γάρ
for
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Conjunction
- A joining word linking words or clauses.
Every verse where G1063 appears in the Book of Mark — 61 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Mark
- Mark 1:16 γὰρ conj Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea, for they were fishermen.
- Mark 1:22 γὰρ conj They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
- Mark 1:38 γὰρ conj He said to them, "Let's go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because for this reason I came forth."
- Mark 2:15 γὰρ conj It happened, that he was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.
- Mark 3:10 γὰρ conj For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
- Mark 3:21 γὰρ conj When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him: for they said, "He is insane."
- Mark 4:22 γάρ conj For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.
- Mark 4:25 γὰρ conj For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he who doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he has."
- Mark 5:8 γὰρ conj For he said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"
- Mark 5:28 γὰρ conj For she said, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be made well."
- Mark 5:42 γὰρ conj Immediately the girl rose up, and walked, for she was twelve years old. They were amazed with great amazement.
- Mark 6:14 γὰρ conj King Herod heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, "John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him."
- Mark 6:17 γὰρ conj For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her.
- Mark 6:18 γὰρ conj For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
- Mark 6:20 γὰρ conj for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.
- Mark 6:31 γὰρ conj He said to them, "You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile." For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
- Mark 6:48 γὰρ conj Seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he would have passed by them,
- Mark 6:50 γὰρ conj for they all saw him, and were troubled. But he immediately spoke with them, and said to them, "Cheer up! It is I! Don't be afraid."
- Mark 6:52 γὰρ conj for they hadn't understood about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
- Mark 7:3 γὰρ conj (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.
- Mark 7:10 γὰρ conj For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'
- Mark 7:21 γὰρ conj For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
- Mark 7:27 γάρ conj But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
- Mark 8:35 γὰρ conj For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the Gospel's will save it.
- Mark 8:36 γὰρ conj For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
- Mark 8:37 γὰρ conj For what will a man give in exchange for his life?
- Mark 8:38 γὰρ conj For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."
- Mark 9:6 γὰρ γὰρ conj conj For he didn't know what to say, for they were very afraid.
- Mark 9:31 γὰρ conj For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, "The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again."
- Mark 9:34 γὰρ conj But they were silent, for they had disputed one with another on the way about who was the greatest.
- Mark 9:39 γάρ conj But Jesus said, "Don't forbid him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.
- Mark 9:40 γὰρ conj For whoever is not against us is on our side.
- Mark 9:41 γὰρ conj For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ's, most assuredly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.
- Mark 9:49 γὰρ conj For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
- Mark 10:14 γὰρ conj But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, "Allow the little children to come to me! Don't forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
- Mark 10:22 γὰρ conj But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.
- Mark 10:27 γὰρ conj Jesus, looking at them, said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God."
- Mark 10:45 γὰρ conj For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
- Mark 11:13 γὰρ conj Seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see if perhaps he might find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
- Mark 11:18 γὰρ γὰρ conj conj The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
- Mark 11:32 γὰρ conj If we should say, 'From men'"--they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.
- Mark 12:12 γὰρ conj They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.
- Mark 12:14 γὰρ conj When they had come, they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don't defer to anyone; for you aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
- Mark 12:23 γὰρ conj In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife."
- Mark 12:25 γὰρ conj For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
- Mark 12:44 γὰρ conj for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on."
- Mark 13:8 γὰρ conj For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginning of birth pains.
- Mark 13:11 γάρ conj When they lead you away and deliver you up, don't be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
- Mark 13:19 γὰρ conj For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.
- Mark 13:33 γὰρ conj Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is.
- Mark 13:35 γὰρ conj Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;
- Mark 14:2 γάρ conj For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."
- Mark 14:5 γὰρ conj For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor." They grumbled against her.
- Mark 14:7 γὰρ conj For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.
- Mark 14:40 γὰρ conj Again he returned, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they didn't know what to answer him.
- Mark 14:56 γὰρ conj For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn't agree with each other.
- Mark 14:70 γὰρ conj But he again denied it. After a little while again those who stood by said to Peter, "You truly are one of them, for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it."
- Mark 15:10 γὰρ conj For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.
- Mark 15:14 γὰρ conj Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"
- Mark 16:4 γὰρ conj for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back.
- Mark 16:8 γὰρ γάρ conj conj They went out, and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
γαρ — transliterated gár — is a Greek conjunction carrying the sense “for.” Debuting at Matthew 1:20, it then recurs through the corpus. With 983 verses in 27 books, it is one of the most common word in the Greek New Testament. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G1063 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 983
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 983 distinct verses.
- 27 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 27 of 27 New Testament books.
- #18
- by frequency
- Top 25 most frequent Greek words (rank 18 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 983 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Romans 132 verses 13%
- Matthew 121 verses 12%
- 1 Corinthians 98 verses 10%
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 983 distinct verses.
- Pauline corpus 428 verses · 44%
- Gospels 331 verses · 34%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 163 verses · 17%
- Hebrews 88 verses · 9%
- Johannine 81 verses · 8%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 46 verses · 5%
- Revelation 16 verses · 2%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: For 1,006×, Why 4×, And 3×
- American Standard Version: For 944×, But 9×, What 4×
- Berean Standard Bible: For 634×, Because 61×, Indeed 19×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: For 1,011×, Because 19×, Indeed 4×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G1063 across 1,040 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 27 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G1063 across 1,011 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 36 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 18 further occurrences.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G1063 across 756 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 13 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 268 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G1063 across 1,043 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 1 sense Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- for
Word origin
Origin: a primary particle
A primary particle; properly assigning a reason (used in argument explanation or intensification; often with other particles): - and as because (that) but even for indeed no doubt seeing then therefore verily what why yet.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 2 distinct written forms G1063 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| γὰρ gàr | Conjunction | Matthew 1:20 | 921 |
| γάρ gár | Conjunction | Matthew 3:3 | 115 |
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word γαρ appears 894 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 853 verses in 24 books.
- 894
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 853
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 24 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 24 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 2:5 γάρ
- Exodus 1:19 γάρ
- Leviticus 2:11 γάρ
- Numbers 3:13 γάρ
- Deuteronomy 1:42 γάρ
- Joshua 1:6 γάρ
- Ruth 3:11 γάρ
- 1 Samuel 20:30 γάρ
- 2 Samuel 17:9 γάρ
- 1 Chronicles 8:32 γάρ
- 2 Chronicles 12:12 γάρ
- Esther 1:17 γάρ
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G1063) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 853. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 2:5 γάρ No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
- Genesis 3:5 γάρ for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
- Genesis 4:25 γάρ Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth. For, she said, "God has appointed me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him."
- Genesis 7:4 γάρ In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the surface of the ground."
- Genesis 9:5 γάρ I will surely require your blood of your lives. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man.
- Genesis 14:12 γάρ They took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
- Genesis 15:16 γάρ In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full."
- Genesis 16:13 γάρ She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, "You are a God who sees," for she said, "Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?"
- Genesis 18:15 γάρ Then Sarah denied, saying, "I didn't laugh," for she was afraid." He said, "No, but you did laugh."
- Genesis 18:19 γάρ For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."
- Genesis 19:22 γάρ Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- Genesis 19:30 γάρ Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his two daughters.
- Genesis 20:2 γάρ Abraham said about Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
- Genesis 20:11 γάρ Abraham said, "Because I thought, 'Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife's sake.'
- Genesis 20:12 γάρ Moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
- Genesis 21:6 γάρ Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me."
- Genesis 21:10 γάρ Therefore she said to Abraham, "Cast out this handmaid and her son! For the son of this handmaid will not be heir with my son, even with Isaac."
- Genesis 21:16 γάρ She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, "Don't let me see the death of the child." She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
- Genesis 21:17 γάρ God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, "What ails you, Hagar? Don't be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.
- Genesis 21:18 γάρ Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation."
- Genesis 22:12 γάρ He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."
- Genesis 23:6 γάρ "Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. In the choice of our tombs bury your dead. None of us will withhold from you his tomb, but that you may bury your dead."
- Genesis 24:41 γάρ Then will you be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don't give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.'
- Genesis 26:3 γάρ Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
- Genesis 26:7 γάρ The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "My wife," lest, he thought, the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she was beautiful to look on.
- Genesis 26:9 γάρ Abimelech called Isaac, and said, "Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister?'" Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'Lest I die because of her.'"
- Genesis 26:20 γάρ The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." He called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.
- Genesis 26:24 γάρ Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Don't be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my servant Abraham's sake."
- Genesis 27:23 γάρ He didn't recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau's hands. So he blessed him.
- Genesis 27:36 γάρ He said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing." He said, "Haven't you reserved a blessing for me?"
- Genesis 28:11 γάρ He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
- Genesis 29:2 γάρ He looked, and behold, a well in the field, and, behold, three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. The stone on the well's mouth was great.
- Genesis 29:9 γάρ While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.
- Genesis 29:15 γάρ Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?"
- Genesis 29:21 γάρ Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her."
- Genesis 29:34 γάρ She conceived again, and bare a son. Said, "Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore was his name called Levi.
- Genesis 30:16 γάρ Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, "You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son's mandrakes." He lay with her that night.
- Genesis 30:20 γάρ Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons." She named him Zebulun.
- Genesis 30:26 γάρ Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go: for you know my service with which I have served you."
- Genesis 30:27 γάρ Laban said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake."
- Genesis 30:30 γάρ For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. Yahweh has blessed you wherever I turned. Now when will I provide for my own house also?"
- Genesis 31:12 γάρ He said, 'Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to you.
- Genesis 31:15 γάρ Aren't we accounted by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and has also quite devoured our money.
- Genesis 31:30 γάρ Now, you want to be gone, because you sore longed after your father's house, but why have you stolen my gods?"
- Genesis 31:31 γάρ Jacob answered Laban, "Because I was afraid, for I said, 'Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.'
- Genesis 31:52 γάρ May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
- Genesis 32:11 γάρ Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers with the children.
- Genesis 32:21 γάρ So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the camp.
- Genesis 32:27 γάρ He said to him, "What is your name?" He said, "Jacob."
- Genesis 32:31 γάρ The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G1063) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
