ἄρα

ἄρα,

illative particle, expressing a more subjective or informal inference than οὖν,

then: prop. (as in cl.), the second word in the sentence, Rom 7,21; 8,1, Gal 3,7; ἐπεὶ ἄρα, 1 Kor 7,14 (with another word between) 5:10; as the first word, Luk 11,48, ApG 11,18, Rom 10,17, 1 Kor 15,18, 2 Kor 5,15; 7,12, Hebr 4,9; so prop. in apodosis after protasis with εἰ, Matt 12,28, Luk 11,20, Gal 2,21; 3,29; 5,11, Hebr 12,8 (κενὸν ἄρα), 1 Kor 15,14 often in interrogations, direct and indirect, τίς (τί) ἄρα, Matt 18,1; 19,25, 27; 24,45, Mark 4,41, Luk 1,66; 8,25; 12,42; 22,23, ApG 12,18; εἰ ἄρα, Mark 11,13, ApG 8,22; εἴπερ ἄρα, 1 Kor 15,15 οὐκ ἄρα, ApG 21,38 μήτι ἄρα, 2 Kor 1,17 in strengthened forms, ἄρα γε, ἄραγε, Matt 7,20; 17,26, ApG 17,27, and more frequently ἄρα οὖν (Epp. Paul.), so then, Rom 5,18; 7,3, 25; 8,12; 9,16, 18; 14,19, Gal 6,10, Ef 2,19, 1 Thess 5,6, 2 Thess 2,15 (Bl., §77, 2; 78, 5; MM, see word).†