ἆρα ara · G0687

no?

ἆρα, ; interrog. particle, ; implying anxiety or impatience, "quite rare and only in Luke and Paul, therefore a literary word" (Bl., §77, 2). ; 1. (num igitur) expecting a neg. reply, Luk.18:8; ἆρά γε, Act.8:30. ; 2. (ergone) in apodosis, expecting an affirm. reply, Gal.2:17 (Bl., l.with; Lft., Ga., in l.; MM, see word).; † (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἆρᾰ, ; interrogative Particle, implying anxiety or impatience, = Epic dialect and Lyric poetry ἦ ῥα: ; 1 alone, it simply marks the question, the nature of which is determined by the context: e.g. in [] a negative answer is implied in the question ἆρ᾽ ἂν οἴεσθε..; but an affirmative in [] ἆ. βέβληκα δὶς ἐφεξῆ; compare ἆρ᾽ εὐτυχεῖς.. ἢ δυστυχεῖ; []; and to make it plainly affirmative, ἆρ᾽ ο; ἆρ᾽ οὐχ; []; ἆρ᾽ οὐχ οὕτω; []; 2 ἆ. οὖ; is used to draw an affirmative inference, []; also when a …

Where it's used 3 times

Luke 18:8 · Acts 8:30 · Galatians 2:17

Source: TBESG G0687; TFLSJ G0687

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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