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Strong's #157 - αἰτίαμα
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- to accuse, bring a charge against, complaint
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αἰτί-ᾱμα, ατος, τό,
charge, accusation, λαβεῖν ἐπ' αἰτιάματί τινα A. Pr. 196, cf. 257, Th. 5.72.
αἰτίαμα, (τος, τό, see αἰτίωμα.
STRONGS NT 157: αἰτίωμα αἰτίωμα, (τος, τό (αἰτιάομαι); in Acts 25:7 the reading of the best manuscripts adopted by G L T Tr WH for Rec. αἰτίαμα: accusation, charge of guilt. (A form not found in other writings; (yet Meyer notes αἰτίωσις for αἰτίασις, Eustathius, p. 1422, 21; see Buttmann, 73; WH's Appendix, p. 166).)
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*† αἰτίωμα
(Rec. αἰτίαμα , the usual form; v. MM, VGT, s.v.), -τος , τό
(< αἰτιάομαι , αἰτία ),
a charge, accusation: Acts 25:7.†
αἰτίαμα , -τος , τό , see αἰτίωμα .
Acts 25:7 αιτιωματα Var. αιτιαματα
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So in Acts 25:7 (all uncials), hitherto without external parallel : the confusion between -αω and -οω forms recalls ἡσσᾶσθαι and (Ion.) ἑσσοῦσθαι. It is now supported by P Fay 111.8 (A.D. 95–6) ( = Selections, p. 66) ὁ ̣ [ὀν ]ηλάτης τὼ αἰτίωμα περιεπύησε, ";the donkey-driver shifted the blame from himself."; The generally illiterate character of the document somewhat discounts the value of its evidence.
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