Vocabulary Form
ὅτι
Definition

that, since, because

Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
1296
GK
4022
Mnemonics

I like hot tea because ...

Mnemonic Singing

Lord, I would clasp thy hand in mine,
nor ever murmur nor repine;
content, whatever lot I see,
since 'tis my God that leadeth me.

Song
Verse

“How can the scribes say ὅτι that the Messiah is the son of David?” (Mark 12:35)

“After me comes a man who is greater than I, ὅτι he existed before me.” (John 1:30)

“If someone says, ‘I love God,‘ yet hates his brother, he is a liar.” (1 John 4:20)

Notes

ὅτι can also act as quotation marks. Our text capitalizes the first word in what the editors feel is a quotation; in these cases they are expecting you to view ὅτι as quotation marks.

Biblical Concordance

John 9:22 His parents said this because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be the Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.
John 9:23 For this reason his parents said, “He is an adult, ask him.”
John 9:24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give the glory to God! We know that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) this man is a sinner.”
John 9:25 He replied, “Whether or not he is a sinner, I do not know. One thing I do know: whereas I used to be blind, I now see.”
John 9:29 We know that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) God has spoken to Moses, but as for this fellow, we do not even know where he comes from.”
John 9:30 The man responded to them, saying, “This is an amazing thing, that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) you do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes!
John 9:31 We know that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.
John 9:32 Not since time began has it been heard that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind.
John 9:35 Jesus heard that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
John 9:41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now you are saying, ‘We can see,’ so your guilt remains.
John 10:4 When he has brought out all his own, he walks on ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) they know his voice.
John 10:5 They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) they do not know the voice of strangers.”
John 10:7 So Jesus said once again, “I tell you the solemn truth, I am the gate for the sheep.
John 10:13 He does this because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) he is simply a hired hand and has no real concern for the sheep.
John 10:17 Therefore the Father loves me, because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) I lay down my life in order that I may take it back again.
John 10:26 But you do not believe because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) you are not part of my flock.
John 10:33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a noble work that we intend to stone you but for blasphemy; it is because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) you, a mere man, are making yourself God.”
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’?
John 10:36 do you say regarding the one whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
John 10:38 but if I am doing them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may come to know and be certain that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) the Father is in me and that I am in the Father.”
John 10:41 Many people came to him and were saying, “John performed no miraculous sign, but everything he said about this man was true!”
John 11:6 So when he heard that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) Lazarus was ill, he stayed where he was for two more days.
John 11:9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in a day? If a person walks during the day, he will not stumble, because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) he sees the light of this world.
John 11:10 But if someone walks during the night, he will stumble, because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) the light is not in him.”
John 11:13 Jesus, however, had been speaking of his death, but they thought that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) he was speaking about sleep in the sense of slumber.