G159
G159 — αἴτιος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
aitios (ai'-tee-os) adj.
1. causative
2. (concretely) a causer (i.e. initiator)
[of the same uncertain derivation as G154]
KJV: author
See also: G154, G155, G156
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
author
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
αἴτιος, , , that in which the cause of anything resides, causative, causing. Hence,
1. ὁ αἴτιος the author: σωτηρίας, Heb 5:9 (the same phrase is frequent in secular writings; cf. the opposite αἴτιος τῆς ἀπωλείας in Bel and the Dragon, verse ; τῶν κακῶν, 2Ma 13:4; Lucian, Tim. 36, Lipsius edition; τῶν ἀγαθῶν, Isocr. ad Phil. 49, p. 106 a.; cf. Bleek on Heb. vol. 2:2, p. 94f.).
2. τό αἴτιον equivalent to ἡ αἰτία; cause: Act 19:40 (cf. Buttmann, 400 (342) n.).
b. crime, offence: Luk 23:4; Luk 23:14; Luk 23:22. (αἴτιος culprit.) (See αἰτία, 3.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
αἴτιος (author)
Hebrews 5:9
- KJV: And being made perfect he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him
- GK: και τελειωθείς εγένετο τοις υπακούουσιν αυτώ πάσιν αίτιος σωτηρίας αιωνίου