αἴτιον

aítios

guilt

One who is responsible for, the cause or source (of something); one who brings something about, whether in a positive or negative sense. In extended contexts, denotes a person or thing that is the originator, agent, or reason for an occurrence or state, including both direct (active) and indirect (permissive or enabling) causation.

G159

Luke 23:14 · Word #25

Lexicon G159

Lemmaαἴτιος
Transliterationaítios
Strong'sG159
DefinitionOne who is responsible for, the cause or source (of something); one who brings something about, whether in a positive or negative sense. In extended contexts, denotes a person or thing that is the originator, agent, or reason for an occurrence or state, including both direct (active) and indirect (permissive or enabling) causation.

Morphology ADJ.S ACC N SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech ADJ.S — Substantive Adjective — An adjective functioning as a noun
Case ACC — Accusative — Direct object or extent
Gender N — Neuter — Grammatical neuter
Number SG — Singular — One

Common Translation

Phraseguilt
Literalcause

Lexical Info

Lemmaαἴτιος
Strong'sG159

SIBI-P1 Translation G159-01

causative factor

Morphological NotesSubstantive adjective; accusative, neuter, singular (Gr,NS,,,,ANS,) functioning as a noun: "that which is responsible/cause."
Rendering RationaleThe neuter accusative singular substantive adjective denotes "that which is responsible" or "that which brings something about." "Causative factor" preserves the root sense of responsibility and origination without importing contextual nuance.

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