in various places.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:21 -

“For at that time there will be great distress,[fn] the kind that hasn’t taken place from the beginning of the world until now and never will again.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:24 -

“For false messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:27 -

“For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.


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