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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. Mark 2:16Ὅτι · Why {does}
    When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
  2. Mark 2:17ὅτι
    On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
  3. Mark 3:11ὅτι
    And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”
  4. Mark 3:21ὅτι
    When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”
  5. Mark 3:22ὅτι; ὅτι
    And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”
  6. Mark 3:28ὅτι
    Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.
  7. Mark 3:30Ὅτι · [ Jesus made this statement ] because
    Jesus made this statement because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
  8. Mark 4:21ὅτι
    Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?
  9. Mark 4:29ὅτι · because
    And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
  10. Mark 4:38ὅτι · that
    But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”
  11. Mark 4:41ὅτι · that
    Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”
  12. Mark 5:9ὅτι · for
    “What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”
  13. Mark 5:23ὅτι
    …and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”
  14. Mark 5:28ὅτι
    For she kept saying, “If only I touch His garments, I will be healed.”
  15. Mark 5:29ὅτι · that
    Immediately her bleeding stopped, and she sensed in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
  16. Mark 5:35ὅτι
    While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”
  17. Mark 6:4ὅτι
    Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
  18. Mark 6:14ὅτι
    Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
  19. Mark 6:15ὅτι; ὅτι
    Others were saying, “He is Elijah,” and still others, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”
  20. Mark 6:17ὅτι
    For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.
  21. Mark 6:18ὅτι
    For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”
  22. Mark 6:23Ὅ¦τι
    And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”
  23. Mark 6:34ὅτι · because
    When Jesus stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.
  24. Mark 6:35ὅτι
    By now the hour was already late. So the disciples came to Jesus and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late.
  25. Mark 6:49ὅτι
    …but when they saw Him walking on the sea, they cried out, thinking He was a ghost—
  26. Mark 6:55ὅτι
    …and ran through that whole region, carrying the sick on mats to wherever they heard He was.
  27. Mark 7:2ὅτι
    …and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
  28. Mark 7:6ὅτι
    Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
  29. Mark 7:18ὅτι
    “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
  30. Mark 7:19ὅτι · because
    …because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)
  31. Mark 7:20ὅτι
    He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.
  32. Mark 8:2ὅτι · because
    “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.
  33. Mark 8:4ὅτι
    His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”
  34. Mark 8:16ὅτι · the fact that
    So they began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread.
  35. Mark 8:17ὅτι · about
    Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts?
  36. Mark 8:24ὅτι · [but]
    The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.”
  37. Mark 8:28ὅτι; ὅτι
    They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”
  38. Mark 8:31ὅτι · that
    Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again.
  39. Mark 8:33ὅτι · For
    But Jesus, turning and looking at His disciples, rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
  40. Mark 9:1ὅτι
    Then Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God arrive with power.”
  41. Mark 9:11Ὅτι; ὅτι · that
    And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
  42. Mark 9:13ὅτι · that
    But I tell you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.”
  43. Mark 9:25ὅτι · that
    When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”
  44. Mark 9:26ὅτι
    After shrieking and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He is dead.”
  45. Mark 9:28Ὅτι · Why
    After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
  46. Mark 9:31ὅτι
    …because He was teaching His disciples. He told them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after three days He will rise.”