For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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γάρ
Vocabulary form:
gavr
Definition:
for; then
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
1,041
GK:
1142
Mnemonic Singing:
For the beauty of the earth,
for the glory of the skies
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
| Luke 19:48 | but they could not find what they might do, because (gar | γάρ | conj) all the people were hanging on his words. |
| Luke 20:6 | But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, because (gar | γάρ | conj) they are convinced that John was a prophet.” |
| Luke 20:19 | The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on him at that very hour, for (gar | γάρ | conj) they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them, but they feared the people. |
| Luke 20:33 | So the woman — in the resurrection — of which of them will she be wife? For (gar | γάρ | conj) all seven had her as wife.” |
| Luke 20:36 | In (gar | γάρ | conj) fact (gar | γάρ | conj), they can no longer die, since (gar | γάρ | conj) they are like angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. |
| Luke 20:38 | He is not God of the dead, but of the living! For (gar | γάρ | conj) to him they are all alive.” |
| Luke 20:40 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) no longer did they dare to question him about anything. |
| Luke 20:42 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, |
| Luke 21:4 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) they all, out of their excess, put in their gifts, but she, out of her need, put in everything she had to live on.” |
| Luke 21:8 | And he said, “See that you are not led astray! For (gar | γάρ | conj) many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’ and, ‘The time is at hand!’ Do not go after them. |
| Luke 21:9 | When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be terrified, for (gar | γάρ | conj) these things must take place first, but the end will not follow immediately.” |
| Luke 21:15 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) I am the one who will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict. |
| Luke 21:23 | Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing infants in those days! For (gar | γάρ | conj) there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people. |
| Luke 21:26 | people fainting with fear and foreboding of what is coming on the world. For (gar | γάρ | conj) the powers of the heavens will be shaken. |
| Luke 21:35 | like a trap. For (gar | γάρ | conj) it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. |
| Luke 22:2 | The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way how they might put Jesus to death, for (gar | γάρ | conj) they were afraid of the people. |
| Luke 22:16 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) I say to you that I will certainly not eat again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” |
| Luke 22:18 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) I say to you that from now on I shall certainly not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” |
| Luke 22:27 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) who is the greater, the one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But in your midst I am like the one who serves. |
| Luke 22:37 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) I tell you that there must be fulfilled in me what stands written: ‘And he was numbered with the lawless.’ And (gar | γάρ | conj) indeed, that which concerns me has its fulfillment.” |
| Luke 22:59 | Then after about an hour had passed a certain other person kept insisting, saying, “Surely this person also was with him, for (gar | γάρ | conj) he too is a Galilean.” |
| Luke 22:71 | Then they said, “What further need do we have of a witness? we have heard it ourselves from his own lips.” |
| Luke 23:8 | Upon seeing Jesus, Herod was very glad, since (gar | γάρ | conj) for a long time he had been wanting to see him, because of what he had heard about him, and he was hoping to see some miraculous sign done by him. |
| Luke 23:12 | And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for (gar | γάρ | conj) before this they had been hostile toward one other. |
| Luke 23:15 | For that matter, neither did Herod, for (gar | γάρ | conj) he sent him back to us. Look, nothing deserving death has been done by him. |
| Luke 23:22 | A third time he spoke to them, “What evil did this man do? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him.” |
| Luke 23:34 | And Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for (gar | γάρ | conj) they do not know what they are doing.” Then in order to divide up his clothing they cast lots. |
| Luke 23:41 | And we indeed justly. For (gar | γάρ | conj) we are receiving what we deserve for what we did; but this man has done nothing improper.” |
| John 2:25 | and because he had no need that anyone should give evidence concerning man, for (gar | γάρ | conj) he himself knew what was in man. |
| John 3:2 | This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for (gar | γάρ | conj) no one is able to perform the miraculous signs that you are doing unless God is with him.” |
| John 3:16 | “For (gar | γάρ | conj) this is how God loved the world: he gave his one and only Son that everyone who believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. |
| John 3:17 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him. |
| John 3:19 | And the basis for judging is this, that light has come into the world and people love darkness rather than light, because (gar | γάρ | conj) their deeds are evil. |
| John 3:20 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) everyone who practices wickedness hates the light and does not come to the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. |
| John 3:24 | (John had not yet been thrown into prison.) |
| John 3:34 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for (gar | γάρ | conj) God does not give the Spirit in a limited measure. |
| John 4:8 | (For (gar | γάρ | conj) his disciples had gone off to the town to buy food.) |
| John 4:9 | The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, are asking for a drink from me, a woman from Samaria?” (For (gar | γάρ | conj) Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.) |
| John 4:18 | for (gar | γάρ | conj) you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken the truth.” |
| John 4:23 | But the hour is coming, and is here already, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for (gar | γάρ | conj) indeed the Father is seeking just such people to be his worshipers. |
| John 4:37 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) in this the saying is true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ |
| John 4:42 | They said to the woman, “No longer is it because of what you said that we believe, for (gar | γάρ | conj) we have heard him for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.” |
| John 4:44 | (for (gar | γάρ | conj) Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country). |
| John 4:45 | When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem during the feast (for (gar | γάρ | conj) they too had gone to the feast). |
| John 4:47 | When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come down and heal his son; for (gar | γάρ | conj) he was at the point of death. |
| John 5:13 | However, the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for (gar | γάρ | conj) Jesus had slipped away, there being a crowd in that place. |
| John 5:19 | Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for (gar | γάρ | conj) whatever the Father does, the Son is doing likewise. |
| John 5:20 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he is doing; and he will show him greater works than these, and you will be amazed. |
| John 5:21 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to those he chooses. |
| John 5:22 | Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, |
Mnemonics
Suggested Mnemonic Device
Gar "For"man is the General Manager of the Chicago Bulls.
Mnemonic for "gar"
"Please buy a vase FOR the GARdenia!
gar mnemonic
FOR if you GUARd the GARden, THEN you will reap much fruit.
Darfur - gar for
Darfur - gar for