διότι

δι-ότι , conjunct., for διὰ τοῦτο, ὅτι (Lat. propterea quod),

because: Luk 1,13; 2,7; 21,28, ApG 13,35; 18,10; 20,26; 22,18, Rom 1,19, 21; 3,20; 8,7, 21, 1 Kor 15,9, Fil 2,26, 1 Thess 2,8, 18 (Lft., Notes, 37) 1 Thess 4,6, Hebr 11,5, 23, Jak 4,3, 1 Pet 1,16; 1,24; 2,6. It is usually stronger than ὅτι, but sometimes, as in Luk 1,13, Rom 1,19, 1 Thess 2,18, approximates to MGr. sense, for; cf. Milligan, Th., l.with†