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αἰτία

aitía · Greek · Strong's G156 · 20 occurrences

The KJV renders 18 different Hebrew and Greek words as “cause”

What it means

a cause (as if asked for), i.e. (logical) reason (motive, matter), (legal) crime (alleged or proved)

from the same as G154 (αἰτέω);

How the KJV renders it

accusation, case, cause, crime, fault, where

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

cause
also renders poiéō (G4160), katergázomai (G2716), lógos (G3056), bûwsh (H954), bᵉṭêl (H989), bîyn (H995), bâʻâh (H1158), dâbâr (H1697), dibrâh (H1700), dîyn (H1779), châṭâʼ (H2398), kâshal (H3782), nᵉçibbâh (H5252), nâthan (H5414), çibbâh (H5438), râgaʻ (H7280), rîyb (H7379)
fault
also renders ámōmos (G299), paráptōma (G3900), hḗttēma (G2275), chêṭᵉʼ (H2399), mᵉʼûwmâh (H3972), ʻâvôn (H5771), rishʻâh (H7564), shᵉchath (H7844)
where
also renders hoû (G3757), tópos (G5117), ʼân (H575), dên (H1836)
accusation
also renders katēgoría (G2724), krísis (G2920), siṭnâh (H7855)
case
also renders dâbâr (H1697)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

20 occurrences in the Greek text.

2 Timothy 1:6 N-ASF2 Timothy 1:12 N-ASFActs 10:21 N-NSFActs 13:28 N-ASFActs 22:24 N-ASFActs 23:28 N-ASFActs 25:18 N-ASFActs 25:27 N-GSFActs 28:18 N-ASFActs 28:20 N-ASFHebrews 2:11 N-ASFJohn 18:38 N-ASFJohn 19:4 N-ASFJohn 19:6 N-ASFLuke 8:47 N-ASFMatthew 19:3 N-ASFMatthew 19:10 N-NSFMatthew 27:37 N-ASFMark 15:26 N-GSFTitus 1:13 N-ASF

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.