John 5:13:9John.5.13.W9TAB

γὰρ

gar

for

Transliteration
gar
Extended
gahr
IPA
/gar/

Meaning by language

English
for

Alphabet Analysis

Gammagh — guttural
Alphaah — as in father
Rhor — rolled r

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Word in context

  1. word

    gar

  2. clause

    ho gar ee-ay-SOOS ek-SE-neu-sen OKH-lou ON-tos en TÔI TO-pôi

  3. sentence

    ho DE i-a-THEIS ouk ÊI-dei TIS es-tin ho gar ee-ay-SOOS ek-SE-neu-sen OKH-lou ON-tos en TÔI TO-pôi

Exegesis

The explanatory sequence ho gar Iesous {ὁ γὰρ Ἰησοῦς | ho gàr Iē-soûs} places the article with the proper name and the conjunction gar to foreground Jesus as the known subject in contrast to the man’s ignorance, while marking the clause as giving the reason for that ignorance.

In contextJohn 5:13

But the one who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away, since there was a crowd in that place.

About this coordinate

John 5:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of John 5:13, 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.5.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (John.5.13.W9.S1) and character.