Quick Definition
αἴτιον, ου, τό n.n. cause, crime
Strong's Definition
a reason or crime (like G156 (αἰτία))
Derivation: neuter of G159 (αἴτιος);
KJV Usage: cause, fault
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ία, -ον | αἰτία · αἴτιον · αἰτίωμα · ἀναίτιος · προαιτιάομαι
89.15 · Relations · Cause and/or Reason
reason, cause, source, because of reason or cause for an event or state
89.15 · Relations · Cause and/or Reason
Collocation: αἴτιον
reason, cause, source, because of reason or cause for an event or state
88.315 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Sin, Wrongdoing, Guilt
guilt, wrongdoing, reason for condemning guilt as a basis or reason for condemnation
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
αἴτιος, -a, τὸν, that in which the cause of anything resides, causative, causing. Hence 1. 6 αἴτιος the author: σωτηρίας, Heb. v. 9 (the same phrase is freq. in prof. writ.; cf. the opp. ai. τῆς ἀπωλείας in Bel and the Dragon vs. 41; τῶν κακῶν, 2 Mace. xiii. 4; Leian. Tim. 36 ed. Lips.; τῶν ἀγαθῶν, Isocr. ad Phil. 49 p. 106 a.; cf. Bleek on Heb. vol. ii. 2, p. 94 sq.). 2. τὸ v4 atL@p αἴτιον i. q. ἡ αἰτία; a. cause: Acts xix. 40 [ef. B. 400 (342) n.]. Ὁ. crime, offence: Lk. xxiii. 4, 14, 22. (αἴτιος culprit.) [See αἰτία, 8.1
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
αἴτιος aitios 5x
causative; αἴτιος, an author or causer, Heb. 5:9; τὸ αἴτιον, equivalent to αἰτία
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* αἴτιον, -ου, τό, v.s. αἴτιος.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
αἴτιος. For the absolute use = ‘‘ guilty,” cf. BGU II. 6512° (A.D. 192) and P. Flor I. οὐδέν (a.p. 255) πρὸς τοὺς φανησομένους αἰτίους : so P Tebt II. 330! (ii/a.p.) πρὸς τὸ φανέντος τινὸς αἰτ[ίο]υ péviv μοι τὸν Ady[oly, ‘if any one is proved to be the culprit, he may be held accountable to me” (Edd.), 74. 333! (A.D. 21€), etc. A more neutral sense, “responsible,” occurs three times in the Revenue Papyrus (B.c. 259-8), where sundry officials ‘‘ shall, each of them who is responsible (ἕκαστος τῶν αἰτίων), pay a fine to the Treasury,” if on inspection it appears that the proper acreage has not been sown. It is used wholly 27 donam partem in Heb 5°, with which cf. Diodorus Siculus iv. 82 αἴτιος éyéveto τῆς σωτηρίας. For the dependent genitive cf. also Syll 737°° (ii/A.D.) ὃ αἵτιος γενόμενος τῆς μάχης. The Lukan use of the neuter = ‘‘ cause,” shading into ‘ crime,” may be illustrated from P Hib I. 7338 (B.c. 243-2) ὅπως εἰδηις εἶναι] αἴτιον Tod μὴ γενέσθαι τῶι Δω[ρίωνι ἀπόδοσιν τὴν] Π]Πάτρωνος βίαν, “the reason. . . is the violence of P.” (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
αἴτιον (aition) — reason for charge. αἴτι-ος, α, ον, more rarely ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— culpable, responsible, ἐπεὶ οὔ τί μοι αἴτιοί εἰσιν[Refs 8th c.BC+]: comparative αἰτιώτερος[Refs 5th c.BC+] the most guilty, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. substantive, αἴτιος, ὁ, the accused, the culprit, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ αἴ. τοῦ πατρός they who have sinned against my father, [Refs]:—with genitive of things, οἱ αἴ. τοῦ φόνου[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. responsible for, with genitive of things, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἴτιός τινός τινι being the cause of a thing to a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, αἴ. τὸν ἠέρα ξηρὸν εἶναι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative, τοῦ.. ἐλευθέραν εἶναι.. αἰτιώτερον[Refs 4th c.BC+] mainly instrumental in causing the sea-fight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. αἴτιον, τό, cause, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί ποτ᾽ οὖν ἐστι τὸ αἴτιον τό.. μηδένα εἰπεῖ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]