For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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ὅτι
Vocabulary form:
o{ti
Definition:
that, since, because
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
1,296
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.
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:
o{ti 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 o{ti as quotation marks.
Biblical Concordance
| Matthew 11:25 | At that time Jesus declared, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) you have hidden these things from the wise and clever and revealed them to little children; |
| Matthew 11:26 | yes, Father, for (hoti | ὅτι | conj) such was your gracious will. |
| Matthew 11:29 | Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for (hoti | ὅτι | conj) I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. |
| Matthew 12:5 | Or have you not read in the law that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are not guilty? |
| Matthew 12:6 | But I say to you that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) something greater than the temple is here. |
| Matthew 12:36 | But I say to you that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every careless word they speak. |
| Matthew 12:41 | The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for (hoti | ὅτι | conj) they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and look, something greater than Jonah is here! |
| Matthew 12:42 | The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and look, something greater than Solomon is here! |
| Matthew 13:11 | He answered them, saying, “Because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. |
| Matthew 13:13 | This is why I speak to them in parables, because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) seeing they do not see and hearing they do not hear nor do they understand. |
| Matthew 13:16 | But blessed are your eyes, because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) they see, and your ears, because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) they hear. |
| Matthew 13:17 | I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see the things you are seeing but did not see them, and to hear the things you are hearing but did not hear them. |
| Matthew 14:5 | And though Herod wanted to put him to death, he feared the people because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) they considered him to be a prophet. |
| Matthew 14:26 | When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were frightened and said, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out in fear. |
| Matthew 15:12 | Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) the Pharisees were offended when they heard what you said?” |
| Matthew 15:17 | Do you not understand that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) everything that goes into the mouth passes through the stomach and is expelled into the latrine? |
| Matthew 15:23 | But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, “Send her away, because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) she keeps shouting after us.” |
| Matthew 15:32 | Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint from exhaustion on the way.” |
| Matthew 16:7 | And they began to discuss this among themselves, saying, “It is because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) we brought no bread.” |
| Matthew 16:8 | But when Jesus became aware of this, he said, “O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) you have no bread? |
| Matthew 16:11 | How is it that you do not understand that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) I was not speaking about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” |
| Matthew 16:12 | Then they understood that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) he had not told them to beware of the leaven of bread but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. |
| Matthew 16:17 | And Jesus responded, saying to him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven. |
| Matthew 16:18 | And I say to you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. |
| Matthew 16:20 | Then he ordered his disciples to tell no one that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) he was the Messiah |
| Matthew 16:21 | From that time Jesus began to explain to his disciples that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and ruling priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. |
| Matthew 16:23 | But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my way, because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) you are not thinking the thoughts of God but those of men.” |
| Matthew 16:28 | I tell you the truth, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom. |
| Matthew 17:10 | And the disciples asked him, saying, “Why then do the scribes say that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) Elijah must come first?” |
| Matthew 17:12 | And I tell you that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) Elijah has come already, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.” |
| Matthew 17:13 | Then the disciples understood that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) he had spoken to them about John the Baptist. |
| Matthew 17:15 | and said, “Lord, take pity on my son, because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) he is an epileptic and suffers terribly; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. |
| Matthew 18:10 | “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. |
| Matthew 18:13 | And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. |
| Matthew 18:19 | “Again, I tell you the truth, if two of you on earth are in agreement about anything whatever you may ask, it will be done for you by my Father who is in heaven. |
| Matthew 19:4 | He answered, saying, “Have you not read that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) he who created them from the beginning ‘made them male and female?’” |
| Matthew 19:8 | Jesus replied “Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts; but it was not that way from the beginning. |
| Matthew 19:9 | But I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.” |
| Matthew 19:23 | And Jesus said to his disciples, “I tell you the truth, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. |
| Matthew 19:28 | Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) in the new age, when the Son of Man is seated on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. |
| Matthew 20:7 | They said to him, ‘Because (hoti | ὅτι | conj) no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’ |
| Matthew 20:10 | When those who were hired first came, they thought they would receive more; but they also each received a denarius. |
| Matthew 20:15 | Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’ |
| Matthew 20:25 | But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their leaders exercise authority over them. |
| Matthew 20:30 | Two blind men were sitting beside the road, and when they heard that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) Jesus was passing by they cried out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” |
| Matthew 21:3 | If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, ‘The Lord has need of them.’ And he will send them at once.” |
| Matthew 21:16 | and they said to him, “Do you hear what they are saying?” “Yes,” replied Jesus, “but have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have brought forth praise’?” |
| Matthew 21:31 | Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will enter the kingdom of God before you! |
| Matthew 21:43 | Therefore I tell you that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.” |
| Matthew 21:45 | When the ruling priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that (hoti | ὅτι | conj) he was speaking about them. |
Mnemonics
Since that hot tea is hot it
Since that hot tea is hot it will burn your mouth because it's a hot tea.
If you are haughty, drink
If you are haughty, drink some hot tea.