Greek prt-n · G687
ἆρα
araar'-ah
(num igitur) expecting a neg. reply; (ergone) in apodosis, expecting an affirm. reply
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: âra
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G687is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G687
a form of , denoting an interrogation to which a negative answer is presumed
The King James renders it: therefore.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ara is rendered "(num igitur) expecting a neg. reply; (ergone) in apodosis, expecting an affirm. reply". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- One of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "(num igitur) expecting a neg. reply".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 18:8I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”
Luke 18:8ἆρα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's three uses is in Luke.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: (num igitur) expecting a neg. reply, and (ergone) in apodosis, expecting an affirm. reply.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| (num igitur) expecting a neg. replyLuk.18:8; ἆρά γε, Act.8:30. | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 18:8I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless… |
| (ergone) in apodosis, expecting an affirm. replyGal.2:17 (Bl. | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGalatians 2:17But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners… |
The words built on the same word-part
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἆρα2
- ἆρά1
The grammar of each form
- PRT-N3PRT-N
Luke
one use
I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”
- ἆραaraPRT-Ntagged: surely not
Acts
one use
So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
- ἆράaraPRT-Ntagged: Surely not
Galatians
one use
But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!
- ἆραaraPRT-Ntagged: surely not
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.