ἵνα

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.