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ἵνα

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greekNew TestamentConjunction669 occurrences26 books626 verses

Definition

ἵνα,

I. adverb (poët., Hom., al.),

1. of place, where, whither.

2. of circumstance, when.

II. Conjunction,

1. prop., final, denoting purpose or end (cl.), that, in order that, usually the first word in the clause, but sometimes (cl. also) preceded by an emphatic word (Acts 19:4, Romans 11:31 (?), Galatians 2:10, al.);

(a) with optative (so in cl. after historic tenses): after a pres., Ephesians 1:17 (but WH, mg., subjc.; see Burton, §225, Rem., 2);

(b) with subjc.: after a pres., Mark 4:21, Luke 6:34, John 3:15, Acts 2:25, Romans 1:11, al.; after a pf., Matthew 1:22, John 5:23, 1 Corinthians 9:22, al.; after an imperat. (present or aor.), Matthew 7:1, Mark 11:25, John 10:38, 1 Corinthians 7:5, al.; after a delib. subjc., Mark 1:38, al.; after a fut., Luke 16:4, John 14:3, 1 Corinthians 15:28, al.; after historic tenses (where optative in cl.; WM, 359f.; M, Pr., 196f.), Mark 6:41 (impf.), John 4:8 (plpf.), Mark 3:14 (aor.), al.;

(with) in late writers (M, Pr., 35; Burton, §§198, 199), with indic., fut: Luke 20:10, 1 Peter 3:1, al.;

(d) as often in eccl. writers (Thayer, see word), with indic. pres.: 1 Corinthians 4:6, Galatians 4:17, al. (?; but V. Burton, §198, Rem.);

(e) εἰς (διὰ) τοῦτο, ἵνα: John 18:37, 1 Timothy 1:16, al.; τούτου χάριν, Titus 1:5;

(f) elliptical constructions: omission of the principal verb, John 1:8, 2 Thessalonians 3:9, 1 John 2:19, al.; of the final verb, Romans 4:16, 2 Corinthians 8:13, al.

2. In late writers, definitive, = inf. (WM, 420; Bl, §69, 1), that;

(a) after verbs of wishing, caring, striving, etc.: θέλω, Matthew 7:12, al.; ζητῶ, 1 Corinthians 4:2; 14:12; ζηλόω, 1 Corinthians 14:1, al.;

(b) after verbs of saying, asking, exhorting: εἰπεῖν, Matthew 4:3, al.; ἐρωτῶ, Mark 7:26, al.; παρακαλῶ, Matthew 14:36, 1 Corinthians 1:10, al., etc.;

(with) after words expressing expediency, etc.: συμφέρει, Matthew 18:6, John 11:50, al.; ἱκανός, Matthew 8:8, Luke 7:6; χρείαν ἔχω, John 2:25, al, etc.;

(d) after substantives, adding further definition: ὥρα, John 12:23; 13:1; χρόνος, Revelation 2:21; συνήθεια, John 18:39; μισθός, 1 Corinthians 9:18.

3. In late writers, ecbatic, denoting the result, = ὥστε, that, so that (M, Pr., 206ff.; WM, 572; Bl., §69, 3; Burton, §223): Romans 11:11, 1 Corinthians 7:29, 1 Thessalonians 5:4, al. (but see Thayer, see word); so with the formula referring to the fulfilment of prophecy, ἵνα πληρωθῇ, Matthew 1:22; 2:14, John 13:18, al.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἵνα:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

669 total
  1. Mark 4:12ἵνα · so that
    …so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”
  2. Mark 4:21ἵνα · to; ἵνα
    Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?
  3. Mark 4:22ἵνα · that; ἵνα · that
    For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be brought to light.
  4. Mark 5:10ἵνα
    And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.
  5. Mark 5:12ἵνα · so that
    So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”
  6. Mark 5:18ἵνα · to
    As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed by the demons begged to go with Him.
  7. Mark 5:23ἵνα · [Please]; ἵνα · so that
    …and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”
  8. Mark 5:43ἵνα · that
    Then Jesus gave strict orders that no one should know about this, and He told them to give her something to eat.
  9. Mark 6:8ἵνα · to
    He instructed them to take nothing but a staff for the journey—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—
  10. Mark 6:12ἵνα · that
    So they set out and preached that the people should repent.
  11. Mark 6:25ἵνα
    At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”
  12. Mark 6:36ἵνα · so
    Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”
  13. Mark 6:41ἵνα · to
    Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.
  14. Mark 6:56ἵνα
    And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
  15. Mark 7:9ἵνα · to
    He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.
  16. Mark 7:26ἵνα
    Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
  17. Mark 7:32ἵνα
    Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.
  18. Mark 7:36ἵνα
    Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.
  19. Mark 8:6ἵνα
    And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they distributed them to the crowd.
  20. Mark 8:22ἵνα · to
    When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
  21. Mark 8:30ἵνα
    And Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about Him.
  22. Mark 9:9ἵνα
    As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus admonished them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
  23. Mark 9:12ἵνα · that
    He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?
  24. Mark 9:18ἵνα · to
    Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”
  25. Mark 9:22ἵνα · trying
    “It often throws him into the fire or into the water, trying to kill him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
  26. Mark 9:30ἵνα
    Going on from there, they passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know,
  27. Mark 10:13ἵνα · for
    Now people were bringing the little children to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them, and the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
  28. Mark 10:17ἵνα · to
    As Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. “Good Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
  29. Mark 10:35ἵνα
    Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and declared, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask.”
  30. Mark 10:37ἵνα · that
    They answered, “Grant that one of us may sit at Your right hand and the other at Your left in Your glory.”
  31. Mark 10:48ἵνα · to
    Many people admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
  32. Mark 10:51ἵνα
    “What do you want Me to do for you?” Jesus asked. “Rabboni,” said the blind man, “let me see again.”
  33. Mark 11:16ἵνα
    And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.
  34. Mark 11:25ἵνα · so that
    And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”
  35. Mark 11:28ἵνα · to
    “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You the authority to do them?”
  36. Mark 12:2ἵνα · to
    At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.
  37. Mark 12:13ἵνα · to
    Later, they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to catch Jesus in His words.
  38. Mark 12:15ἵνα · to
    But Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to inspect.”
  39. Mark 12:19ἵνα
    “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
  40. Mark 13:18ἵνα · that
    Pray that this will not occur in the winter.
  41. Mark 13:34ἵνα · to
    It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.
  42. Mark 14:10ἵνα · to
    Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.
  43. Mark 14:12ἵνα · for
    On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
  44. Mark 14:35ἵνα · that
    Going a little farther, He fell to the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from Him.
  45. Mark 14:38ἵνα · so that
    Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
  46. Mark 14:49ἵνα · [this has happened] that
    Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me. But this has happened that the Scriptures would be fulfilled.”
  47. Mark 15:11ἵνα · to
    But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.