King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G159
Transliteration: aitios
Phonetic Spelling: (ah'-ee-tee-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: causative of, responsible for
Meaning: causative of, responsible for
αἴτιος, , , that in which the cause of anything resides, causative, causing. Hence,
Word Summary
aitios: causative of, responsible for
Original Word: αἴτιοςTransliteration: aitios
Phonetic Spelling: (ah'-ee-tee-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: causative of, responsible for
Meaning: causative of, responsible for
Strong's Concordance
author. From the same as aiteo; causative, i.e. (concretely) a causer -- author.
see GREEK aiteo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 159: αἴτιοςαἴτιος, , , that in which the cause of anything resides, causative, causing. Hence,
1. ὁ αἴτιος the author: σωτηρίας, Hebrews 5:9 (the same phrase is frequent in secular writings; cf. the opposite αἴτιος τῆς ἀπωλείας in Bel and the Dragon, verse 2. τό αἴτιον equivalent to ἡ αἰτία; cause: Acts 19:40 (cf. Buttmann, 400 (342) n.). b. crime, offence: Luke 23:4, 14, 22. (αἴτιος culprit.) (See αἰτία, 3.)