Âra — G687

Definition

particle

1. ergone i. e. a question to which an affirmative answer is expected, in an interrogative apodosis (German soistalsowohl?), he is then?

Usually translated as

therefore

Origin

a form of G686, denoting an interrogation to which a negative answer is presumed

• ára (G686)

Occurrences

Âra occurs 1 time in 2 verses of the King James.

Plus 1 use with no word of its own in the translation, shown at the end of the list.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (1), Galatians (1)

• Galatians 2:17 — But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore (ἆρα) Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
• Acts 8:30 — And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? (ἆρά)