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ἆρα

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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
Gloss: 
difficult to translate directly: introduces direct questions, showing anxiety or impatience
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!