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
“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.”
“And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.”
““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.”
“His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.””
“Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
“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.”
“And the charge inscribed against Him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
“and since I wanted to understand their charges against him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.”
“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.””
“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).