Ara means “therefore” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H687 — etser (“Ezer”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G687 ἆρα (ara) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ara (ar'-ah) prt. 1. denoting an interrogation to which a negative answer is presumed [a form of G686] It has 15 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include which, answered, and therefore. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
ara (ar'-ah) prt. 1. denoting an interrogation to which a negative answer is presumed [a form of G686] KJV: therefore Root(s): G686
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Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ara, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G687 (ἆρα) appears 4 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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11 indexed usages in New Testament.
At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the Lord said to Abraham, Why is it that Sarah has laughed in herself, saying, Shall I then indeed bear? but I am grown old.
And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream which thou hast dreamed? shall indeed both I and thy mother and thy brethren come and bow before thee to the earth?
For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? Will he indeed trust in the Lord and be saved?
First 15 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G687.
And the Lord said to Abraham, Why is it that Sarah has laughed in herself, saying, Shall I then indeed bear? but I am grown old.
And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream which thou hast dreamed? shall indeed both I and thy mother and thy brethren come and bow before thee to the earth?
For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? Will he indeed trust in the Lord and be saved?
And I said, I am cast out of thy presence: Shall I indeed look again toward thy holy temple?
At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.
Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G687, grouped by book.
Ara (Strong's G687) is a Greek word most simply glossed "therefore". ara (ar'-ah) prt. 1. denoting an interrogation to which a negative answer is presumed [a form of G686]
This page currently indexes 15 linked usages for Strong's G687 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G687 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as which, answered, and therefore. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G687, with linked reader references where each row is available.