Mark 3:10:2Mark.3.10.W2TAB
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
pol-LOUS gar e-the-RA-peu-sen HŌ-ste e-pi-PIP-tein au-TŌ HI-na au-TOU HAP-sōn-tai HO-soi EI-khon MAS-ti-gas
Exegesis
The verse begins with pollous gar etherapeusen {πολλοὺς γὰρ ἐθεράπευσεν | polloùs gàr ethérāpeusen}, where the postpositive gar links this sentence logically to the preceding context, explaining the crowds’ behavior.
In context — Mark 3:10
For He healed many, so that they were pressing upon Him in order to touch Him, as many as had diseases .
About this coordinate
Mark 3:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Mark 3:10, 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.3.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.3.10.W2.S1) and character.