γάρ

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for

γάρ , co-ordinating particle , contr. of γε ἄρα, verily then , hence, in truth, indeed, yea, then, why , and when giving a reason or explanation, for , the usage in NT being in general accord with that of cl.; __1. explicative and epexegetic : Mat.4:18 19:12 , Mrk.1:16 5:42 16:4 , Luk.11:3 o, Rom.7:1 , 1Co.16:5 , al. __2. Conclusive, in questions, answers and exclamations : Mat.9:5 27:23 , Luk.9:25 22:27 , Jhn.9:30 , Act.8:31 16:37 19:35 , Rom.15:26 , 1Co.9:10 , Php.1:18 (Ellic., in l.), 1Th.2:20 , al. __3. Causal : Mat.1:21 2:2, 5, 6, 3:23 , Mrk.1:22, 9:6 , Luk.1:15, 18 , Jhn.2:25 , Act.2:25 , Rom.1:9, 11 , 1Co.11:5 , Rev.1:3 , al.; giving the reason for a command or prohibition, Mat.2:20 3:9 , Rom.13:11 , Col.3:3 , 1Th.4:3 , al.; where the cause is contained in an interrog. statement, Luk.22:27 , Rom.3:3 4:3 , 1Co.10:29 ; καὶ γάρ, for also , Mrk.10:45 , Luk.6:32 , 1Co.5:7 , al. id. as in cl. = etenim, where the καί loses its connective force (Bl., §78, 6; Kühner 3, ii, 854f.), Mrk.14:70 , Luk.1:66 22:37 , 2Co.13:4 . The proper place of γάρ is after the first word in a clause, but in poets it often comes third or fourth, and so in late prose: 2Co.1:19. Yet "not the number but the nature of the word after which it stands is the point to be noticed" (see Thayer, see word). (AS)