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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 illa hora accesserunt discipuli ad Iesum dicentes quis putas maior est in regno caelorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:25 - auditis autem his discipuli mirabantur valde dicentes quis ergo poterit salvus esse

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:27 - tunc respondens Petrus dixit ei ecce nos reliquimus omnia et secuti sumus te quid ergo erit nobis

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:45 - quis putas est fidelis servus et prudens quem constituit dominus suus supra familiam suam ut det illis cibum in tempore

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:41 - [Vulgate 4:40b] timuerunt magno timore et dicebant ad alterutrum quis putas est iste quia et ventus et mare oboediunt ei

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:66 - et posuerunt omnes qui audierant in corde suo dicentes quid putas puer iste erit etenim manus Domini erat cum illo

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:25 - dixit autem illis ubi est fides vestra qui timentes mirati sunt dicentes ad invicem quis putas hic est quia et ventis imperat et mari et oboediunt ei

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:42 - dixit autem Dominus quis putas est fidelis dispensator et prudens quem constituet dominus super familiam suam ut det illis in tempore tritici mensuram

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:8 - dico vobis quia cito faciet vindictam illorum verumtamen Filius hominis veniens putas inveniet fidem in terra

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:23 - et ipsi coeperunt quaerere inter se quis esset ex eis qui hoc facturus esset

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:1 - dixit autem princeps sacerdotum si haec ita se habent

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:30 - adcurrens autem Philippus audivit illum legentem Esaiam prophetam et dixit putasne intellegis quae legis

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:18 - facta autem die erat non parva turbatio inter milites quidnam de Petro factum esset

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:38 - nonne tu es Aegyptius qui ante hos dies tumultum concitasti et eduxisti in desertum quattuor milia virorum sicariorum

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:17 - cum hoc ergo voluissem numquid levitate usus sum aut quae cogito secundum carnem cogito ut sit apud me est et non

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:17 - quod si quaerentes iustificari in Christo inventi sumus et ipsi peccatores numquid Christus peccati minister est absit
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