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αἰτία

Transliteration: aitia · noun

20x in NTFirst: Matt 19:3
Meaninga cause, reason, charge
Part of speechnoun
Frequency20x in the New Testament
Key inflected formsαἰτίαν, αἰτία, αἰτίας
Example versesMatt 19:3 · Matt 19:10 · Matt 27:37 · Mark 15:26 · Luke 8:47
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What kind of word is αἰτία?

αἰτία (aitia) is a noun that occurs 20 times in the Greek New Testament (Koine). It means “a cause, reason, charge” and first appears in Matt 19:3.

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