conjunction
ara
Greekἆρα (ara)
Strong’sG687
a particle asking a question, expecting a negative response
stem ar-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books
Translated as
What it means
ἆρα,
interrog. particle, implying anxiety or impatience, "quite rare and only in Luke and Paul, therefore a literary word" (Bl., §77, 2).G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G687 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidar'-ah
Froma form of G686, denoting an interrogation to which a negative answer is presumed
King Jamestherefore.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
ara2×
Luke 18:8“then”legamō vi hoti poiati tan ekdikēsian autoiu en tache. plēn tos huios tou anthrōpou ercharatos ara heuriskati tan pistian epi tau gēau?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?”
Galatians 2:17“then”ei de zētarōtois dikaiira en Christo heuriskina kai autois hamartōlois, ara Christos hamartau diakonos? mē ginetoia;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!
Ara1×
Acts 8:30“so then”prostrecharatos de tos Filippos akouata autou anaginōskarōtou Ēsaion ton profēton kai legata; Ara ge gnōskasō heim anaginōskasō?So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.