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τις

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greekNew Testament525 occurrences27 books481 verses

Definition

τις, neut., τι, genitive, τινός,

enclitic indefinite pron., related to interrog. τίς as πού, πως, ποτέ to ποῦ, πῶς, πότε.

I. As subst.,

1. one, a certain one: Luke 9:49, John 11:1, Acts 5:25, al.; pl., τίνες, certain, some: Luke 13:1, Acts 15:1, Romans 3:8, al.

2. someone, anyone, something, anything: Matthew 12:29, Mark 9:30, Luke 8:46, John 2:25, Acts 17:25, Romans 5:7, al.; = indef., one (French on), Mark 8:4, John 2:25, Romans 8:24, al.; pl., τινες, some, Mark 14:4, al.

II. II. As adj.,

1. a certain: Matthew 18:12, Luke 1:5; 8:27, Acts 3:2, al.; with proper names, Mark 15:21, Luke 23:26, al.; with genitive partit., Luke 7:19, al.

2. some: Mrk.16:[8], John 5:14, Acts 17:21; 24:24, Hebrews 11:40, al.

Hebrew words it translates

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

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

525 total
  1. Acts 28:21τις · {have} any; τι · anything
    The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.
  2. Romans 1:11τι · some
    For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
  3. Romans 1:13τινὰ · a
    I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
  4. Romans 3:3τινες · some
    What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?
  5. Romans 3:8τινες · some
    Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
  6. Romans 5:7τις · will anyone; τις · someone
    Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
  7. Romans 8:9τις · anyone
    You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
  8. Romans 8:39τις · anything
    …neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  9. Romans 9:11τι · anything
    Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
  10. Romans 11:14τινὰς · some
    …in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
  11. Romans 11:17τινες · some
    Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,
  12. Romans 13:9τις · any
    The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
  13. Romans 14:14τι · something
    I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
  14. Romans 15:18τι · of anything
    I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
  15. Romans 15:26τινὰ · a
    For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
  16. 1 Corinthians 1:15τις · one
    …so no one can say that you were baptized into my name.
  17. 1 Corinthians 1:16τινα · anyone
    Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.
  18. 1 Corinthians 2:2τι
    For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
  19. 1 Corinthians 3:4τις · one [of you]
    For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
  20. 1 Corinthians 3:7τι · anything
    So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
  21. 1 Corinthians 3:12τις · anyone
    If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
  22. 1 Corinthians 3:14τινος
    If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.
  23. 1 Corinthians 3:15τινος · [it]
    If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.
  24. 1 Corinthians 3:17τις · anyone
    If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
  25. 1 Corinthians 3:18τις · any
    Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
  26. 1 Corinthians 4:2τις
    Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
  27. 1 Corinthians 4:5τι · nothing
    Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
  28. 1 Corinthians 4:18τινες · Some [of you]
    Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
  29. 1 Corinthians 5:1τινα · A man
    It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.
  30. 1 Corinthians 5:11τις · anyone
    But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
  31. 1 Corinthians 6:1τις · [If] any
    If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!
  32. 1 Corinthians 6:11τινες · some [of]
    And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
  33. 1 Corinthians 6:12τινος · anything
    “Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.
  34. 1 Corinthians 7:12τις · a
    To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
  35. 1 Corinthians 7:13τις · a
    And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.
  36. 1 Corinthians 7:18τις · {Was} a man; τις · {Was} a man
    Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.
  37. 1 Corinthians 7:36τις · someone
    However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.
  38. 1 Corinthians 8:2τις · The one who; τι · something
    The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
  39. 1 Corinthians 8:3τις · the one who
    But the one who loves God is known by God.
  40. 1 Corinthians 8:7τινὲς · Some
    But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
  41. 1 Corinthians 8:10τις · someone
    For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?
  42. 1 Corinthians 9:12τινα
    If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
  43. 1 Corinthians 9:22τινὰς · some
    To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
  44. 1 Corinthians 10:7τινες · some
    Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”
  45. 1 Corinthians 10:8τινες · some
    We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
  46. 1 Corinthians 10:9τινες · some
    We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.