γάρ

See also: γαρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γε (ge) +‎ ᾰ̓́ρᾰ (ắră).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡár/ → /ˈɣar/ → /ˈɣar/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡár/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡar/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣar/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣar/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣar/

Conjunction

γᾰ́ρ • (gắr)

1. for
2. since, because

Usage notes

γᾰ́ρ is a post-positive word, i.e. it is never the first word in a sentence. It is usually the second, but sometimes also the third or fourth.

Descendants

• → Aramaic: גיר
• → Coptic: ⲅⲁⲣ (gar)
• → Greek: γαρ (gar) (learned)

Further reading

• “γάρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γάρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “γάρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• γάρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• γάρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• γάρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• “γάρ”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1063 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • for idem, page 334.
  • yes idem, page 996.