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Lexicon :: Strong's G156 - aitia

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αἰτία
Transliteration
aitia (Key)
Pronunciation
ahee-tee'-a
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as αἰτέω (G154)
mGNT
20x in 3 unique form(s) TR
20x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
3x in 2 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

αἰτία aitía, ahee-tee'-a; from the same as G154; a cause (as if asked for), i.e. (logical) reason (motive, matter), (legal) crime (alleged or proved):—accusation, case, cause, crime, fault, (wh-)ere(-fore).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's G156 in the following manner: cause (9x), wherefore (with G1223 & 3739) (3x), accusation (3x), fault (3x), case (1x), crime (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's G156 in the following manner: cause (9x), wherefore (with G1223 & 3739) (3x), accusation (3x), fault (3x), case (1x), crime (1x).

  1. cause, reason

  2. cause for which one is worthy of punishment, crime

  3. charge of crime, accusation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
αἰτία aitía, ahee-tee'-a; from the same as G154; a cause (as if asked for), i.e. (logical) reason (motive, matter), (legal) crime (alleged or proved):—accusation, case, cause, crime, fault, (wh-)ere(-fore).
STRONGS G156:
αἰτία, -ας, ἡ;
1. cause, reason: Acts 10:21; Acts 22:24; Acts 28:20; κατὰ πᾶσαν αἰτίαν for every cause, Matthew 19:3; δἰ ἥν αἰτίαν for which cause, wherefore, Luke 8:47; 2 Timothy 1:6, 12; Titus 1:13; Hebrews 2:11; cf. Grimm on 2 Macc. 4:28.
2. cause for which one is worthy of punishment; crime of which one is accused: Matthew 27:37; Mark 15:26; John 18:38; John 19:4 [6; Acts 23:28]; αἰτία θανάτου [A. V. cause of death] crime deserving the punishment of death, Acts 13:28; Acts 28:18.
3. charge of crime, accusation: Acts 25:18, 27. (All these meanings are in secular writings also; [but Liddell and Scott now make meaning 3 the primary one].)
In Matthew 19:10 the words εἰ οὕτως ἐστὶν ἡ αἰτία τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μετὰ τῆς γυναικός find a simple explanation in a Latinism (causa equivalent to res: si ita res se habet, etc.) if the case of the man with his wife is so.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
19:3; 19:10; 27:37
Mark
15:26
Luke
8:47
John
18:38; 19:4; 19:6
Acts
10:21; 13:28; 22:24; 23:28; 25:18; 25:27; 28:18; 28:20
2 Timothy
1:6; 1:12
Titus
1:13
Hebrews
2:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G156 matches the Greek αἰτία (aitia),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:3 - And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:10 - The disciples said to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:37 - And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:26 - And the inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:47 - And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:38 - Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, “I find no guilt in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:4 - Pilate went out again and said to them, “See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:6 - When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, “Crucify him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:21 - And Peter went down to the men and said, “I am the one you are looking for. What is the reason for your coming?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:28 - And though they found in him no guilt worthy of death, they asked Pilate to have him executed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:24 - the tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined by flogging, to find out why they were shouting against him like this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:28 - And desiring to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their council.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:18 - When the accusers stood up, they brought no charge in his case of such evils as I supposed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:27 - For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to indicate the charges against him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:18 - When they had examined me, they wished to set me at liberty, because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:20 - For this reason, therefore, I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is because of the hope of Israel that I am wearing this chain.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:6 - For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:12 - which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:13 - This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:11 - For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source.[fn] That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,[fn]
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