John 4:42:13John.4.42.W13TAB
γὰρ
gar
“for”
- Transliteration
- GAR
- Extended
- GAHR
- IPA
- /gar/
Meaning by language
- English
- for
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r |
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Word in context
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GAR
- sentence
TÊI te gy-nai-KI E-le-gon HO-ti ou-KE-ti di-A TÊN SÊN la-li-AN pis-TEU-o-men au-TOI GAR a-kê-KO-a-men KAI OI-da-men HO-ti ou-TOS es-tin a-lê-THÔS ho sô-TÊR tou KOS-mou
Exegesis
The intensive pronoun autoi {αὐτοὶ | au-toí} “we ourselves,” followed by gar {γὰρ | gar} “for,” provides an explanatory clause: autoi gar akēkoamen kai oidamen {αὐτοὶ γὰρ ἀκηκόαμεν καὶ οἴδαμεν | au-toí gar a-kē-kó-a-men kaí oí-da-men} “for we ourselves have heard and we know,” where the perfect forms akēkoamen and oidamen stress the enduring result of their hearing and knowing.
In context — John 4:42
And they were saying to the woman, “No longer do we believe because of your speech , for we ourselves have heard and we know that He is truly the Savior of the world.”
About this coordinate
John 4:42:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of John 4:42, so the Greek word γὰρ (gar) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.4.42.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.42.W13.S1) and character.