γάρ | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

γάρ

Definition

for; then

Erasmian

Modern

Frequency

1041

1142

Mnemonic Singing

For the beauty of the earth,
for the glory of the skies

Song

Verse

“I am not ashamed of the gospel … γάρ in it the righteousness of God is revealed.” (Rom 1:16,17)

“Why γάρ should my liberty be determined by the conscience of another?” (1 Cor 10:29)

Notes

Postpositive

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 6:21	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:24	“No one can serve two masters, for (gar \| γάρ \| conj) either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and possessions.
Matthew 6:32	for (gar \| γάρ \| conj) the Gentiles pursue all these things — for (gar \| γάρ \| conj) your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
Matthew 6:34	Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for (gar \| γάρ \| conj) tomorrow will be anxious about itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Matthew 7:2	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) by the standard you judge you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
Matthew 7:8	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) everyone who asks receives, and everyone who seeks finds, and for everyone who knocks it will be opened.
Matthew 7:12	“So whatever you would like others to do to you, do also to them, for (gar \| γάρ \| conj) this is the law and the prophets.
Matthew 7:25	When the rain came down, and the waters rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it did not collapse because (gar \| γάρ \| conj) it had been founded on rock.
Matthew 7:29	for (gar \| γάρ \| conj) he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
Matthew 8:9	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my servant, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”
Matthew 9:5	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) which is easier; to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’?
Matthew 9:13	Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) I did not come to call the pious, but sinners, to repentance.”
Matthew 9:16	No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because (gar \| γάρ \| conj) the patch will pull away from the garment, and the tear will be worse.
Matthew 9:21	for (gar \| γάρ \| conj) she was saying to herself, “If I can only touch his garment, I will be healed.”
Matthew 9:24	he said, “Leave now, for (gar \| γάρ \| conj) the girl is not dead but only sleeping.” And they began to ridicule him.
Matthew 10:10	or a bag for your journey, or two tunics, or sandals, or a staff; for (gar \| γάρ \| conj) the worker deserves to be fed.
Matthew 10:17	And beware of men, for (gar \| γάρ \| conj) they will hand you over to the courts, and they will flog you in their synagogues;
Matthew 10:19	But when they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say; for (gar \| γάρ \| conj) what you are to say will be given to you at that time.
Matthew 10:20	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) it will not be you speaking but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
Matthew 10:23	When they persecute you in one town, flee to another; for (gar \| γάρ \| conj) I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Matthew 10:26	“Therefore do not be afraid of them; for (gar \| γάρ \| conj) there is nothing covered that will not be uncovered, and hidden that will not be made known.
Matthew 10:35	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) I came to turn a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
Matthew 11:13	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) all the prophets and the law prophesied until John;
Matthew 11:18	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’
Matthew 11:30	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”