G0156
αἰτία
cause/charge
αἰτία, -ας, ἡ, [in LXX: Gen.4:13 (עָוֹן), Pro.28:17 (עָשַׁק), and frequently in Wi, II, III Mac ;] __1. cause, reason, occasion, case: Mat.19:3, Luk.8:47, Act.10:21 22:24 28:20, 2Ti.1:6,12, Tit.1:13, Heb.2:11 ; εἰ οὕτως ἐστιν ἡ αἰ. (cf. Lat. si ita res se habet, and see MM. VGT, see word), Mat.19:10. __2. In forensic sense, __(a) accusation: Act.25:18,27; __(b) cause for punishment, crime: Mat.27:37, Mrk.15:26, Jhn.18:38 19:4,6, Act.13:28 23:28 28:18. † SYN.: ἔλεγχος, a charge, whether moral or judicial, which has been proven, αἰ. is an accusation simply, false or true. (AS)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
αἰτία — aitía
αἰτία, (ας, ἡ;
1. cause, reason: Act 10:21; Act 22:24; Act 28:20; κατά πᾶσαν αἰτίαν for every cause, Mat 19:3; δἰ ἥν αἰτίαν for which cause, wherefore, Luk 8:47; 2Ti 1:6; 2Ti 1:12; Tit 1:13; Heb 2:11; cf. Grimm on 2Ma 4:28.
2. cause for which one is worthy of punishment; crime of which one is accused: Mat 27:37; Mar 15:26; Joh 18:38; Joh 19:4 (6; Act 23:28); αἰτία θανάτου (A. V. cause of death) crime deserving the punishment of death, Act 13:28; Act 28:18.
3. charge of crime, accusation: Act 25:18; Act 25:27. (All these meanings are in secular writings also; (but Liddell and Scott now make meaning 3 the primary one).) In Mat 19:10 the words εἰ οὕτως ἐστιν ἡ αἰτία τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μετά τήν γυναικός find a simple explanation in a Latinism (causa equivalent tores:si ita res se habet, etc.) if the case of the man with his wife is so.
20 occurrences
Matthew (3), Mark (1), Luke (1), John (3), Acts (8), II Timothy (2), Titus (1), Hebrews (1)