# G156 αἰτία

αἰτία (aitía), Strong’s G156: a cause (as if asked for), i.e. (logical) reason (motive, matter), (legal) crime (alleged or proved) KJV: accusation, case, cause, crime, fault, (wh-)ere(-fore). Occurs…

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*aitía* — a cause (as if asked for), i.e. (logical) reason (motive, matter), (legal) crime (alleged or proved)

KJV: accusation, case, cause, crime, fault, (wh-)ere(-fore)

Derived from [αἰτέω aitéō](https://besorah.bible/word/G154) (to ask)

Occurs 41 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 19:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/19?v=3) — Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
- [Matthew 19:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/19?v=10) — His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”
- [Matthew 27:37](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/27?v=37) — They set up over his head the accusation against him written, “THIS IS YESHUA, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
- [Mark 15:26](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/15?v=26) — The superscription of his accusation was written over him: “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
- [Luke 8:47](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/8?v=47) — When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling; and falling down before him declared to him in the…
- [John 18:38](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/18?v=38) — Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” When he had said this, he went out again to the Judeans, and said to them, “I find…
- [John 19:4](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/19?v=4) — Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis…
- [John 19:6](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/19?v=6) — When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify!” Pilate said to…
- [Acts 10:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/10?v=21) — Peter went down to the men, and said, “Behold, I am he whom you seek. Why have you come?”
- [Acts 13:28](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/13?v=28) — Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.