Strong's Lexicon
G686 — ἄρα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G686 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἄρα |
| Part of Speech: | particle |
| Etymology: | probably from G142 (through the idea of drawing a conclusion) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 37 |
| Transliteration: | ara |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ar'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. a particle denoting an inference more or less decisive (as follows) {Often used in connection with other particles, especially G1065 or G3767 (after) or G1487 (before)} |
| KJV Renderings: | haply, (what) manner (of man), no doubt, perhaps, so be, then, therefore, truly, wherefore |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄρα (1), an illative particle (akin, as it seems, to the verbal root ἈΡΩ to join, to be fitted (cf. Curtius, § 488; Vanicek, p. 47)), whose use among native Greeks is illustrated fully by Kühner, ii., §§ 509, 545; (Jelf, §§ 787-789), and Klotz ad Devar. ii., pp. 160-180, among others; (for a statement of diverse views see Bäumlein, Griech. Partikeln, p. 19f). It intimates that, under these circumstances something either is so or becomes so (Klotz, the passage cited, p. 167): Latinigitur, consequently (differing from οὖν in ’denoting a subjective impression rather than a positive conclusion.’ Liddell and Scott (see 5 below)). In the N. T. it is used frequently by Paul, but in the writings of John and in the so-called Catholic Epistles it does not occur. On its use in the N. T. cf. Winer’s Grammar, §§ 53, 8 a. and 61, 6. It is found:
1. subjoined to another word: Rom 7:21; Rom 8:1; Gal 3:7; ἐπεί ἄρα since, if it were otherwise, 1Co 7:14; (, cf. Buttmann, § 149, 5). When placed after pronouns and interrogative particles, it refers to a preceding assertion or fact, or even to something existing only in the mind: τίς ἄρα who then? Mat 18:1 (i. e. one certainly will be the greater, who then?); Mat 19:25 (i. e. certainly some will be saved; you say that the rich will not; who then?); Mat 19:27; Mat 24:45 (I bid you be ready; who then etc.? the question follows from this command of mine); Mar 4:41; Luk 1:66 (from all these things doubtless something follows; what, then?); Luk 8:25; Luk 12:42; Luk 22:23 (it will be one of us, which then?); Act 12:18 (Peter has disappeared; what, then, has become of him?). εἰ ἄρα, Mar 11:13 (whether, since the tree had leaves, he might also find some fruit on it); Act 7:1 (Rec.) (ἄρα equivalent to ’since the witnesses testify thus’); Act 8:22 (if, since thy sin is so grievous, perhaps the thought etc.); εἴπερ ἄρα, 1Co 15:15, (àÄíÎðÈà, εἰ ἄρα, Gen 18:3). Οὐκ ἄρα, Act 21:38 (thou hast a knowledge of Greek; art thou not then the Egyptian, as I suspected?); μήτι ἄρα (Latinnumigitur), did I then etc., 2Co 1:17.
2. By a use doubtful in Greek writings (cf. Buttmann, 371 (318); (Winers Grammar, 558 (519))) it is placed at the beginning of a sentence; and so, so then, accordingly, equivalent to ὥστε with a finite verb: ἄρα μαρτυρεῖτε (μάρτυρες ἐστε T Tr WH), Luk 11:48 (Mat 23:31 ὥστε μαρτυρεῖτε); Rom 10:17; 1Co 15:18; 2Co 5:14 (15) (in L T Tr WH no conditional protasis preceding); 2Co 7:12; Gal 4:31 (L T Tr WH διό); Heb 4:9.
3. in an apodosis, after a protasis with εἰ, in order to bring out what follows as a matter of course (German soistja the obvious inference is): Luk 11:20; Mat 12:28; 2Co 5:14(15) (R G, a protasis with εἰ preceding); Gal 2:21; Gal 3:29; Gal 5:11; Heb 12:8; joined to another word, 1Co 15:14.
4. with γέ, rendering it more pointed, ἄραγε (L Tr uniformly ἄρα γέ; so R WH in Act 17:27; cf. Winers Grammar, p. 45; Lipsius Gram. Untersuch., p. 123), surely then, so then (Latinitaqueergo): Mat 7:20; Mat 17:26; Act 11:18 (L T Tr WH omit γέ); and subjoined to a word, Act 17:27 (Winer’s Grammar, 299 (281)).
5. ἄρα οὖν, a combination peculiar to Paul, at the beginning of a sentence (Winers Grammar, 445 (414); Buttmann, 371 (318) ("ἄραadinternampotiuscaussamspectat, οὖνmagisadexternam." Klotz ad Devar. ii., p. 717; ἄρα is the more logical, οὖν the more formal connective; "ἄρα is illative, οὖν continuative," Winers, the passage cited; cf. also Kühner, § 545, 3)) (R. V.) so then (Latinhincigitur): Rom 5:18; Rom 7:3; Rom 7:25; Rom 8:12; Rom 9:16; Rom 9:18; Rom 14:12 (L Tr omit WH brackets οὖν); 19 (L marginal reading ἄρα); Gal 6:10; Eph 2:19; 1Th 5:6; 2Th 2:15.
STRONGS NT 686: ἄραγε [ἄραγε, see ἄρα, 4.] [a&rage, see ἄρα, 1.]
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἄρα (haply)
Matthew 7:20
- KJV: Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them
- GK: άρα γε από των καρπών επιγνώσεσθε αυτούς
Matthew 12:28
- KJV: But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God then the kingdom of God is come unto you
- GK: ει δε εγώ εν πνεύματι θεού εκβάλλω τα δαιμόνια άρα έφθασεν εφ΄ υμάς η βασιλεία του θεού
Matthew 17:26
- KJV: Peter saith unto him Of strangers Jesus saith unto him Then are the children free
- GK: λέγει αυτώ ο Πέτρος από των αλλοτρίων έφη αυτώ ο Ιησούς άρα γε ελεύθεροί εισιν οι υιοί
Matthew 18:1
- KJV: At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus saying Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven
- GK: εν εκείνη τη ώρα προσήλθον οι μαθηταί τω Ιησού λέγοντες τις άρα μείζων εστίν εν τη βασιλεία των ουρανών
Matthew 19:25
- KJV: When his disciples heard they were exceedingly amazed saying Who then can be saved
- GK: ακούσαντες δε οι μαθηταί αυτού εξεπλήσσοντο σφόδρα λέγοντες τις άρα δύναται σωθήναι
Matthew 19:27
- KJV: Then answered Peter and said unto him Behold we have forsaken all and followed thee what shall we have therefore
- GK: τότε αποκριθείς ο Πέτρος είπεν αυτώ ιδού ημείς αφήκαμεν πάντα και ηκολουθήσαμέν σοι τι άρα έσται ημίν
Matthew 24:45
- KJV: Who then is a faithful and wise servant whom his lord hath made ruler over his household to give them meat in due season
- GK: τις άρα εστίν ο πιστός δούλος και φρόνιμος ον κατέστησεν ο κύριος αυτού επί της θεραπείας αυτού του διδόναι αυτοίς την τροφήν εν καιρώ
Mark 4:41
- KJV: And they feared exceedingly and said one to another What manner is this that even the wind and the sea obey him
- GK: και εφοβήθησαν φόβον μέγαν και έλεγον προς αλλήλους τις άρα ούτός εστιν ότι και ο άνεμος και η θάλασσα υπακούουσιν αυτώ
Mark 11:13
- KJV: And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves he came if haply he might find any thing thereon and when he came to it he found nothing but leaves for the time of figs was not
- GK: και ιδών συκήν μακρόθεν έχουσαν φύλλα ήλθεν ει άρα ευρήσει τι εν αυτή και ελθών επ΄ αυτήν ουδέν εύρεν ει φύλλα ου γαρ ην καιρός σύκων
Luke 1:66
- KJV: And all they that heard laid up in their hearts saying What manner of child shall this be And the hand of the Lord was with him
- GK: και έθεντο πάντες οι ακούσαντες εν τη καρδία αυτών λέγοντες τι άρα το παιδίον τούτο έσται και χείρ κυρίου ην μετ΄ αυτού
Luke 8:25
- KJV: And he said unto them Where is your faith And they being afrai wondered saying one to another What manner of man is this for he commandeth even the winds and water and they obey him
- GK: είπε δε αυτοίς που εστιν η πίστις υμών φοβηθέντες εθαύμασαν λέγοντες προς αλλήλους τις άρα ούτός εστιν ότι και τοις ανέμοις επιτάσσει και τω ύδατι και υπακούουσιν αυτώ
Luke 11:20
- KJV: But if I with the finger of God cast out devils no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you
- GK: ει δε εν δακτύλω θεού εκβάλλω τα δαιμόνια άρα έφθασεν εφ΄ υμάς η βασιλεία του θεού
Luke 11:48
- KJV: Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers for they indeed killed them and ye build their sepulchres
- GK: άρα μαρτυρείτε και συνευδοκείτε τοις έργοις των πατέρων υμών ότι αυτοί μεν απέκτειναν αυτούς υμείς δε οικοδομείτε αυτών τα μνημεία
Luke 12:42
- KJV: And the Lord said Who then is that faithful and wise steward whom lord shall make ruler over his household to give portion of meat in due season
- GK: είπε δε ο κύριος τις άρα εστίν ο πιστός οικονόμος και φρόνιμος ον καταστήσει ο κύριος επί της θεραπείας αυτού του διδόναι εν καιρώ το σιτομέτριον
Luke 22:23
- KJV: And they began to enquire among themselves which of them it was that should do this thing
- GK: και αυτοί ήρξαντο συζητείν προς εαυτούς το τις άρα είη εξ αυτών ο τούτο μέλλων πράσσειν
Acts 7:1
- KJV: Then said the high priest Are these things so
- GK: είπε δε ο αρχιερεύς ει άρα ταύτα ούτως έχει
Acts 8:22
- KJV: Repent therefore of this thy wickedness and pray God if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee
- GK: μετανόησον ούν από της κακίας σου ταύτης και δεήθητι του θεού ει άρα αφεθήσεταί σοι η επίνοια της καρδίας σου
Acts 11:18
- KJV: When they heard these things they held their peace and glorified God saying Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life
- GK: ακούσαντες δε ταύτα ησύχασαν και εδόξαζον τον θεόν λέγοντες άρα γε και τοις έθνεσιν ο θεός την μετάνοιαν έδωκεν εις ζωήν
Acts 12:18
- KJV: Now as soon as it was day there was no small stir among the soldiers what was become of Peter
- GK: γενομένης δε ημέρας ην τάραχος ουκ ολίγος εν τοις στρατιώταις τι άρα ο Πέτρος εγένετο
Acts 17:27
- KJV: That they should seek the Lord if haply they might feel after him and find him though he be not far from every one of us
- GK: ζητείν τον κύριον ει άρα γε ψηλαφήσειαν αυτόν και εύροιεν καίτοιγε ου μακράν από ενός εκάστου ημών υπάρχοντα
Acts 21:38
- KJV: Art not thou that Egyptian which before these days madest an uproar and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers
- GK: ουκ άρα συ ει ο Αιγύπτιος ο προ τούτων των ημερών αναστατώσας και εξαγαγών εις την έρημον τους τετρακισχιλίους άνδρας των σικαρίων
Romans 5:18
- KJV: Therefore as by the offence of one upon all men to condemnation even so by the righteousness of one upon all men unto justification of life
- GK: άρα ούν ως δι΄ ενός παραπτώματος εις πάντας ανθρώπους εις κατάκριμα ούτως και δι΄ ενός δικαιώματος εις πάντας ανθρώπους εις δικαίωσιν ζωής
Romans 7:3
- KJV: So then if while husband liveth she be married to another man she shall be called an adulteress but if her husband be dead she is free from law so that she is no adulteress though she be married to another man
- GK: άρα ούν ζώντος του ανδρός μοιχαλίς χρηματίσει εάν γένηται ανδρί ετέρω εάν δε αποθάνη ο ανήρ ελευθέρα εστίν από του νόμου του μη είναι αυτήν μοιχαλίδα γενομένην ανδρί ετέρω
Romans 7:21
- KJV: I find then a law that when I would do good evil is present with me
- GK: ευρίσκω άρα τον νόμον τω θέλοντι εμοί ποιείν το καλόν ότι εμοί το κακόν παράκειται
Romans 7:25
- KJV: I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God but with the flesh the law of sin
- GK: ευχαριστώ τω θεώ διά Ιησού χριστού του κυρίου ημών άρα ούν αυτός εγώ τω μεν νοϊ δουλεύω νόμω θεού τη δε σαρκί νόμω αμαρτίας
Romans 8:1
- KJV: therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit
- GK: ουδέν άρα νυν κατάκριμα τοις εν χριστώ Ιησού μη κατά σάρκα περιπατούσιν αλλά κατά πνεύμα
Romans 8:12
- KJV: Therefore brethren we are debtors not to the flesh to live after the flesh
- GK: άρα ούν αδελφοί οφειλέται εσμέν ου τη σαρκί του κατά σάρκα ζην
Romans 9:16
- KJV: So then not of him that willeth nor of him that runneth but of God that sheweth mercy
- GK: άρα ούν ου του θέλοντος ουδέ του τρέχοντος αλλά του ελεούντος θεού
Romans 9:18
- KJV: Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will and whom he will he hardeneth
- GK: άρα ούν ον θέλει ελεεί ον δε θέλει σκληρύνει
Romans 10:17
- KJV: So then faith by hearing and hearing by the word of God
- GK: άρα η πίστις εξ ακοής η δε ακοή διά ρήματος θεού
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