γὰρ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 γὰρ

   gar

   for
2. sentence🔊 διὰ ταύτην οὖν τὴν αἰτίαν παρεκάλεσα ὑμᾶς ἰδεῖν καὶ προσλαλῆσαι ἕνεκεν γὰρ τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ τὴν ἅλυσιν ταύτην περίκειμαι

   di-A TAU-tēn OUN tēn ai-TI-an pa-re-KA-le-sa hy-MAS i-DEIN kai pros-la-LÊ-sai HE-ne-ken gar tês el-PI-dos tou is-ra-ÊL tēn HA-ly-sin TAU-tēn pe-RI-kei-mai

   for this therefore the reason I urged you to see and to speak because of for of the hope of the Israel the chain this I am wearing

Exegesis

The explanatory conjunction gar {γὰρ | gár} introduces a second clause that gives the underlying reason for his imprisonment, structured around the improper preposition heneken {ἕνεκεν | hé-ne-ken} with the genitive tes elpidos tou Israel {τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ | tês elpídos toû Israḗl}, “because of the hope of Israel,” where the genitive tou Israel functions as a subjective or objective genitive, referring to Israel’s own national and messianic hope.