Strong G5105τοιγαροῦν
therefore
- Transliteration
- toigaroun
- Pronunciation
- toy-gar-oon'
- Morphology
- Greek Conjunction
Definition
Detailed definition
τοι-γαρ-οῦν
an inferential particle, [in LXX: Job.22:10 24:22, Sir.41:16, al.;]
wherefore then, so therefore: 1Th.4:8, Heb.12:1 (Hat., Plat., al.).†
(AS)
an inferential particle, [in LXX: Job.22:10 24:22, Sir.41:16, al.;]
wherefore then, so therefore: 1Th.4:8, Heb.12:1 (Hat., Plat., al.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5105 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- therefore1
- wherefore1
First verses
- 1 Thessalonians 4:8He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
- Hebrews 12:1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
τοιγάρ,
an inferential Particle, therefore, accordingly, well then, κέλεαί με.. μυθήσασθαι μῆνιν Ἀπόλλωνος.. · τοιγὰρ ἐγὼν ἐρέω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.76, compare 10.427, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.254, 8.402, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 309, “Th.” 1038, “Pers.” 607, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 931 (_anapaest meter_), 994, “Aj.” 666, etc.)]; rare in Comedy texts [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 516 (_anapaest meter_), 901, 902) and Prose (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.114, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ καρδίης” 10 (assuming variant)))]; never in Attic dialect Prose.
II strengthened by other Particles, τοιγαροῦν, Ionic dialect τοιγαρῶν, for that very reason, therefore, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.149, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 234e, 246b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.9, +others, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.40, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1271b3, etc.)]; also in Poets, as [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 490, “OT” 1519 (troch.), “Ph.” 341, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1098, etc.)]
II.2 τοιγάρτοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.3, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.38, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.108, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 82d, etc.)]; rare in Poets, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 145, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 654 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 643 (_anapaest meter_):— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus always inserts a word between τοιγάρ)] and τοι, τοιγὰρ ἐγώ τοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.413, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.179, 214, +others)] —These forms must begin the sentence, except in late Gr., where τοιγαροῦν may be postponed, as [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 1.8, Wilcken “Chr.” 491.7 (2nd c.AD), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “περὶ τῆς τάξεως τῶν ἰδίων βιβλίων” 2, Vett. Val. 356.3, “Sammelb.” 6222.12 (3rd c.AD), 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Caesares” 318d. (It is doubtful whether τοι- contains the _demonstrative_ stem το-.))]
an inferential Particle, therefore, accordingly, well then, κέλεαί με.. μυθήσασθαι μῆνιν Ἀπόλλωνος.. · τοιγὰρ ἐγὼν ἐρέω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.76, compare 10.427, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.254, 8.402, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 309, “Th.” 1038, “Pers.” 607, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 931 (_anapaest meter_), 994, “Aj.” 666, etc.)]; rare in Comedy texts [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 516 (_anapaest meter_), 901, 902) and Prose (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.114, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ καρδίης” 10 (assuming variant)))]; never in Attic dialect Prose.
II strengthened by other Particles, τοιγαροῦν, Ionic dialect τοιγαρῶν, for that very reason, therefore, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.149, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 234e, 246b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.9, +others, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.40, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1271b3, etc.)]; also in Poets, as [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 490, “OT” 1519 (troch.), “Ph.” 341, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1098, etc.)]
II.2 τοιγάρτοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.3, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.38, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.108, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 82d, etc.)]; rare in Poets, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 145, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 654 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 643 (_anapaest meter_):— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus always inserts a word between τοιγάρ)] and τοι, τοιγὰρ ἐγώ τοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.413, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.179, 214, +others)] —These forms must begin the sentence, except in late Gr., where τοιγαροῦν may be postponed, as [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 1.8, Wilcken “Chr.” 491.7 (2nd c.AD), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “περὶ τῆς τάξεως τῶν ἰδίων βιβλίων” 2, Vett. Val. 356.3, “Sammelb.” 6222.12 (3rd c.AD), 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Caesares” 318d. (It is doubtful whether τοι- contains the _demonstrative_ stem το-.))]