Mark 14:40:8Mark.14.40.W8TAB
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
kai PA-lin el-THŌN HEU-ren au-TOUS ka-THEU-don-tas Ê-san gar au-TÔN hoi oph-thal-MOI ka-ta-ba-ry-NO-me-noi kai ouk Êi-dei-san TI a-po-kri-THÔ-sin au-TÔI
Exegesis
The conjunction gar {γάρ | gár} “for” introduces this clause as an explanation for their repeated sleeping.
In context — Mark 14:40
And again, having come, He found them sleeping , for their eyes were being weighed down, and they did not know what they might answer Him.
About this coordinate
Mark 14:40:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 14:40, 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 Mark.14.40.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.40.W8.S1) and character.