No?
ἆραStrong’s G0687ara
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ara is the Greek word usually translated “surely not”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?”
Meaning
Usually translated “surely not”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- surely not 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
- Galatians 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ἆρα ara · no?
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “no” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NO, adverb
- A word of denial or refusal, expressing a negative, and equivalent to nay and not. Exodus 16:4
- After another negative, it repeats the negation with great emphasis.“There is none righteous, no not one. I Corinthians 5” Romans 3:10“To whom we gave place by subjection, no not for an hour” Galatians 2:5
- Not in any degree; as no longer; no shorter; no more; no less.
- When no is repeated, it expresses negation or refusal with emphasis; as no no
All definitions and other forms of “no”
NO, adjective
- Not any; none.“Let there be no strife between thee and me” Genesis 13:8
- Not any; not one.“Thou shalt worship no other God” Exodus 34:14
- When it precedes where, as in no where, it may be considered as adverbial, though originally an adjective.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.