Gloss
difficult to translate directly: introduces direct questions, showing anxiety or impatience
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἆρα
Greek transliteration
ara
Simplified transliteration
ara
Numbers
Strong's number
687
GK Number
727
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
particle
Definition
inferential particle, used mainly in interrogations, Lk. 18:8; Acts 8:30; Gal. 2:17*
Greek-English Concordance for ἆρα
| Luke 18:8 | I tell you, he will vindicate them without delay; but will the Son of Man, when he comes, find faith on earth?” |
| Acts 8:30 | So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and he said, “Do you understand what you are reading?” |
| Galatians 2:17 | But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then (ara | ἆρα | particle) a servant of sin? Of course not! |
