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the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14

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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1360 - διότι

Transliteration

dióti

Phonetics

Origin

from (G1223) and (G3754)

Parts of Speech

conjunction

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

on this account that, because
for

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (23)

Luke 3

Acts 5

Romans 4

1 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

Philippians 2

1 Thessalonians 2

Hebrews 2

James 1

1 Peter 2

BSB (23)

Luke 3

Acts 5

Romans 4

1 Corinthians 1

Philippians 1

1 Thessalonians 3

Hebrews 2

James 1

1 Peter 3

CSB (23)

Luke 3

Acts 5

Romans 4

1 Corinthians 1

Philippians 1

1 Thessalonians 3

Hebrews 2

James 1

1 Peter 3

ESV (21)

Luke 3

Acts 6

Romans 4

1 Corinthians 1

Philippians 1

1 Thessalonians 2

Hebrews 2

James 1

1 Peter 2

KJV (22)

Luke 3

Acts 5

Romans 4

1 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

Philippians 1

1 Thessalonians 2

Hebrews 2

James 1

1 Peter 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (16)

Luke 2

Acts 3

Romans 3

1 Corinthians 1

Philippians 1

1 Thessalonians 2

Hebrews 2

James 1

1 Peter 1

N95 (16)

Luke 2

Acts 3

Romans 3

1 Corinthians 1

Philippians 1

1 Thessalonians 2

Hebrews 2

James 1

1 Peter 1

NAS (16)

Luke 2

Acts 3

Romans 3

1 Corinthians 1

Philippians 1

1 Thessalonians 2

Hebrews 2

James 1

1 Peter 1

NLT (16)

Luke 2

Acts 3

Romans 3

1 Corinthians 1

Philippians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

James 1

1 Peter 4

WEB (23)

Luke 3

Acts 5

Romans 4

1 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

Philippians 2

1 Thessalonians 2

Hebrews 2

James 1

1 Peter 2

YLT (23)

Luke 3

Acts 5

Romans 4

1 Corinthians 1

Philippians 1

1 Thessalonians 3

Hebrews 2

James 1

1 Peter 3

ASV (23)

because 15

because by 1

because that 1

for 4

inasmuch 1

that 1

BSB (23)

because 12

for 7

so 1

that is how 1

therefore 2

CSB (23)

because 12

for 7

since 1

so 1

therefore 2

ESV (21)

although 1

because 11

for 7

since 1

therefore 1

KJV (22)

because 13

for 8

therefore 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (16)

because 14

therefore 2

N95 (16)

because 14

therefore 2

NAS (16)

because 14

therefore 2

NLT (16)

as 2

because 3

for 8

that 1

way 1

yes 1

WEB (23)

because 17

by 1

for 4

that 1

YLT (23)

because 17

for 1

wherefore 5

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

CONJ 23

ANT

CONJ 22

BEZ

CONJ 23

BGB

CONJ 24

BMT

CONJ 25

BYZ

CONJ 22

ELZ

CONJ 23

NA26

C 23

SBL

CONJ 22

SCV

CONJ 22

STV

CONJ 25

TIS

CONJ 22

CONJ 23

TRG

CONJ 23

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

διότι,

I Conj. for διὰ τοῦτο ὅτι.. (cf. A.D. Conj. 242.1),

1. because, for the reason that, since, Hdt. 1.44, 3.55, Th. 1.52, Thphr. Char. 17.4; οὐδὲ δι' ἓν ἄλλο ἢ διότι.. Pl. Phd. 100c; answering to διὰ τί; Id. Plt. 310d, Amphis 14.6, Timocl. 2.4 D., etc.

2. indirect, wherefore, for what reason, φράσω διότι.. Hdt. 2.24; σκοπεῖν διότι.. Th. 1.77; ἐρωτᾶν διότι.. Henioch. 4.7.

II = ὅτι, that, Hdt. 2.43, 50, Isoc. 4.48, D. 12.18, Isa 3.50, Arist. Metaph. 1062a6, al., Phld. Ir. p.84 W.; τὸ δ. Arist. APr. 53b9: folld. by inf., Plb. 31.12.4, v. l. in D.S. 4.76.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

διότι, conjunction, equivalent to διά τοῦτο, ὅτι;

1. on this account that, because, (cf. Winer's Grammar, 445 (415)): Luke 2:7; Luke 21:28; Acts (, where R G διό); Rec.; T WH Tr marginal reading; ; 1 Corinthians 15:9; Galatians 2:16 (L T Tr WH ὅτι); Philippians 2:26; 1 Thessalonians 2:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:6; Hebrews 11:5, 23; James 4:3; 1 Peter 1:16, 24; 1 Peter 2:6 (Rec. διά καί).

2. for (cf. Fritzsche on Romans 1:19, vol. i., p. 57f; (per contra Meyer at the passage; Ellicott on Galatians 2:16; (cf. Jebb in Vincent and Dickson, Modern Greek etc. edition 2, Appendix, § 80, 3))): Luke 1:13; Acts 10:20 Rec.; ; Romans 1:19, 21; Romans 3:20; Romans 8:7; (1 Thessalonians 2:18 L T Tr WH for R G διό); (1 Peter 1:16{b} Tdf. From Herodotus down.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

δι -ότι ,

conjunct., for διὰ τοῦτο , ὅτι (Lat. propterea quod),

because: Luke 1:13; Luke 2:7; Luke 21:28, Acts 13:35; Acts 18:10; Acts 20:26; Acts 22:18, Romans 1:19; Romans 1:21; Romans 3:20; Romans 8:7; Romans 8:21, 1 Corinthians 15:9, Philippians 2:26, 1 Thessalonians 2:8; 1 Thessalonians 2:18 (Lft., Notes, 37) 1 Thessalonians 4:6, Hebrews 11:5; Hebrews 11:23, James 4:3, 1 Peter 1:16; 1 Peter 1:24; 1 Peter 2:6. It is usually stronger than ὅτι , but sometimes, as in Luke 1:13, Romans 1:19, 1 Thessalonians 2:18, approximates to MGr. sense, for; cf. Milligan, Th., l.c.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For διότι with its full causal force, see P Tebt I. 24.34 (B.C. 117) καὶ διότι δι᾽ ἄλλων προσανενηνόχαμεν, ";owing to my giving information through the officials"; (Edd.), P Giss I. 82.22 (A.D. 117), P Lond 243.14 (c. A.D. 346) (= II. p. 300) ἵνα. . . ἀπολύσῃς αὐτοὺς διότι οἶδας καὶ αὐ [τὸς ὃτ ]ι ἑωρτή ἐστι (ν), etc. In the papyri, however, as in the LXX and late Grk generally, the word is often used practically = ὅτι, ";that,"; e.g. P Petr II. 4(9).8 (B.C. 255–4) οἶδας δὲ διότι [ὁ ] τόπος ἐρῆμός ἐστιν, P Tebt I. 12.20 (B.C. 118) ἐπὶ οὐ καὶ σὺ οὐκ ἀγνοεῖς ἐν ἧι ἐσμὲν ἀσχολί (l. -ίαι) καὶ δ ̣ι ̣ότι ἐν τῆι τ [ο ]ῦ στρα (τηγοῦ) ἐσμὲν φ (υλακῆι ?), ";for you know how busy I am, and that I am in attendance upon the strategus"; (Edd.), and from the inscrr. OGIS 90.53 (Rosetta Stone—B.C. 196) ὅπως γνώριμον ἦι διότι οἱ ἐν Αἰγύπτωι αὔξουσι καὶ τιμῶσι τὸν θεὸν Ἐπιφανῆ Εὐχάριστον βασιλέα, Syll 654 ter (? ii/B.C..—in Messenian Doric). For the corresponding NT usage, see Blass Gr. p. 274, where Romans 1:19; Romans 1:21; Romans 3:20; Romans 8:7, are quoted for διότι = ";for,"; and add 1 Peter 1:16; 1 Peter 1:24; 1 Peter 2:6 as compared with 1 Peter 3:10. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 and Galatians 2:16 may be quoted as illustrating the ease of the colloquial transition : see Jebb in Vincent and Dickson Mod. Greek.2 App. p. 338. Mayser Gr. p. 161 has shown that the use of of διότι for ὅτι is by no means confined to occurrences after vowels : cf. Thackeray Gr. i. p. 138 f. and Kaelker Quaest. pp. 243 f., 300. It may be added that, according to Meisterhans Gr. p. 252 f., διότι is never used with a causal force in the Attic inscrr. from iii/B.C. onwards.

List of Word Forms

διοτι διότι ότι dioti dióti