Causer
αἴτιοςStrong’s G0159aitios
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Aitios is the Greek word usually translated “guilty”, “worthy” and “cause”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.”
Meaning
Usually translated “guilty”, “worthy” and “cause”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- guilty 2
- worthy 1
- cause 1
- author 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 3
- Acts 1
- Hebrews 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 23:14Said 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:
- Luke 23:22And 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.
- Acts 19:40For 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.
- Hebrews 5:9And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
Greek dictionary
αἴτιος aitios · causer
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “causer” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CAUSER, noun
He that causes; the agent by which an effect is produced.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.