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αἰτία

Cause/charge

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αἰτία G156
Pronunciation aitía

What does αἰτία (aitía) mean in the Bible?

αἰτία (aitía) is a Greek word meaning "cause/charge". αἰτία, -ας, ἡ, [in LXX: Gen.

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Meaning

cause/charge
Extended definition

Accusation or crime charged against someone, whether proven guilty or merely alleged in court.

1cause, reason, occasion, case: Mat.19:3, Luk.8:47, Act.10:21 22:24 28:20, 2Ti.1:6,12, Tit.1:13, Heb.2:11 ; εἰ οὕτως ἐστιν ἡ αἰ. (cf. Lat. si ita res se habet, and see MM. VGT, see word), Mat.19:10.
2In forensic sense,
aaccusation: Act.25:18,27;
bcause for punishment, crime: Mat.27:37, Mrk.15:26, Jhn.18:38 19:4,6, Act.13:28 23:28 28:18.
Synonymsἔλεγχος, a charge, whether moral or judicial, which has been proven, αἰ. is an accusation simply, false or true.
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 19:10 · Acts 10:21 2×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Mark 15:26 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 19:3 · Matt 27:37 · Luke 8:47 · John 18:38 · John 19:4 · John 19:6 · Acts 13:28 · Acts 22:24 · Acts 23:28 · Acts 25:18 · Acts 28:18 · Acts 28:20 · 2 Tim 1:6 · 2 Tim 1:12 · Titus 1:13 · Heb 2:11 16×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Acts 25:27 1×
20 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

ἐπιγραφή · αἰτία G1923, G156
inscription of the charge
οὐδείς · αἰτία G3762, G156
No charge/no guilt; Pilate declares Jesus innocent of the accusation.
οὐδείς · αἰτία · εὑρίσκω G3762, G156, G2147
I find no guilt, no charge, no cause
οὐδείς · εὑρίσκω · αἰτία G3762, G2147, G156
I find no guilt/charge in him
πᾶς · αἰτία G3956, G156
for any cause, for every reason
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 25 — Paul Appeals to Caesar and Is Set Before Agrippa John 18 — The Arrested King: Betrayal, Sovereign Surrender, Denial, Trial, and the Kingdom Not of This World John 19 — The Crucified King: Behold the Man, Behold Your King, It Is Finished, and the Pierced Son Mark 15 — The Crucified King: Condemnation, Mockery, Death, Confession, and Burial Matthew 19 — Marriage from Creation, Children Received, Riches Renounced, and the Reward of Following Christ Matthew 27 — Jesus Condemned, Crucified, Dead, Buried, and Guarded

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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