Aition means “cause” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H158 — ahab in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G158 αἴτιον (aition) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. aition (ai'-tee-on) adj. 1. a reason or crime {like G156} It has 4 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include fault and cause. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
aition (ai'-tee-on) adj. 1. a reason or crime {like G156} [neuter of G159] KJV: cause, fault Root(s): G159 Compare: G156
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G158. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
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Usage: αἴτιον, -ου, τό, see: αἴτιος. αἴτιος, -α, ὁ (αἰτία), [in LXX: 1Ki.22:22 (סבב) Dan LXX Bel 41, TH ib. 42, Su 53, 2Ma.4:47 13:4, 4Ma.1:11 * ;] __1. causative of, responsible for; as subst., ὁ αἰ., the cause, author: Heb.5:9; τὸ αἰ., the cause, Act.19:40. __2. blameworthy, culpable; as subst., ὁ αἰ., the culprit, the accused (Lat. reus); τὸ αἰ. (= αἰτία, 3), the crime, Luk.23:4,14,22. † (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render aition, 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.
Indexed coverage includes New 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.
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.
Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:
And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G158.
Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.
Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:
And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G158, grouped by book.
Aition (Strong's G158) is a Greek word most simply glossed "cause". aition (ai'-tee-on) adj. 1. a reason or crime {like G156}
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's G158 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G158 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as fault and cause. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.