Luke 22:23:9Luke.22.23.W9TAB
ἄρα
ara
“then”
- Transliteration
- A-ra
- Extended
- AH-rah
- IPA
- /ˈa.ra/
Meaning by language
- English
- then
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
A-ra
- sentence
KAI au-TOI ÊRX-an-to sy-dzê-TEIN pros he-au-TOUS to TIS A-ra EI-ê eks au-TÔN ho TOU-to MEL-lōn PRAS-sein
Exegesis
The articular clause to tis ara eiē {τὸ τίς ἄρα εἴη | tò tís ára eíē} functions as an indirect question, with the neuter article to nominalizing the entire clause so that it can serve as the object of “began to discuss.” The optative eiē expresses potentiality and uncertainty, approximated by “might be,” while the inferential particle ara conveys a sense of logical wondering, “then, who might it be?”
Root and etymology
paradidōmipi–alpha–rho–alpha–delta–iota–delta–omicron–mu–iota
“to hand over, deliver up, betray”
In context — Luke 22:23
And they themselves began to discuss with one another which of them, then, it might be who was about to do this .
About this coordinate
Luke 22:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Luke 22:23, so the Greek word ἄρα (ara) 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 Luke.22.23.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.22.23.W9.S1) and character.