Strong’s G686 · Greek
ἄρα
ára
Definition
a particle denoting an inference more or less decisive (as follows)
Etymology
probably from G142 (αἴρω) (through the idea of drawing a conclusion);
Word family
How the KJV renders it
- haply
- (what) manner (of man)
- no doubt
- perhaps
- so be
- then
- therefore
- truly
- wherefore
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.