The Greek word “dioti”

Scattered throughout the New Testament, the Greek conjunction “dioti” means “because,” “therefore,” “for,” “on this account” depending on what an author was saying.  In clauses designed to substantiate a statement, the meaning is “because.”  At “the beginning of a clause where an inference is drawn it means therefore” (Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament, 1:336).

This term occurs most frequently in the book of Acts (10:20; 13:35; 17:31; 18:10; 20:26; 22:18).  Other occurrences of this conjunction may be found in 1 Cor. 15:9; Gal. 2:16; Phil. 2:26; 1 Thess. 2:8; Heb. 11:5, 23; 1 Pet. 1:16, 24; 2:6.