The meaning of “ὅτι”
Understanding hóti reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
neuter of ὅστις as conjunction as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though,...
ὅτι
neuter of ὅστις as conjunction as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why. - demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant) - causative, because
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 15:17 | “Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?” Word: ὅτι (hóti) | |
| Romans 7:21 | “I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.” Word: ὅτι (hóti) | |
| Philippians 2:22 | “But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.” Word: ὅτι (hóti) | |
| 2 Timothy 1:16 | “The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:” Word: ὅτι (hóti) | |
| 1 Peter 3:18 | “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:” Word: ὅτι (hóti) |