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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 144 times in 131 verses in 'Rom' in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Rom 1:9–Rom 7:8)

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:9 -

God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in telling the good news about his Son ​— ​that I constantly mention you,

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:11 -

For I want very much to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:16 -

For I am not ashamed of the gospel,[fn] because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.

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For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith,[fn] just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:18 -

For God’s wrath is revealed from heaven against all godlessness and unrighteousness of people who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth,

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:19 -

since what can be known[fn] about God is evident among them, because God has shown it to them.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:20 -

For his invisible attributes, that is, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what he has made. As a result, people are without excuse.

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For this reason God delivered them over to disgraceful passions. Their women[fn] exchanged natural sexual relations[fn] for unnatural ones.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:1 -

Therefore, every one of you[fn] who judges is without excuse. For when you judge another, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:11 -

For there is no favoritism with God.

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For all who sin without the law will also perish without the law, and all who sin under[fn] the law will be judged by the law.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:13 -

For the hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:14 -

So, when Gentiles, who do not by nature have the law, do[fn] what the law demands, they are a law to themselves even though they do not have the law.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:24 -

For, as it is written: The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:25 -

Circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:28 -

For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, and true circumcision is not something visible in the flesh.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:2 -

Considerable in every way. First, they were entrusted with the very words of God.

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What then? If some were unfaithful, will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness?

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:9 -

What then? Are we any better off?[fn] Not at all! For we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin,[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:20 -

For no one will be justified[fn] in his sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:22 -

The righteousness of God is through faith in Jesus Christ[fn] to all who believe, since there is no distinction.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:23 -

For all have sinned and fall short of the[fn] glory of God;

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:28 -

For we conclude that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:2 -

If Abraham was justified[fn] by works, he has something to boast about ​— ​but not before God.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:3 -

For what does the Scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:9 -

Is this blessing only for the circumcised, then? Or is it also for the uncircumcised? For we say, Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:13 -

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:14 -

If those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made empty and the promise nullified,

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:15 -

because the law produces wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:6 -

For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:7 -

For rarely will someone die for a just person ​— ​though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:10 -

For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, then how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:13 -

In fact, sin was in the world before the law, but sin is not charged to a person’s account when there is no law.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:15 -

But the gift is not like the trespass. For if by the one man’s trespass the many died, how much more have the grace of God and the gift which comes through the grace of the one man Jesus Christ overflowed to the many.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:16 -

And the gift is not like the one man’s sin, because from one sin came the judgment, resulting in condemnation, but from many trespasses came the gift, resulting in justification.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:17 -

If by the one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the overflow of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:19 -

For just as through one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so also through the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:5 -

For if we have been united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be[fn] in the likeness of his resurrection.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:7 -

since a person who has died is freed[fn] from sin.

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For the death he died, he died to sin once for all time; but the life he lives, he lives to God.

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For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under the law but under grace.

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I am using a human analogy because of the weakness of your flesh.[fn] For just as you offered the parts of yourselves as slaves to impurity, and to greater and greater lawlessness, so now offer them as slaves to righteousness, which results in sanctification.

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For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.[fn]

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So what fruit was produced[fn] then from the things you are now ashamed of? The outcome of those things is death.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:23 -

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:1 -

Since I am speaking to those who know the law, brothers and sisters, don’t you know that the law rules over someone as long as he lives?

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For example, a married woman is legally bound to her husband while he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law regarding the husband.

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For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions aroused through the law were working in us[fn] to bear fruit for death.

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What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! But I would not have known sin if it were not for the law. For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, Do not covet.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:8 -

And sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind. For apart from the law sin is dead.


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