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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 7:8ὅτι · because
    Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”
  2. John 7:12ὅτι
    Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
  3. John 7:22ὅτι · that
    But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)
  4. John 7:23ὅτι · for
    If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?
  5. John 7:26ὅτι · that
    Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?
  6. John 7:29ὅτι · because
    …but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”
  7. John 7:30ὅτι · because
    So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
  8. John 7:35ὅτι · that
    At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
  9. John 7:39ὅτι · because
    He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
  10. John 7:42ὅτι · that
    Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
  11. John 7:52ὅτι · that
    “Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
  12. John 8:14ὅτι · because
    Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.
  13. John 8:16ὅτι · because
    But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.
  14. John 8:17ὅτι · that
    Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.
  15. John 8:20ὅτι · because
    He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
  16. John 8:22ὅτι · since
    So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”
  17. John 8:24ὅτι · that; ὅτι · that
    That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
  18. John 8:25ὅ¦τι · what
    “Who are You?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.
  19. John 8:27ὅτι · that
    They did not understand that He was telling them about the Father.
  20. John 8:28ὅτι · that
    So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.
  21. John 8:29ὅτι · because
    He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”
  22. John 8:33ὅτι
    “We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”
  23. John 8:34ὅτι
    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
  24. John 8:37ὅτι; ὅτι · because
    I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.
  25. John 8:43ὅτι · [It is] because
    Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
  26. John 8:44ὅτι · because; ὅτι · because
    You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
  27. John 8:45ὅτι · because
    But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!
  28. John 8:47ὅτι · is that
    Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
  29. John 8:48ὅτι · that
    The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”
  30. John 8:52ὅτι · that
    “Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.
  31. John 8:54ὅτι
    Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies Me is My Father, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’
  32. John 8:55ὅτι
    You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.
  33. John 9:8ὅτι
    At this, his neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging began to ask, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”
  34. John 9:9ὅτι · that; ὅτι
    Some claimed that he was, but others said, “No, he just looks like him.” But the man kept saying, “I am the one.”
  35. John 9:11ὅτι · to
    He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”
  36. John 9:16ὅτι · for
    Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.
  37. John 9:17ὅτι · since; ὅτι
    So once again they asked the man who had been blind, “What do you say about Him, since it was your eyes He opened?” “He is a prophet,” the man replied.
  38. John 9:18ὅτι · that
    The Jews still did not believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned his parents
  39. John 9:19ὅτι
    …and asked, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?”
  40. John 9:20ὅτι; ὅτι · [we know]
    His parents answered, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind.
  41. John 9:22ὅτι · because
    His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
  42. John 9:23ὅτι
    That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
  43. John 9:24ὅτι · that
    So a second time they called for the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”
  44. John 9:25ὅτι
    He answered, “Whether He is a sinner I do not know. There is one thing I do know: I was blind, but now I see!”