Original Word: ἄρろーαあるふぁ
Part of Speech: Particle, Disjunctive Particle
Transliteration: ara
Phonetic Spelling: (ar'-ah)
Definition: therefore (an illative particle)
Usage: then, therefore, since.

686 ára (probably akin to arō, "to join, be fitting," see J. Thayer, Curtius) – an inferential particle meaning "it follows that . . . ".

[J. Thayer, "686 (ára) intimates that 'under these circumstances, something either is so, or becomes so' " (so also Klotz, 167).]

Word Origin
a prim. particle
Definition
therefore (an illative particle)
NASB Translation
fact (1), perhaps (2), possible (1), so (4), so then (12), then (22), therefore (3), well then (1).

STRONGS NT 686: ἄρろーαあるふぁ (1)

ἄρろーαあるふぁ (1), an illative particle (akin, as it seems, to the verbal root ἈΡろーΩおめが to join, to be fitted (cf. Curtius, § 488; Vanicek, p. 47)), whose use among native Greeks is illustrated fully by Kühner, ii., §§ 509, 545; (Jelf, §§ 787-789), and Klotz ad Devar. ii., pp. 160-180, among others; (for a statement of diverse views see Bäumlein, Griech. Partikeln, p. 19f). It intimates that, under these circumstances something either is so or becomes so (Klotz, the passage cited, p. 167): Latinigitur, consequently (differing from οおみくろんὖνにゅー in 'denoting a subjective impression rather than a positive conclusion.' Liddell and Scott (see 5 below)). In the N. T. it is used frequently by Paul, but in the writings of John and in the so-called Catholic Epistles it does not occur. On its use in the N. T. cf. Winer's Grammar, §§ 53, 8 a. and 61, 6. It is found:

1. subjoined to another word: Romans 7:21; Romans 8:1; Galatians 3:7; ἐπεί ἄρろーαあるふぁ since, if it were otherwise, 1 Corinthians 7:14; (, cf. Buttmann, § 149, 5). When placed after pronouns and interrogative particles, it refers to a preceding assertion or fact, or even to something existing only in the mind: τίς ἄρろーαあるふぁ who then? Matthew 18:1 (i. e. one certainly will be the greater, who then?); Matthew 19:25 (i. e. certainly some will be saved; you say that the rich will not; who then?); Matthew 19:27; Matthew 24:45 (I bid you be ready; who then etc.? the question follows from this command of mine); Mark 4:41; Luke 1:66 (from all these things doubtless something follows; what, then?); Luke 8:25; Luke 12:42; Luke 22:23 (it will be one of us, which then?); Acts 12:18 (Peter has disappeared; what, then, has become of him?). εいぷしろんἰ ἄρろーαあるふぁ, Mark 11:13 (whether, since the tree had leaves, he might also find some fruit on it); Acts 7:1 (Rec.) (ἄρろーαあるふぁ equivalent to 'since the witnesses testify thus'); Acts 8:22 (if, since thy sin is so grievous, perhaps the thought etc.); εいぷしろんἴπぱいεいぷしろんρろー ἄρろーαあるふぁ, 1 Corinthians 15:15, (אִם־נָא, εいぷしろんἰ ἄρろーαあるふぁ, Genesis 18:3). Οおみくろんὐκかっぱ ἄρろーαあるふぁ, Acts 21:38 (thou hast a knowledge of Greek; art thou not then the Egyptian, as I suspected?); μήτι ἄρろーαあるふぁ (Latinnumigitur), did I then etc., 2 Corinthians 1:17.

2. By a use doubtful in Greek writings (cf. Buttmann, 371 (318); (Winers Grammar, 558 (519))) it is placed at the beginning of a sentence; and so, so then, accordingly, equivalent to ὥσしぐまτたうεいぷしろん with a finite verb: ἄρろーαあるふぁ μαρτυρεῖτたうεいぷしろん (μάρτυρες ἐσしぐまτたうεいぷしろん T Tr WH), Luke 11:48 (Matthew 23:31 ὥσしぐまτたうεいぷしろん μαρτυρεῖτたうεいぷしろん); Romans 10:17; 1 Corinthians 15:18; 2 Corinthians 5:14 (15) (in L T Tr WH no conditional protasis preceding); 2 Corinthians 7:12; Galatians 4:31 (L T Tr WH διό); Hebrews 4:9.

3. in an apodosis, after a protasis with εいぷしろんἰ, in order to bring out what follows as a matter of course (German soistja the obvious inference is): Luke 11:20; Matthew 12:28; 2 Corinthians 5:14(15) (R G, a protasis with εいぷしろんἰ preceding); Galatians 2:21; Galatians 3:29; Galatians 5:11; Hebrews 12:8; joined to another word, 1 Corinthians 15:14.

4. with γέ, rendering it more pointed, ἄραγε (L Tr uniformly ἄρろーαあるふぁ γέ; so R WH in Acts 17:27; cf. Winers Grammar, p. 45; Lipsius Gram. Untersuch., p. 123), surely then, so then (Latinitaqueergo): Matthew 7:20; Matthew 17:26; Acts 11:18 (L T Tr WH omit γέ); and subjoined to a word, Acts 17:27 (Winer's Grammar, 299 (281)).

5. ἄρろーαあるふぁ οおみくろんὖνにゅー, a combination peculiar to Paul, at the beginning of a sentence (Winers Grammar, 445 (414); Buttmann, 371 (318) ("ἄρろーαあるふぁadinternampotiuscaussamspectat, οおみくろんὖνにゅーmagisadexternam." Klotz ad Devar. ii., p. 717; ἄρろーαあるふぁ is the more logical, οおみくろんὖνにゅー the more formal connective; "ἄρろーαあるふぁ is illative, οおみくろんὖνにゅー continuative," Winers, the passage cited; cf. also Kühner, § 545, 3)) (R. V.) so then (Latinhincigitur): Romans 5:18; Romans 7:3, 25; Romans 8:12; Romans 9:16, 18; Romans 14:12 (L Tr omit WH brackets οおみくろんὖνにゅー); 19 (L marginal reading ἄρろーαあるふぁ); Galatians 6:10; Ephesians 2:19; 1 Thessalonians 5:6; 2 Thessalonians 2:15.

STRONGS NT 686: ἄραγε [ἄραγε, see ἄρろーαあるふぁ, 4.] [a&rage, see ἄρろーαあるふぁ, 1.]

no doubt, perhaps, then, therefore, truly, wherefore.

Probably from airo (through the idea of drawing a conclusion); a particle denoting an inference more or less decisive (as follows) -- haply, (what) manner (of man), no doubt, perhaps, so be, then, therefore, truly, wherefore. Often used in connection with other particles, especially ge or oun (after) or ei (before). Compare also ara.

see GREEK airo

see GREEK ge

see GREEK oun

see GREEK ei

see GREEK ara

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