Definition
for; then
Vocabulary Form
γάρ
Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
1041
GK
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
| John 13:15 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) I have given you an example, that just as I have done to you, you also are to do. |
| John 13:29 | Some of them thought, since Judas used to keep the money box, that Jesus had said to him, “Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something to the poor. |
| John 14:30 | I will not speak with you much longer, for (gar | γάρ | conj) the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me, |
| John 16:7 | Nevertheless I am telling you the truth; it is to your advantage that I am going away. For (gar | γάρ | conj) if I do not go away, the Paraclete will not come to you; but if I go away, I will send him to you. |
| John 16:13 | But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth, for (gar | γάρ | conj) he will not speak on his own, but will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you things yet to come. |
| John 16:27 | for (gar | γάρ | conj) the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have come to believe that I came forth from God. |
| John 18:13 | They took him first to Annas, for (gar | γάρ | conj) he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. |
| John 19:6 | When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him; for (gar | γάρ | conj) I find no basis for an accusation against him.” |
| John 19:31 | Then, since it was the day of Preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for (gar | γάρ | conj) that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and their bodies taken down. |
| John 19:36 | These things took place so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, “Not a bone of his body will be broken.” |
| John 20:9 | (They still did not understand the Scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead.) |
| John 20:17 | Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, for (gar | γάρ | conj) I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” |
| John 21:7 | Then that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tucked in his outer garment (for (gar | γάρ | conj) he was wearing nothing underneath), and jumped into the sea. |
| John 21:8 | But the other disciples came with the boat, pulling the net full of fish, for (gar | γάρ | conj) they were not far from land, no more than a hundred yards. |
| Acts 1:20 | “For (gar | γάρ | conj) it is written in the Book of Psalms, ‘Let his house become deserted, and let there be no one living in it’; and ‘Let another take over his responsibilities.’ |
| Acts 2:15 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) these men are not, as you suppose, drunk, since (gar | γάρ | conj) it is only the third hour of the day. |
| Acts 2:25 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) David says regarding him, ‘I foresaw the Lord before me always, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken; |
| Acts 2:34 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, |
| Acts 2:39 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far away — as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.” |
| Acts 4:3 | So they laid hands on them and put them in custody until the next day, since (gar | γάρ | conj) it was already evening. |
| Acts 4:12 | And salvation is in no one else, for (gar | γάρ | conj) there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” |
| Acts 4:16 | saying, “What shall we do with these men? For (gar | γάρ | conj) that a notable sign has been done through them is evident to all who live in Jerusalem, and we are unable to deny it. |
| Acts 4:20 | for (gar | γάρ | conj) we cannot help speaking of the things we have seen and heard.” |
| Acts 4:22 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) the man was over forty years old on whom this sign of healing had been performed. |
| Acts 4:27 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) truly there were gathered together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, |