Strong's Lexicon

G1360

G1360 — διότι

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekdioticonjunctionOccurrences: 23

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G1360
Word:διότι
Part of Speech:conjunction
Etymology:from G1223 and G3754
Language:Greek
Occurrences:23
Transliteration:dioti
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:dee-ot'-ee
Meaning:1. on the very account that, or inasmuch as
KJV Renderings:because (that), for, therefore

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

διότι, conjunction, equivalent to διά τοῦτο, ὅτι;

1. on this account that, because, (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 445 (415)): Luk 2:7; Luk 21:28; Acts (, where R G διό); Rec.; T WH Tr marginal reading; ; 1Co 15:9; Gal 2:16 (L T Tr WH ὅτι); Php 2:26; 1Th 2:8; 1Th 4:6; Heb 11:5; Heb 11:23; Jas 4:3; 1Pe 1:16; 1Pe 1:24; 1Pe 2:6 (Rec. διά καί).

2. for (cf. Fritzsche on Rom 1:19, vol. i., p. 57f; (per contra Meyer at the passage; Ellicott on Gal 2:16; (cf. Jebb in Vincent and Dickson, Modern Greek etc. edition 2, Appendix, § 80, 3))): Luk 1:13; Act 10:20 Rec.; ; Rom 1:19; Rom 1:21; Rom 3:20; Rom 8:7; (1Th 2:18 L T Tr WH for R G διό); (1Pe 1:16{b} Tdf. From Herodotus down.)

Englishman's Greek Concordance

διότι (because (that))

Luke 1:13

KJV: But the angel said unto him Fear not Zacharias for thy prayer is heard and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son and thou shalt call his name John
GK: είπε δε προς αυτόν ο άγγελος μη φοβού Ζαχαρία διότι εισηκούσθη η δέησίς σου και η γυνή σου Ελισάβετ γεννήσει υιόν σοι και καλέσεις το όνομα αυτού Ιωάννην

Luke 2:7

KJV: And she brought forth her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn
GK: και έτεκε τον υιόν αυτής τον πρωτότοκον και εσπαργάνωσεν αυτόν και ανέκλινεν αυτόν εν τη φάτνη διότι ουκ ην αυτοίς τόπος εν τω καταλύματι

Luke 21:28

KJV: And when these things begin to come to pass then look up and lift up your heads for your redemption draweth nigh
GK: αρχομένων δε τούτων γίνεσθαι ανακύψατε και επάρατε τας κεφαλάς υμών διότι εγγίζει η απολύτρωσις

Acts 10:20

KJV: Arise therefore and get thee down and go with them doubting nothing for I have sent them
GK: αλλά αναστάς κατάβηθι και πορεύου συν αυτοίς μηδέν διακρινόμενος διότι εγώ απέσταλκα αυτούς

Acts 17:31

KJV: Because he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by man whom he hath ordained he hath given assurance unto all in that he hath raised him from the dead
GK: διότι έστησεν ημέραν εν η μέλλει κρίνειν την οικουμένην εν δικαιοσύνη εν ανδρί ω ώρισε πίστιν παρασχών πάσιν αναστήσας αυτόν εκ νεκρών

Acts 18:10

KJV: For I am with thee and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee for I have much people in this city
GK: διότι εγώ ειμι μετά σου και ουδείς επιθήσεταί σοι του κακώσαί σε διότι λαός εστί μοι πολύς εν τη πόλει ταύτη

Acts 22:18

KJV: And saw him saying unto me Make haste and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me
GK: και ιδείν αυτόν λέγοντά μοι σπεύσον και έξελθε εν τάχει εξ Ιερουσαλήμ διότι ου παραδέξονταί σου την μαρτυρίαν περί εμού

Romans 1:19

KJV: Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them for God hath shewed unto them
GK: διότι το γνωστόν του θεού φανερόν εστιν εν αυτοίς ο γαρ θεός αυτοίς εφανέρωσε

Romans 1:21

KJV: Because that when they knew God they glorified not as God neither were thankful but became vain in their imaginations and their foolish heart was darkened
GK: διότι γνόντες τον θεόν ουχ ως θεόν εδόξασαν η ευχαρίστησαν αλλ΄ εματαιώθησαν εν τοις διαλογισμοίς αυτών και εσκοτίσθη η ασύνετος αυτών καρδία

Romans 3:20

KJV: Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight for by the law the knowledge of sin
GK: διότι εξ έργων νόμου ου δικαιωθήσεται πάσα σαρξ ενώπιον αυτού διά γαρ νόμου επίγνωσις αμαρτίας

Romans 8:7

KJV: Because the carnal mind enmity against God for it is not subject to the law of God neither indeed can be
GK: διότι το φρόνημα της σαρκός έχθρα εις θεόν τω γαρ νόμω του θεού ουχ υποτάσσεται ουδέ γαρ δύναται

1 Corinthians 15:9

KJV: For I am the least of the apostles that am not meet to be called an apostle because I persecuted the church of God
GK: εγώ γαρ ειμι ο ελάχιστος των αποστόλων ος ουκ ειμί ικανός καλείσθαι απόστολος διότι εδίωξα την εκκλησίαν του θεού

Galatians 2:16

KJV: Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by the faith of Jesus Christ even we have believed in Jesus Christ that we might be justified by the faith of Christ and not by the works of the law for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified
GK: ειδότες δε ότι ου δικαιούται άνθρωπος εξ έργων νόμου εάν μη διά πίστεως Ιησού χριστού και ημείς εις χριστόν Ιησούν επιστεύσαμεν ίνα δικαιωθώμεν εκ πίστεως χριστού και ουκ εξ έργων νόμου διότι ου δικαιωθήσεται εξ έργων νόμου πάσα σάρξ

Philippians 2:26

KJV: For he longed after you all and was full of heaviness because that ye had heard that he had been sick
GK: επειδή επιποθών ην πάντας υμάς και αδημονών διότι ηκούσατε ότι ησθένησε

1 Thessalonians 2:8

KJV: So being affectionately desirous of you we were willing to have imparted unto you not the gospel of God only but also our own souls because ye were dear unto us
GK: ούτως ιμειρόμενοι υμών ευδοκούμεν μεταδούναι υμίν ου μόνον το ευαγγέλιον του θεού αλλά και τας εαυτών ψυχάς διότι αγαπητοί ημίν γεγένησθε

1 Thessalonians 4:6

KJV: That no go beyond and defraud his brother in matter because that the Lord the avenger of all such as we also have forewarned you and testified
GK: το μη υπερβαίνειν και πλεονεκτείν εν τω πράγματι τον αδελφόν αυτού διότι έκδικος ο κύριος περί πάντων τούτων καθώς και προείπαμεν υμίν και διεμαρτυράμεθα

Hebrews 11:5

KJV: By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death and was not found because God had translated him for before his translation he had this testimony that he pleased God
GK: πίστει Ενώχ μετετέθη του μη ιδείν θάνατον και ουχ ευρίσκετο διότι μετέθηκεν αυτόν ο θεός προ γαρ της μεταθέσεως αυτού μεμαρτύρηται ευηρεστηκέναι τω θεώ

Hebrews 11:23

KJV: By faith Moses when he was born was hid three months of his parents because they saw a proper child and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment
GK: πίστει Μωϋσης γεννηθείς εκρύβη τρίμηνον υπό των πατέρων αυτού διότι είδον αστείον το παιδίον και ουκ εφοβήθησαν το διάταγμα του βασιλέως

James 4:3

KJV: Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss that ye may consume upon your lusts
GK: αιτείτε και ου λαμβάνετε διότι κακώς αιτείσθε ίνα εν ταις ηδοναίς υμών δαπανήσητε

1 Peter 1:16

KJV: Because it is written Be ye holy for I am holy
GK: διότι γέγραπται άγιοι γένεσθε ότι εγώ άγιός ειμι

1 Peter 1:24

KJV: For all flesh as grass and all the glory of man as the flower of grass The grass withereth and the flower thereof falleth away
GK: διότι πάσα σαρξ ως χόρτος και πάσα δόξα ανθρώπου ως άνθος χόρτου εξηράνθη ο χόρτος και το άνθος αυτού εξέπεσε
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