Gloss
shows inference or continuation: for, because, indeed, but
Forms of the word
Dictionary
γάρ
Greek transliteration
gar
Simplified transliteration
gar
Numbers
Strong's number
1063
GK Number
1142
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
1041
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
conj
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for γάρ
| Luke 23:22 | A third time he spoke to them, “What evil did this man do? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him.” |
| Luke 23:34 | And Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for (gar | γάρ | conj) they do not know what they are doing.” Then in order to divide up his clothing they cast lots. |
| Luke 23:41 | And we indeed justly. For (gar | γάρ | conj) we are receiving what we deserve for what we did; but this man has done nothing improper.” |
| John 2:25 | and because he had no need that anyone should give evidence concerning man, for (gar | γάρ | conj) he himself knew what was in man. |
| John 3:2 | This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for (gar | γάρ | conj) no one is able to perform the miraculous signs that you are doing unless God is with him.” |
| John 3:16 | “For (gar | γάρ | conj) this is how God loved the world: he gave his one and only Son that everyone who believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. |
| John 3:17 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him. |
| John 3:19 | And the basis for judging is this, that light has come into the world and people love darkness rather than light, because (gar | γάρ | conj) their deeds are evil. |
| John 3:20 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) everyone who practices wickedness hates the light and does not come to the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. |
| John 3:24 | (John had not yet been thrown into prison.) |
| John 3:34 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for (gar | γάρ | conj) God does not give the Spirit in a limited measure. |
| John 4:8 | (For (gar | γάρ | conj) his disciples had gone off to the town to buy food.) |
| John 4:9 | The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, are asking for a drink from me, a woman from Samaria?” (For (gar | γάρ | conj) Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.) |
| John 4:18 | for (gar | γάρ | conj) you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken the truth.” |
| John 4:23 | But the hour is coming, and is here already, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for (gar | γάρ | conj) indeed the Father is seeking just such people to be his worshipers. |
| John 4:37 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) in this the saying is true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ |
| John 4:42 | They said to the woman, “No longer is it because of what you said that we believe, for (gar | γάρ | conj) we have heard him for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.” |
| John 4:44 | (for (gar | γάρ | conj) Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country). |
| John 4:45 | When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem during the feast (for (gar | γάρ | conj) they too had gone to the feast). |
| John 4:47 | When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come down and heal his son; for (gar | γάρ | conj) he was at the point of death. |
| John 5:13 | However, the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for (gar | γάρ | conj) Jesus had slipped away, there being a crowd in that place. |
| John 5:19 | Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for (gar | γάρ | conj) whatever the Father does, the Son is doing likewise. |
| John 5:20 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he is doing; and he will show him greater works than these, and you will be amazed. |
| John 5:21 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to those he chooses. |
| John 5:22 | Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, |
