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.