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ὅτι

hotithat/since: thatHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentConjunction1,305 occurrences27 books1,196 verses

Definition

ὅτι,

conjc. (prop. neut. of ὅστις).

I. As conjc, introducing an objective clause, that;

1. after verbs of seeing, knowing, thinking, saying, feeling: Matthew 3:9; 6:32; 11:25, Mark 3:28, Luke 2:49, John 2:22, Acts 4:13, Romans 1:13; 8:38; 10:9, Philippians 4:15, James 2:24, al.; elliptically, John 6:46, Philippians 3:12, al.

2. After εἶναι (γίνεσθαι): defining a demonstr. or of person(s) pron., John 3:19; 16:19, Romans 9:6, 1 John 3:16 al.; with pron. interrog., Matthew 8:27, Mark 4:41, Luke 4:36, John 4:22 al.; id. elliptically, Luke 2:49, Acts 5:4, 9, al.;

3. Untranslatable, before direct discourse (ὅτι recitantis): Matthew 7:23, Mark 2:16, Luke 1:61, John 1:20, Acts 15:1, Hebrews 11:18, al. (on the pleonastic ὡς ὅτι, see: ὡς).

II. As causal particle, for that, because: Matthew 5:4-12, Luke 6:20, 21, J0 1:30 5:27, Acts 1:5, 1 John 4:18, Revelation 3:10, al. mult.; διὰ τοῦτο ὅτι, John 8:47; 10:17, al.; answering a question (διὰ τί), Romans 9:32, al.; οὐκ ὅτι . . . ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι, John 6:26; 12:6.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ὅτι:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,305 total
  1. John 4:21ὅτι
    “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
  2. John 4:22ὅτι · for
    You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
  3. John 4:25ὅτι · that
    The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
  4. John 4:27ὅτι · that
    Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”
  5. John 4:35ὅτι; ὅτι · for
    Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
  6. John 4:37ὅτι
    For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.
  7. John 4:39ὅτι
    Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
  8. John 4:42ὅτι; ὅτι · that
    They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”
  9. John 4:44ὅτι · that
    Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.
  10. John 4:47ὅτι · that
    When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.
  11. John 4:51ὅτι · that
    And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.
  12. John 4:52ὅτι
    So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”
  13. John 4:53ὅτι · that
    Then the father realized that this was the very hour in which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he and all his household believed.
  14. John 5:6ὅτι · that
    When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
  15. John 5:15ὅτι · that
    And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
  16. John 5:16ὅτι
    Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
  17. John 5:18ὅτι
    Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
  18. John 5:24ὅτι
    Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
  19. John 5:25ὅτι
    Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
  20. John 5:27ὅτι · because
    And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
  21. John 5:28ὅτι · for
    Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
  22. John 5:30ὅτι · because
    I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
  23. John 5:32ὅτι · that
    There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.
  24. John 5:36ὅτι · that
    But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
  25. John 5:38ὅτι · because
    …nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.
  26. John 5:39ὅτι · because
    You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
  27. John 5:42ὅτι · that
    …but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.
  28. John 5:45ὅτι · that
    Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.
  29. John 6:2ὅτι · because
    A large crowd followed Him because they saw the signs He was performing on the sick.
  30. John 6:5ὅτι
    When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”
  31. John 6:14ὅτι
    When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
  32. John 6:15ὅτι · that
    Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.
  33. John 6:22ὅτι · that; ὅτι · that
    The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with His disciples, but they had gone away alone.
  34. John 6:24ὅτι · that
    So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to look for Him.
  35. John 6:26ὅτι · because; ὅτι · because
    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
  36. John 6:36ὅτι
    But as I stated, you have seen Me and still you do not believe.
  37. John 6:38ὅτι · For
    For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
  38. John 6:41ὅτι · because
    At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
  39. John 6:42ὅτι
    They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
  40. John 6:46ὅτι · that
    …not that anyone has seen the Father except the One who is from God; only He has seen the Father.
  41. John 6:61ὅτι · that
    Aware that His disciples were grumbling about this teaching, Jesus asked them, “Does this offend you?
  42. John 6:65ὅτι · that
    Then Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.”
  43. John 6:69ὅτι · that
    We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God.”
  44. John 7:1ὅτι · because
    After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
  45. John 7:7ὅτι · because; ὅτι · that
    The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.