ΠΑΡΑΙΤΙΑΝ, παραιτιαν
PARAITIAN, paraitian
Sounds Like: pah-rah-ee-TEE-ahn
Translations: cause, reason, pretext, an excuse
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΙΤΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a cause, reason, or pretext for something. It can also mean an excuse or a ground for blame. It is often used to explain the underlying reason or justification for an action or event.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3848 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 3:87
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΙΤΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΙΑ — pretext, excuse, a pretext, an excuse, occasion, cause
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