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αἰτία

Strong’s: G156

Associated OET lemmas: αἰτία

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: αἰτία; -ας

Related lemmas: αἴτιος

Sense 1: reason, cause, source, because of

Semantic entry: 89.15

Semantic domains: Relations

Subdomains: Cause and/or Reason

Definition: reason or cause for an event or state

MAT 19:3: RV MAT 19:3 · LV MAT 19:3 · Read together MAT 19:3

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OET-RV MAT 19:3

3 Some people from the Farisaios’ party approached him to test him by asking, “Is there any cause for which a man can dismiss his wife?”

OET-LV MAT 19:3

3 And the_Farisaios_party approached to _him, testing him and saying:
- Is _it _permitting to _send _away the wife of _him according _to any cause?

LUK 8:47: RV LUK 8:47 · LV LUK 8:47 · Read together LUK 8:47

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OET-RV LUK 8:47

47 When the woman now saw that she wouldn’t get away with it, she came to Yeshua shaking, and knelt down at his feet. She told him in front of all the people why she’d touched his clothes and how she’d been immediately healed.

OET-LV LUK 8:47

47 And the woman having _seen that she_ not _escaped _notice, came trembling and having _fallen _before to _him, she _reported before all for that cause she _touched against _him, the people, and how she _was _healed immediately.

All 9 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 19:3 · LV MAT 19:3 · Read together MAT 19:3

LUK: RV LUK 8:47 · LV LUK 8:47 · Read together LUK 8:47

ACT: RV ACT 10:21 · RV ACT 22:24 · RV ACT 28:20 · LV ACT 10:21 · LV ACT 22:24 · LV ACT 28:20 · Read together ACT 10:21 · Read together ACT 22:24 · Read together ACT 28:20

TI2: RV TI2 1:6 · RV TI2 1:12 · LV TI2 1:6 · LV TI2 1:12 · Read together TI2 1:6 · Read together TI2 1:12

TIT: RV TIT 1:13 · LV TIT 1:13 · Read together TIT 1:13

HEB: RV HEB 2:11 · LV HEB 2:11 · Read together HEB 2:11

Sense 2: cause, case, basis for an accusation

Semantic entry: 56.4

Semantic domains: Courts and Legal Procedures

Subdomains: Accusation

Definition: (a technical, legal term) the basis of or grounds for an accusation in court

Notes: In rendering αἰτία[b] as basis for an accusation, one may sometimes speak of a reason for accusing someone or why someone should be accused of something bad.|For another interpretation of αἰτία in RV JHN 18:38 · LV JHN 18:38 · Read together JHN 18:38, see 88.315: αἰτία / 88.315: αἴτιος.

JHN 18:38: RV JHN 18:38 · LV JHN 18:38 · Read together JHN 18:38

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OET-RV JHN 18:38

38 “Yeah. What is truth?” said Pilatos.
¶ After he’d said this, Pilatos (Pilate) went back outside to the Yehudim (Jews) and told them, “I can’t find anything that he’s guilty of.

OET-LV JHN 18:38

38 The Pilatos is _saying to _him:
What is truth?
And having _said this, he _came _out again to the Youdaiōns, and is _saying to _them:
I am _finding not _one Guilt in him.

JHN 19:4: RV JHN 19:4 · LV JHN 19:4 · Read together JHN 19:4

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OET-RV JHN 19:4

4 Then Pilatos went back outside and said to the Yehudim, “Look here. I’m bringing him out to you so that you all can know that I didn’t find him guilty of anything.”

OET-LV JHN 19:4

4 And the Pilatos came _out again outside, and is _saying to _them:
Behold, I _am _bringing him out to _you _all, in _order _that you _all _may _know that I _am_ not _finding guilt in him.

All 6 recorded passages for this sense

JHN: RV JHN 18:38 · RV JHN 19:4 · RV JHN 19:6 · LV JHN 18:38 · LV JHN 19:4 · LV JHN 19:6 · Read together JHN 18:38 · Read together JHN 19:4 · Read together JHN 19:6

ACT: RV ACT 13:28 · RV ACT 23:28 · RV ACT 28:18 · LV ACT 13:28 · LV ACT 23:28 · LV ACT 28:18 · Read together ACT 13:28 · Read together ACT 23:28 · Read together ACT 28:18

Sense 3: accusation, charge, complaint

Semantic entry: 56.5

Semantic domains: Courts and Legal Procedures

Subdomains: Accusation

Definition: the content of legal charges brought against someone

MAT 27:37: RV MAT 27:37 · LV MAT 27:37 · Read together MAT 27:37

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OET-RV MAT 27:37

37 They put a sign above his head that said, ‘This is Yeshua, the king of the Yehudim (Jews).’

OET-LV MAT 27:37

37 And they _put _on over the head of _him the charge of _him having _been _written:
This is Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), the king of _the Youdaiōns.

MRK 15:26: RV MRK 15:26 · LV MRK 15:26 · Read together MRK 15:26

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OET-RV MRK 15:26

26 The charge had been written out and attached at the top: “The king of the Yehudim (Jews).”

OET-LV MRK 15:26

26 And the inscription of _the charge of _him having _been _inscribed was:
The king of _the Youdaiōns.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 27:37 · LV MAT 27:37 · Read together MAT 27:37

MRK: RV MRK 15:26 · LV MRK 15:26 · Read together MRK 15:26

ACT: RV ACT 25:18 · RV ACT 25:27 · LV ACT 25:18 · LV ACT 25:27 · Read together ACT 25:18 · Read together ACT 25:27

Sense 4: guilt, wrongdoing, reason for condemning

Semantic entry: 88.315

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Sin, Wrongdoing, Guilt

Definition: guilt as a basis or reason for condemnation

Notes: It is also possible to understand αἰτία in RV JHN 18:38 · LV JHN 18:38 · Read together JHN 18:38 as ‘reason for legal accusation,’ as noted in 56.4: αἰτία.

JHN 18:38: RV JHN 18:38 · LV JHN 18:38 · Read together JHN 18:38

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OET-RV JHN 18:38

38 “Yeah. What is truth?” said Pilatos.
¶ After he’d said this, Pilatos (Pilate) went back outside to the Yehudim (Jews) and told them, “I can’t find anything that he’s guilty of.

OET-LV JHN 18:38

38 The Pilatos is _saying to _him:
What is truth?
And having _said this, he _came _out again to the Youdaiōns, and is _saying to _them:
I am _finding not _one Guilt in him.

JHN 19:6: RV JHN 19:6 · LV JHN 19:6 · Read together JHN 19:6

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OET-RV JHN 19:6

6 Now when the chief priests and their supporters saw him, they yelled out, “Execute him on a stake! Execute him on a stake!”
¶ “Well you take him and execute him on a stake,” Pilatos answered, “because I haven’t found anything that he’s guilty of.”

OET-LV JHN 19:6

6 Therefore when the chief _priests and the attendants saw him, they _cried _out saying:
Execute _on _a _stake.
Execute _on _a _stake.
The Pilatos is _saying to _them:
You _all take him and execute _on _a _stake him, because/for I am_ not _finding guilt in him.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

JHN: RV JHN 18:38 · RV JHN 19:6 · LV JHN 18:38 · LV JHN 19:6 · Read together JHN 18:38 · Read together JHN 19:6

ACT: RV ACT 13:28 · LV ACT 13:28 · Read together ACT 13:28

Sense 5: relation

Semantic entry: 89.1

Semantic domains: Relations

Subdomains: Relation

Definition: a relation existing between two or more objects or events

MAT 19:10: RV MAT 19:10 · LV MAT 19:10 · Read together MAT 19:10

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OET-RV MAT 19:10

10 His followers made the point, “If that’s the case for husband and wife, it’s better not to get married.”

OET-LV MAT 19:10

10 The apprentices/followers are _saying to _him:
If thus is the cause of _the husband with the wife, it _is_ not _benefitting to _marry.