adjective
aitios
Strong’sG158
the cause of, the originator of
stem aiti-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
αἴτιος, -α, ὁ
(< αἰτία), [in LXX: I Ki 22:22 (סבב) Da LXX Bel 41, TH Da Bel 42, Su 53, II Mac 4:47 13:4, IV Mac 1:11*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G158 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
more rarely ος, ον Refs 5th c.BC+:— culpable, responsible, ἐπεὶ οὔ τί μοι αἴτιοί εἰσινRefs 8th c.BC+: comparative αἰτιώτεροςRefs 5th c.BC+ the most guilty, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 substantive, αἴτιος, ὁ, the accused, the culprit, Refs 4th c.BC+; οἱ αἴ. τοῦ πατρός they who have sinned against my father, Refs:—with genitive of things, οἱ αἴ. τοῦ φόνουRefs 5th c.BC+
II responsible for, with genitive of things, Refs 5th c.BC+; αἴτιός τινός τινι being the cause of a thing to a person, Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, αἴ. τὸν ἠέρα ξηρὸν εἶναιRefs 5th c.BC+: comparative, τοῦ.. ἐλευθέραν εἶναι.. αἰτιώτερονRefs 4th c.BC+ mainly instrumental in causing the sea-fight, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 αἴτιον, τό, cause, Refs 5th c.BC+; τί ποτ᾽ οὖν ἐστι τὸ αἴτιον τό.. μηδένα εἰπεῖ; Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | aitios1×αἴτιος | aitias | aitiem3×αἴτιον | aitiois | aitiais | aitieim |
| object accusative | aition | aitian | aitioin | aitiain | ||
| direct address vocative | aitior | aitiar | aitioir | aitiair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | aitiou | aitiau | aitieu | aitioiu | aitiaiu | aitieiu |
| to, for dative | aitio | aitia | aitie | aitioi | aitiai | aitiei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
aiti is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
aitios“source”subjectnominative singular1×
Hebrews 5:9… teleiirantos geneta pantoi toi hupakouarōntoi auto aitios sōtērēau aiōniau,… been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who …
aitiem“basis”subject or objectdirect singular3×
Luke 23:4… archierevoin kai toin ochloin; Oudenem heuriskamō aitiem en to anthrōpo houto.… and the crowds, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”
Luke 23:14“basis”… oudenem heuriskama en to anthrōpo houto aitiem heiu katēgoravō kata autou.… Him here in your presence and found Him not guilty of your charges against Him.
Luke 23:22“guilt”… Tinem gar kakosem poiata houtos? oudenem aitiem thanatou heuriskama en auto; paideuarantos oun …… to them, “What evil has this man done? I have found in Him no offense worthy of death. So after I punish Him, I …