Strong's Greek · G156

αἰτία

aitía

accusation, case, cause, crime, fault, (wh-)ere(-fore)

Definition

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

Derivation

from the same as G154 (αἰτέω);

Appears 20 times in Scripture

Luke 8:47

Then the woman, seeing that she could not escape notice, came trembling and fell down before Him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched Him and how she had immediately been healed.

Acts 13:28

And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.

John 18:38

“What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against Him.

Matthew 19:10

His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”

Matthew 27:37

Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Acts 22:24

the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.

Mark 15:26

And the charge inscribed against Him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Acts 23:28

and since I wanted to understand their charges against him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.

John 19:6

As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.”

John 19:4

Once again Pilate came out and said to the Jews, “Look, I am bringing Him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against Him.”

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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