STRONGS G159:
αἴτιος,
-α,
-ον,
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
αἰ.
τῆς ἀπωλείας in Bel and the Dragon, verse 41;
τῶν κακῶν, 2 Macc. 13:4; Lucian, Tim. 36, Lipsius edition;
τῶν ἀγαθῶν, Isocr. ad Phil. 49, p. 106 a.; cf. Bleek on Heb. vol. 2:2, p. 94f.).
2. τὸ αἴτιον equivalent to
ἡ αἰτία;
a. cause:
Acts 19:40 [cf. Buttmann, 400 (342) n.].
b. crime, offence:
Luke 23:4,
14,
22. (
αἴτιος culprit.) [See
αἰτία, 3.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Luke
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23:4; 23:14; 23:22
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Acts
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19:40
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Hebrews
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5:9