Romans 14:7:2Rom.14.7.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
ou-de-EIS gar hê-MON he-au-TO DZÊ KAI ou-de-EIS he-au-TO a-po-THNÊI-skei
Exegesis
The postpositive conjunction gar {γὰρ | gar} ‘for’ signals that this statement provides the explanatory ground for the preceding exhortations about how believers relate to one another.
In context — Romans 14:7
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.
About this coordinate
Romans 14:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Romans 14:7, 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 Rom.14.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.14.7.W2.S1) and character.