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Lexicon :: Strong's G687 - ara

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ἆρα
Transliteration
ara (Key)
Pronunciation
ar'-ah
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Part of Speech
particle
Root Word (Etymology)
A form of ἄρα (G686), denoting an interrogation to which a negative answer is presumed
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
16x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
4x in 2 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἆρα âra, ar'-ah; a form of G686, denoting an interrogation to which a negative answer is presumed:—therefore.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G687 in the following manner: therefore (1x), not translated (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G687 in the following manner: therefore (1x), not translated (2x).

  1. a Greek interrogative particle that implies anxiety or impatience on the part of the questioner

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἆρα âra, ar'-ah; a form of G686, denoting an interrogation to which a negative answer is presumed:—therefore.
STRONGS G687:
ἆρα, an interrogative particle ["implying anxiety or impatience on the part of the questioner." Liddell and Scott, under the word] (of the same root as the preceding ἄρα, and only differing from it in that more vocal stress is laid upon the first syllable, which is therefore circumflexed);
1. num igitur, i. e. marking an inferential question to which a negative answer is expected: Luke 18:8; with γε rendering it more pointed, ἆρά γε [G T ἆράγε]: Acts 8:30; [ἆρα οὖν... διώκομεν Lachmann edition min. also major marginal reading are we then pursuing etc. Romans 14:19].
2. ergone i. e. a question to which an affirmative answer is expected, in an interrogative apodosis (German so ist also wohl?), he is then? Galatians 2:17 (where others [e. g. Lachmann] write ἄρα, so that this example is referred to those mentioned under ἄρα, 3, and is rendered Christ is then a minister of sin; but μὴ γένοιτο, which follows, is everywhere by Paul opposed to a question). Cf. Winers Grammar, 510f (475f) [also Buttmann, 247 (213), 371 (318); Herm. ad Vig., p. 820ff; Klotz ad Devar. ii., p. 180ff; speaking somewhat loosely, it may be said "ἆρα expresses bewilderment as to a possible conclusion... ἆρα hesitates, while ἄρα concludes." Bp. Lightfoot on Galatians, the passage cited].

Related entry:
[ἆράγε, see ἆρα, 1.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
18:8
Acts
8:30
Romans
14:19
Galatians
2:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G687 matches the Greek ἆρα (ara),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:1 - In that hour the disciples came to Jesus saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:25 - And when the disciples heard it they were exceedingly astonished, saying, Who then can be saved?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:27 - Then Peter answering said to him, Behold, *we* have left all things and have followed thee; what then shall happen to us?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:45 - Who then is the faithful and prudent bondman whom his lord has set over his household, to give them food in season?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:41 - And they feared with great fear, and said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:66

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:66 - And all who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then will this child be? And the Lord's hand was with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:25 - And he said to them, Where is your faith? And, being afraid, they were astonished, saying to one another, Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:42 - And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the measure of corn in season?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:8 - I say unto you that he will avenge them speedily. But when the Son of man comes, shall he indeed find faith on the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:23 - And *they* began to question together among themselves who then it could be of them who was about to do this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:1 - And the high priest said, Are these things then so?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:30 - And Philip, running up, heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou then know what thou art reading of?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:18 - And when it was day there was no small disturbance among the soldiers, what then was become of Peter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:38 - Thou art not then that Egyptian who before these days raised a sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the assassins?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:17 - Having therefore this purpose, did I then use lightness? Or what I purpose, do I purpose according to flesh, that there should be with me yea yea, and nay nay?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:17 - Now if in seeking to be justified in Christ we also have been found sinners, then is Christ minister of sin? Far be the thought.
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