What does αἰτίαμα (aitíama) mean in the Bible?
αἰτίαμα (aitíama): A formal charge or accusation brought against someone in legal proceedings.
Greek · G157
αἰτίαμα
A thing charged
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αἰτίαμαG157
Pronunciationaitíama
What does αἰτίαμα (aitíama) mean in the Bible?
αἰτίαμα (aitíama): A formal charge or accusation brought against someone in legal proceedings.
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How does the BSB render G157?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include charges (1).
Where does αἰτίαμα (aitíama) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 25:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders Itcharges1×Acts 25:7
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First aligned rowActs 25:7
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Books represented1
Acts1
Source forms
αἰτιώματα1xaitiōmataActs 25:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural1xActs 25:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A formal charge or accusation brought against someone in legal proceedings.
Source Gloss
a thing charged
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A formal charge or accusation brought against someone in legal proceedings.
(αἰτιάομαι, αἰτία), a charge, accusation: Act.25:7.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 25:7Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
αἰτιάματαaitiamata
a charge, accusation
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Word Origins
αἰτίαμα is built from this root: