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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. 2 Corinthians 3:14ὅτι · [because] only
    But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
  2. 2 Corinthians 4:6ὅτι · For
    For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  3. 2 Corinthians 4:14ὅτι · that
    …knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.
  4. 2 Corinthians 5:1ὅτι · that
    For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
  5. 2 Corinthians 5:6ὅτι · that
    Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.
  6. 2 Corinthians 5:14ὅτι · that
    For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
  7. 2 Corinthians 5:19ὅτι · that
    …that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
  8. 2 Corinthians 6:16ὅτι
    What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
  9. 2 Corinthians 7:3ὅτι · that
    I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you.
  10. 2 Corinthians 7:8Ὅτι; ὅτι · that
    Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it—for I see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time—
  11. 2 Corinthians 7:9ὅτι · because; ὅτι · because
    …yet now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.
  12. 2 Corinthians 7:13ὅτι · For
    On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.
  13. 2 Corinthians 7:14ὅτι · Indeed
    Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.
  14. 2 Corinthians 7:16ὅτι · that
    I rejoice that I can have complete confidence in you.
  15. 2 Corinthians 8:2ὅτι
    In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
  16. 2 Corinthians 8:3ὅτι · For
    For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,
  17. 2 Corinthians 8:9ὅτι · that
    For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
  18. 2 Corinthians 8:17ὅτι · For
    For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition.
  19. 2 Corinthians 9:2ὅτι · that
    For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.
  20. 2 Corinthians 9:12ὅτι · For
    For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.
  21. 2 Corinthians 10:7ὅτι · that
    You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.
  22. 2 Corinthians 10:10Ὅτι · For
    For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”
  23. 2 Corinthians 10:11ὅτι · that
    Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.
  24. 2 Corinthians 11:7ὅτι · because
    Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?
  25. 2 Corinthians 11:10ὅτι
    As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
  26. 2 Corinthians 11:11ὅτι · Because
    Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
  27. 2 Corinthians 11:21ὅτι · that
    To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.
  28. 2 Corinthians 11:31ὅτι · that
    The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
  29. 2 Corinthians 12:4ὅτι
    …was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.
  30. 2 Corinthians 12:13ὅτι · that
    In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
  31. 2 Corinthians 12:19ὅτι · that
    Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.
  32. 2 Corinthians 13:2ὅτι
    I already warned you the second time I was with you. So now in my absence I warn those who sinned earlier and everyone else: If I return, I will not spare anyone,
  33. 2 Corinthians 13:5ὅτι · that
    Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you fail the test?
  34. 2 Corinthians 13:6ὅτι; ὅτι · that
    And I hope you will realize that we have not failed the test.
  35. Galatians 1:6ὅτι
    I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
  36. Galatians 1:11ὅτι
    For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man.
  37. Galatians 1:13ὅτι · how
    For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
  38. Galatians 1:20ὅτι · that
    I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.
  39. Galatians 1:23ὅτι · the account
    They only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
  40. Galatians 2:7ὅτι · that
    On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.
  41. Galatians 2:11ὅτι · because
    When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
  42. Galatians 2:14ὅτι · that
    When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
  43. Galatians 2:16ὅτι · that; ὅτι · because
    …know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
  44. Galatians 3:7ὅτι · that
    Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham.
  45. Galatians 3:8ὅτι · that; ὅτι
    The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”