Lexicon aitia: cause, reason Original Word: αἰτία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: aitia Phonetic Spelling: (ahee-tee'-a) Short Definition: a cause, reason, charge Definition: a cause, reason, excuse; a charge, accusation; guilt; circumstances, case. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom aiteóDefinitioncause, reason NASB Translationcharge (1), charge against (2), charges (2), ground (2), guilt (3), reason (9), relationship (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 156: αἰτίααἰτία, (ας, ἡ; 1. cause, reason: Acts 10:21; Acts 22:24; Acts 28:20; κατά 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 ἐστιν ἡ αἰτία τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μετά τήν γυναικός find a simple explanation in a Latinism (causa equivalent tores:si ita res se habet, etc.) if the case of the man with his wife is so.
Strong's accusation, case, cause, crime, fault. From the same as aiteo; 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). see GREEK aiteo |
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