διότι dioti

Greek word for “because” · Strong’s G1360 · used 23 times in 22 verses

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Meaning

δι-ότι, conjunct., for διὰ τοῦτο, ὅτι (Lat.

How it is translated

Glosses given for dioti in context, with how often each is used:

• because 17
• therefore 5
• for 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Romans 1 (2), 1 Thessalonians 2 (2), Hebrews 11 (2), 1 Peter 1 (2), Luke 1 (1), Luke 2 (1), Luke 21 (1), Acts 13 (1), Acts 18 (1), Acts 20 (1)

Forms

• διότι 23

Words used with it

Words that share verses with dioti more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• σάρξ sarx “flesh” 3
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 4
• γεννάω gennaō “to beget” 2
• φοβέω phobeō “to fear” 2
• καλέω kaleō “to call” 2
• νόμος nomos “law” 2
• πίστις pistis “faith” 2
• περί peri “about” 2
• υἱός uhios “son” 2
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 2

Key verses

The verses using dioti that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Luke 1:13 — 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.
• Acts 18:10 — For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
• Acts 20:26 — Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
• Romans 1:21 — Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was…
• Romans 3:20 — Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
• Romans 8:7 — Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
• 1 Corinthians 15:9 — For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
• Philippians 2:26 — For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:6 — That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
• James 4:3 — Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
• 1 Peter 1:24 — For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
• 1 Peter 2:6 — Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.