#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, BBG 4th ed. ch. 8, pp. 67–78 (vocab)
- Smyth §2577
Mounce pages are the 4th edition (2019 hardcover). Smyth 1920 is public domain. Hildebrandt pages follow the free 2019 CLI PDF.