Dioti διότι

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Dioti
διότι
Transliterationdioti
Strong's numberG1360
LanguageGreek
Part of speechconjunction
Glossbecause
Occurrences23 in 22 verses
Most frequent inActs (4)

Dioti (Greek διότι, Strong's G1360) is a Greek conjunction meaning “because”. It occurs 23 times in 22 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

δι-ότι , conjunct., for διὰ τοῦτο, ὅτι (Lat. propterea quod),
because: Luk.1:13 2:7 21:28, Act.13:35 18:10 20:26 22:18, Rom.1:19, 21 3:20 8:7, 21, 1Co.15:9, Php.2:26, 1Th.2:8, 18 (Lft., Notes, 37) 1Th.4:6, Heb.11:5, 23, Jas.4:3, 1Pe.1:16 1:24 2:6. It is usually stronger than ὅτι, but sometimes, as in Luk.1:13, Rom.1:19, 1Th.2:18, approximates to MGr. sense, for; cf. Milligan, Th., l.with†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVbecause (10), therefore (1)
BSBbecause (12), therefore (2), is how (1)

Verses

Every verse with Dioti, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Luke

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Philippians

1 Thessalonians

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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