Strong G156αἰτία
cause/charge
- Transliteration
- aitia
- Pronunciation
- ahee-tee'-a
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From the same as G154; a cause (as if asked for) that is (logical) reason (motive matter) (legal) crime (alleged or proved): - accusation case cause crime fault [wh-]ere[-fore].
Detailed definition
αἰτία, -ας, ἡ,
[in LXX: Gen.4:13 (עָוֹן), Pro.28:17 (עָשַׁק), and frequently in Wi, II, III Mac;]
1. cause, 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.
2. In forensic sense,
__(a) accusation: Act.25:18,27;
__(b) cause for punishment, crime: Mat.27:37, Mrk.15:26, Jhn.18:38 19:4,6, Act.13:28 23:28 28:18.
† SYN.: ἔλεγχος, a charge, whether moral or judicial, which has been proven, αἰ. is an accusation simply, false or true. (AS)
[in LXX: Gen.4:13 (עָוֹן), Pro.28:17 (עָשַׁק), and frequently in Wi, II, III Mac;]
1. cause, 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.
2. In forensic sense,
__(a) accusation: Act.25:18,27;
__(b) cause for punishment, crime: Mat.27:37, Mrk.15:26, Jhn.18:38 19:4,6, Act.13:28 23:28 28:18.
† SYN.: ἔλεγχος, a charge, whether moral or judicial, which has been proven, αἰ. is an accusation simply, false or true. (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G156 appears in 20 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cause9
- accusation3
- fault3
- case1
- crime1
First verses
- Matthew 19:3The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
- Matthew 19:10His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
- Matthew 27:37And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- Mark 15:26And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- Luke 8:47And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
- John 18:38Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
- John 19:4Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
- John 19:6When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
- Acts 10:21Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?
- Acts 13:28And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
- Acts 22:24The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
- Acts 23:28And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
- Acts 25:18Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:
- Acts 25:27For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.
- Acts 28:18Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
- Acts 28:20For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
- 2 Timothy 1:6Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
- 2 Timothy 1:12For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
- Titus 1:13This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
- Hebrews 2:11For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
αἰτί-α, ἡ,
responsibility, mostly in bad sense, guilt, blame, or the imputation thereof, i.e. accusation, first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.35 and 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, see below (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses αἴτιος):)] —Phrases: αἰτίαν ἔχειν bear responsibility for, τινός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 579, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1312)]; but usually to be accused, τινός of a crime, φόνου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.70)]: with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 506)]; followed by ὡς.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 38c)]; by ὡς with participle, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phdr.” 249d)]; ὑπό τινος by some one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 99, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 565b: reversely, αἰτία ἔχει τινά 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.70, 71; αἰ. φεύγειν τινός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1404)]; ἐν αἰτίᾳ εἶναι or γίγνεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 67, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.8.6)]; αἰτίαν ὑπέχειν lie under a charge, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 33b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.3.16; ὑπομεῖναι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.139; φέρεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60)]; λαβεῖν ἀπό τινος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 18; αἰτίαις ἐνέχεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 52a; αἰτίαις περιπίπτειν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.1; εἰς αἰτίαν ἐμπίπτειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 150a; αἰτίας τυγχάνειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 2.2; ἐκτὸς αἰτίας κυρεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 332)]; ἐν αἰτίῃ ἔχειν hold one guilty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.106; δι᾽ αἰτίας ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60, etc.; ἐν αἰτίᾳ βάλλειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 656)]; τὴν αἰτίαν ἐπιφέρειν τινί impute the fault to one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.26; αἰτίαν νέμειν τινί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 28; ἐπάγειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.283; προσβάλλειν τινί 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.4)]; ἀνατιθέναι, προστιθέναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 21, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 640, etc.)]; ἀπολύειν τινὰ τῆς αἰτίης to acquit of guilt, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.88, etc.)]
2 in forensic oratory, invective without proof (opposed to ἔλεγχος), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.23, compare 18.15.)]
3 in good sense, εἰ.. εὖ πράξαιμεν, αἰτία θεοῦ the credit is his, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 4)]; δι᾽ ὅντινα αἰτίαν ἔχουσιν Ἀθηναῖοι βελτίους γεγονέναι are reputed to have become better, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 503b, cf. Alcaeus1.119a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 984b19)]; ὧν.. πέρι αἰτίαν ἔχεις διαφέρειν in which you are reputed to excel, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 169a)]; οἳ.. ἔχουσι ταύτην τὴν αἰ. who have this reputation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 435e, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.12; αἰτίαν λαμβάνειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 624a.)]
4 expostulation, μὴ ἐπ᾽ ἔχθρᾳ τὸ πλέον ἢ αἰτίᾳ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.69.)]
II cause, δι᾽ ἣν αἰτίην ἐπολέμησαν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus “Prooem.”, compare 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 83, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 68e, “Phd.” 97a)] {αἰτιάζομαι}, etc.; on the four causes of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus see “Ph.” 194b16, “Metaphorical” 983a26:—αἰ. τοῦ γενέσθαι or γεγονέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 97a; τοῦ μεγίστου ἀγαθοῦ τῇ πόλει αἰτία ἡ κοινωνία [prev. author] “R.” 464b:)] — _dative_ αἰτίᾳ for the sake of, κοινοῦ τινος ἀγαθοῦ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.87, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.29:—αἴτιον compare (αἴτιος 11.2) is used like{αἰτία})] in the sense of cause, not in that of accusation.
III occasion, motive, αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε gave them a the me for song, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.11; αἰτίαν παρέχειν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tyr.” 13.)]
IV head, category under which a thing comes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.75.)]
V case in dispute, ἡ αἰ. τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μετὰ τῆς γυναικός[NT (NT.Matt.10.10.)]
responsibility, mostly in bad sense, guilt, blame, or the imputation thereof, i.e. accusation, first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.35 and 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, see below (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses αἴτιος):)] —Phrases: αἰτίαν ἔχειν bear responsibility for, τινός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 579, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1312)]; but usually to be accused, τινός of a crime, φόνου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.70)]: with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 506)]; followed by ὡς.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 38c)]; by ὡς with participle, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phdr.” 249d)]; ὑπό τινος by some one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 99, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 565b: reversely, αἰτία ἔχει τινά 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.70, 71; αἰ. φεύγειν τινός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1404)]; ἐν αἰτίᾳ εἶναι or γίγνεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 67, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.8.6)]; αἰτίαν ὑπέχειν lie under a charge, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 33b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.3.16; ὑπομεῖναι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.139; φέρεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60)]; λαβεῖν ἀπό τινος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 18; αἰτίαις ἐνέχεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 52a; αἰτίαις περιπίπτειν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.1; εἰς αἰτίαν ἐμπίπτειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 150a; αἰτίας τυγχάνειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 2.2; ἐκτὸς αἰτίας κυρεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 332)]; ἐν αἰτίῃ ἔχειν hold one guilty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.106; δι᾽ αἰτίας ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60, etc.; ἐν αἰτίᾳ βάλλειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 656)]; τὴν αἰτίαν ἐπιφέρειν τινί impute the fault to one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.26; αἰτίαν νέμειν τινί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 28; ἐπάγειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.283; προσβάλλειν τινί 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.4)]; ἀνατιθέναι, προστιθέναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 21, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 640, etc.)]; ἀπολύειν τινὰ τῆς αἰτίης to acquit of guilt, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.88, etc.)]
2 in forensic oratory, invective without proof (opposed to ἔλεγχος), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.23, compare 18.15.)]
3 in good sense, εἰ.. εὖ πράξαιμεν, αἰτία θεοῦ the credit is his, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 4)]; δι᾽ ὅντινα αἰτίαν ἔχουσιν Ἀθηναῖοι βελτίους γεγονέναι are reputed to have become better, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 503b, cf. Alcaeus1.119a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 984b19)]; ὧν.. πέρι αἰτίαν ἔχεις διαφέρειν in which you are reputed to excel, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 169a)]; οἳ.. ἔχουσι ταύτην τὴν αἰ. who have this reputation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 435e, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.12; αἰτίαν λαμβάνειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 624a.)]
4 expostulation, μὴ ἐπ᾽ ἔχθρᾳ τὸ πλέον ἢ αἰτίᾳ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.69.)]
II cause, δι᾽ ἣν αἰτίην ἐπολέμησαν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus “Prooem.”, compare 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 83, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 68e, “Phd.” 97a)] {αἰτιάζομαι}, etc.; on the four causes of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus see “Ph.” 194b16, “Metaphorical” 983a26:—αἰ. τοῦ γενέσθαι or γεγονέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 97a; τοῦ μεγίστου ἀγαθοῦ τῇ πόλει αἰτία ἡ κοινωνία [prev. author] “R.” 464b:)] — _dative_ αἰτίᾳ for the sake of, κοινοῦ τινος ἀγαθοῦ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.87, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.29:—αἴτιον compare (αἴτιος 11.2) is used like{αἰτία})] in the sense of cause, not in that of accusation.
III occasion, motive, αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε gave them a the me for song, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.11; αἰτίαν παρέχειν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tyr.” 13.)]
IV head, category under which a thing comes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.75.)]
V case in dispute, ἡ αἰ. τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μετὰ τῆς γυναικός[NT (NT.Matt.10.10.)]