Strong's Greek: 1360. διότι (dioti) -- on the very account that, because, inasmuch as

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Lexicon

dioti: on the very account that, because, inasmuch as

Original Word: διότι
Part of Speech: Conjunction
Transliteration: dioti
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ot'-ee)
Short Definition: on this account, because, for
Definition: on this account, because, for.

HELPS word-Studies

1360 dióti (a conjunction, derived from 1223 /diá, "through" and 3754 /hóti, "because") – properly, "because-through," functioning as an emphatic "because" ("on account of that") which effectively links to the necessary effect (which is often implied rather than stated in the passage).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from dia and hoti
Definition
on the very account that, because, inasmuch as
NASB Translation
because (14), therefore (2).

Thayer's

STRONGS NT 1360: διότι

διότι, conjunction, equivalent to διά τοῦτο, ὅτι;

1. on this account that, because, (cf. Winer's Grammar, 445 (415)): Luke 2:7; Luke 21:28; Acts (, where R G διό); Rec.; T WH Tr marginal reading; ; 1 Corinthians 15:9; Galatians 2:16 (L T Tr WH ὅτι); Philippians 2:26; 1 Thessalonians 2:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:6; Hebrews 11:5, 23; James 4:3; 1 Peter 1:16, 24; 1 Peter 2:6 (Rec. διά καί).

2. for (cf. Fritzsche on Romans 1:19, vol. i., p. 57f; (per contra Meyer at the passage; Ellicott on Galatians 2:16; (cf. Jebb in Vincent and Dickson, Modern Greek etc. edition 2, Appendix, § 80, 3))): Luke 1:13; Acts 10:20 Rec.; ; Romans 1:19, 21; Romans 3:20; Romans 8:7; (1 Thessalonians 2:18 L T Tr WH for R G διό); (1 Peter 1:16{b} Tdf. From Herodotus down.)

Strong's

because, for, therefore.

From dia and hoti; on the very account that, or inasmuch as -- because (that), for, therefore.

see GREEK dia

see GREEK hoti