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Strong's G156 αἰτία (aitia)

Aitia means “cause” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H156 — adash (“thresh”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G156
Language Greek
Linked Usages 41
Books 18

Strong's G156 Quick Answer

Strong's G156 αἰτία (aitia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. aitia (ai-tee'-a) n. 1. a cause (as if asked for) 2. (logically) a reason (motive, matter) It has 41 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include cause. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
aitia (ai-tee'-a) n. 1. a cause (as if asked for) 2. (logically) a reason (motive, matter)
Usage
41 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
cause

Meaning and Definition

aitia (ai-tee'-a) n. 1. a cause (as if asked for) 2. (logically) a reason (motive, matter) 3. (legally) a crime (alleged or proved) [of the same uncertain derivation as G154] KJV: accusation, case, cause, crime, fault, (wh-)ere(-fore) See also: G154, G155

Original Word
αἰτία
Transliteration
aitia
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G156. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

cause/charge

Usage: αἰτία, -ας, ἡ, [in LXX: Gen.4:13 (עָוֹן), Pro.28:17 (עָשַׁק), and frequently in Wi, II, III Mac ;] __1. cause, reason, occasion, case: Mat.19:3, Luk.8:47, Act.10:21 22:24 28:20, 2Ti.1:6,12, Tit.1:13, Heb.2:11 ; εἰ οὕτως ἐστιν ἡ αἰ. (cf. Lat. si ita res se habet, and see MM. VGT, see word), Mat.19:10. __2. In forensic sense, __(a) accusation: Act.25:18,27; __(b) cause for punishment, crime: Mat.27:37, Mrk.15:26, Jhn.18:38 19:4,6, Act.13:28 23:28 28:18.

† SYN.: ἔλεγχος, a charge, whether moral or judicial, which has been proven, αἰ. is an accusation simply, false or true. (AS)

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How Strong's G156 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render aitia, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

cause Matthew 19:3

How Strong's G156 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 20 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G156 (αἰτία) appears 20 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G156 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G156 in the New Testament

20 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 19:3 KJV

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Matthew 19:10 KJV

His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

Matthew 27:37 KJV

And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Strong's G156 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 4:13 Septuagint / Brenton

And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime is too great for me to be forgiven.

Job 18:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And let health be utterly banished from his tabernacle, And let distress seize upon him with a charge from the king.

Strong's G156 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

19 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 2:17 Septuagint / Brenton

To King Artaxerxes our lord, Thy servants, Rehum the storywriter, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their council, and the judges that are in Coelesyria and Phoenicia.

1 Maccabees 9:10 Septuagint / Brenton

Then Judas said, God forbid that I should do this thing, and flee away from them: if our time be come, let us die manfully for our brethren, and let us not stain our honor.

2 Maccabees 4:28 Septuagint / Brenton

for unto him appertained the gathering of the customs. Wherefore they were both called before the king.

Usage Excerpts

First 41 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G156.

Genesis 4:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime is too great for me to be forgiven.
Job 18:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And let health be utterly banished from his tabernacle, And let distress seize upon him with a charge from the king.
Matthew 19:3 New Testament, KJV
The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Matthew 19:10 New Testament, KJV
His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
Matthew 27:37 New Testament, KJV
And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Mark 15:26 New Testament, KJV
And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Luke 8:47 New Testament, KJV
And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
John 18:38 New Testament, KJV
Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
John 19:4 New Testament, KJV
Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
John 19:6 New Testament, KJV
When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
Acts 10:21 New Testament, KJV
Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?
Acts 13:28 New Testament, KJV
And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
Acts 22:24 New Testament, KJV
The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
Acts 23:28 New Testament, KJV
And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
Acts 25:18 New Testament, KJV
Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:
Acts 25:27 New Testament, KJV
For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.
Acts 28:18 New Testament, KJV
Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
Acts 28:20 New Testament, KJV
For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
2 Timothy 1:6 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
2 Timothy 1:12 New Testament, KJV
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Titus 1:13 New Testament, KJV
This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
Hebrews 2:11 New Testament, KJV
For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
1 Esdras 2:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
To King Artaxerxes our lord, Thy servants, Rehum the storywriter, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their council, and the judges that are in Coelesyria and Phoenicia.
1 Maccabees 9:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then Judas said, God forbid that I should do this thing, and flee away from them: if our time be come, let us die manfully for our brethren, and let us not stain our honor.
2 Maccabees 4:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
for unto him appertained the gathering of the customs. Wherefore they were both called before the king.
2 Maccabees 4:35 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For the which cause not only the Jews, but many also of other nations, took great indignation, and were much grieved for the unjust murder of the man.
2 Maccabees 4:42 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus many of them they wounded, and some they struck to the ground, and all of them they forced to flee: but as for the church robber himself, him they killed beside the treasury.
2 Maccabees 4:49 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore even they of Tyre, moved with hatred of that wicked deed, caused them to be honorably buried.
2 Maccabees 8:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
for it was the day before the Sabbath, and therefore they would no longer pursue them.
2 Maccabees 12:40 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now under the coats of everyone that was slain they found things consecrated to the idols of the Jamnites, which is forbidden the Jews by the law. Then every man saw that this was the cause wherefore they were slain.
3 Maccabees 1:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And he put the question, Why, when he entered all temples, none of the priests who were present forbade him?
3 Maccabees 1:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Well; since I have done this, said he, be the cause what it may, shall I not enter with or without your consent?
3 Maccabees 3:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
yet, as they worshiped God, and observed his law, they made certain distinctions, and avoided certain things. Hence some persons held them in odium;
3 Maccabees 5:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Conversation grew on, and the king sent for Hermon, and inquired of him, with fierce denunciations, why the Jews had been allowed to outlive that day.
3 Maccabees 7:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and taking into consideration their constancy and fidelity toward us and toward our ancestors, we have, as we ought, acquitted them of every sort of charge.
4 Maccabees 1:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And wisdom is a knowledge of divine and human things, and of their causes.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For the worshiping of idols not to be named Is the beginning, the cause, and the end, of all evil.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For fear is nothing else but a betraying of the succors which reason offereth.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And one thrown here, and another there, half dead, Showed the cause of his death.
Daniel 1:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And he hearkened to them, and proved them ten days.
Book 151 1:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G156, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
John 3 usages, New Testament
Acts 8 usages, New Testament
2 Timothy 2 usages, New Testament
Titus 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 151 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G156 FAQ

What does aitia (αἰτία) mean?

Aitia (Strong's G156) is a Greek word most simply glossed "cause". aitia (ai-tee'-a) n. 1. a cause (as if asked for) 2. (logically) a reason (motive, matter)

How many times is aitia (αἰτία) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 41 linked usages for Strong's G156 across 18 books.

Where can I study aitia (αἰτία) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G156 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate aitia (αἰτία)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as cause. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G156 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 19 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G156, with linked reader references where each row is available.