Romans 16:19:2Rom.16.19.W2TAB

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. sentence

    hê gar hy-MON hy-pa-ko-AY eis PAN-tas a-PHI-ke-to EPH hy-MEEN OUN KHAI-rō THE-lō de hy-MAS so-PHOUS EI-nai eis to a-ga-THON a-ke-RAI-ous de eis to ka-KON

Exegesis

The sentence begins with the nominative phrase he hymon hypakoe {ἡ ὑμῶν ὑπακοὴ | hē hymôn hypakoḗ} ‘your obedience,’ with the postpositive conjunction gar {γὰρ | gár} ‘for’ linking back to the preceding context.

In contextRomans 16:19

For the report of your obedience has gone out to all, so I rejoice on your behalf; but I want you to be wise with respect to what is good, and innocent concerning evil .

About this coordinate

Romans 16:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Romans 16:19, 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.16.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.16.19.W2.S1) and character.