#15 · 1,297× in the NT · conjunction

ὅτι

that, because

History

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In the NT

  • ὅτι τὸν υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν

    that he gave the only Son

    John 3:16 · dictionary form

  • ὅτι ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν

    because he who comes after me has become before me

    John 1:15 · because

  • λέγει ὅτι προφήτης ἐστίν

    he says that he is a prophet

    John 9:17 · that

Morphology

Subordinating conjunction · indeclinable

Introduces a content clause after verbs of saying/knowing, or a causal clause ('because').

Two main jobs: ‘that’ (content after verbs of saying/knowing) and ‘because’. It does not take a special mood by itself — look at the verb that follows.

Further reading

Mounce pages are the 4th edition (2019 hardcover). Smyth 1920 is public domain. Hildebrandt pages follow the free 2019 CLI PDF.