Word Origin
from dia and hoti
Definition
on the very account that, because, inasmuch as
NASB Translation
because (14), therefore (2).

STRONGS NT 1360: διότι

διότι, conjunction, equivalent to διά τοῦτο, ὅτι;

1. on this account that, because, (cf. Winer's Grammar, 445 (415)): Luke 2:7; Luke 21:28; Acts (, where R G διό); Rec.; T WH Tr marginal reading; ; 1 Corinthians 15:9; Galatians 2:16 (L T Tr WH ὅτι); Philippians 2:26; 1 Thessalonians 2:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:6; Hebrews 11:5, 23; James 4:3; 1 Peter 1:16, 24; 1 Peter 2:6 (Rec. διά καί).

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

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