Lexicon aitios: the cause of, the originator of Original Word: αἴτιος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: aitios Phonetic Spelling: (ah'-ee-tee-os) Short Definition: the cause of, the originator of Definition: the cause, author; the culprit, the accused; the crime. Thayer's STRONGS NT 159: αἴτιοςαἴτιος, , , that in which the cause of anything resides, causative, causing. Hence, 1. ὁ αἴτιος the author: σωτηρίας, Hebrews 5:9 (the same phrase is frequent in secular writings; cf. the opposite αἴτιος τῆς ἀπωλείας in Bel and the Dragon, verse ; τῶν κακῶν, 2 Macc. 13:4; Lucian, Tim. 36, Lipsius edition; τῶν ἀγαθῶν, Isocr. ad Phil. 49, p. 106 a.; cf. Bleek on Heb. vol. 2:2, p. 94f.). 2. τό αἴτιον equivalent to ἡ αἰτία; cause: Acts 19:40 (cf. Buttmann, 400 (342) n.). b. crime, offence: Luke 23:4, 14, 22. (αἴτιος culprit.) (See αἰτία, 3.)
Strong's author. From the same as aiteo; causative, i.e. (concretely) a causer -- author. see GREEK aiteo |
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