aitia · cause, charge

What it means

aitia (αἰτία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “cause, charge”.

Cause, reason; also the charge against someone.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. What makes something happen or makes someone act a certain way.
2. The wrong charged against someone before a judge to condemn them.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• reason ×10
• charge ×6
• cause ×2
• case ×1
• charges ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×1
• Luke×1
• John×3
• Acts×8
• 2 Timothy×2
• Titus×1
• Hebrews×1

• Matthew 19:3

  And Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

• Matthew 19:10

  The disciples say to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”

• Matthew 27:37

  And they put above his head the charge against him written: “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”

• Mark 15:26

  And the inscription of the charge against him was written above: “The King of the Jews.”

• Luke 8:47

  And when the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared in the presence of all the people for what reason she had touched him, and how she had been healed immediately.

• John 18:38

  Pilate says to him, “What is truth?” And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and says to them, “I find no ground for a charge in him.

• John 19:4

  And Pilate went outside again and says to them, “Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no ground for a charge in him.”

• John 19:6

  So when the high priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify him, crucify him!” Pilate says to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no ground for a charge in him.”

• Acts 10:21

  And Peter went down to the men and said, “Look, I am the one whom you are looking for. What is the reason for which you have come?”

• Acts 13:28

  And though they found no cause for death, they asked Pilate that he be executed.

• Acts 22:24

  the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined with whips, so that he might find out for what reason they were shouting at him like this.

• Acts 23:28

  And wanting to find out the reason for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their council.

• Acts 25:18

  Standing up, the accusers brought no charge concerning him of the evil things I was expecting,

• Acts 25:27

  For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner without also indicating the charges against him.”

• Acts 28:18

  who, when they had examined me, wanted to release me because there was no cause for death in me.

• Acts 28:20

  For this reason, therefore, I have called for you, to see you and speak with you; for because of the hope of Israel I am wearing this chain.”

• 2 Timothy 1:6

  For this reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands;

• 2 Timothy 1:12

  for which reason I also suffer these things; but I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.

• Titus 1:13

  This testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith,

• Hebrews 2:11

  For both the one who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all from one; for this reason he is not ashamed to call them brothers,