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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 9:29ὅτι · that
    We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”
  2. John 9:30ὅτι
    “That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.
  3. John 9:31ὅτι · that
    We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
  4. John 9:32ὅτι
    Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.
  5. John 9:35ὅτι · that
    When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, He found the man and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
  6. John 9:41ὅτι
    “If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
  7. John 10:4ὅτι · because
    When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.
  8. John 10:5ὅτι · because
    But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice.”
  9. John 10:7ὅτι
    So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
  10. John 10:13ὅτι · [ The man runs away ] because
    The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.
  11. John 10:17ὅτι · [is] that
    The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.
  12. John 10:26ὅτι · because
    But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.
  13. John 10:33ὅτι · because
    “We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, make Yourself out to be God.”
  14. John 10:34ὅτι
    Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’?
  15. John 10:36ὅτι · How then; ὅτι · for
    …then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?
  16. John 10:38ὅτι · that
    But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”
  17. John 10:41ὅτι
    Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
  18. John 11:6ὅτι · that
    So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,
  19. John 11:9ὅτι · because
    Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
  20. John 11:10ὅτι · because
    But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”
  21. John 11:13ὅτι · that
    They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus.
  22. John 11:15ὅτι
    …and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
  23. John 11:20ὅτι · that
    So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him, but Mary stayed at home.
  24. John 11:22ὅτι · that
    But even now I know that God will give You whatever You ask of Him.”
  25. John 11:24ὅτι · that
    Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
  26. John 11:27ὅτι · that
    “Yes, Lord,” she answered, “I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”
  27. John 11:31ὅτι; ὅτι
    When the Jews who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
  28. John 11:40ὅτι · that
    Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
  29. John 11:41ὅτι · that
    So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
  30. John 11:42ὅτι · that; ὅτι · that
    I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”
  31. John 11:47ὅτι
    Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
  32. John 11:50ὅτι · that
    You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
  33. John 11:51ὅτι · that
    Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,
  34. John 11:56ὅτι
    They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?”
  35. John 12:6ὅτι · because; ὅτι · because
    Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
  36. John 12:9ὅτι · that
    Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they came not only because of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
  37. John 12:11ὅτι · for
    …for on account of him many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.
  38. John 12:12ὅτι · that
    The next day the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.
  39. John 12:16ὅτι · [ and they realized] that
    At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.
  40. John 12:18ὅτι · because
    That is also why the crowd went out to meet Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.
  41. John 12:19ὅτι · that
    Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You can see that this is doing you no good. Look how the whole world has gone after Him!”
  42. John 12:34ὅτι · that; ὅτι · that
    The crowd replied, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever. So how can You say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”
  43. John 12:39ὅτι · For
    For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:
  44. John 12:41ὅτι · because
    Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.
  45. John 12:49Ὅτι
    I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.