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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

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

525 total
  1. 1 Corinthians 10:10τινὲς · some
    And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
  2. 1 Corinthians 10:19τί · anything; τί · anything
    Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
  3. 1 Corinthians 10:27τις · an
    If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.
  4. 1 Corinthians 10:28τις · someone
    But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—
  5. 1 Corinthians 10:31τι · whatever
    So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
  6. 1 Corinthians 11:16τις · anyone
    If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.
  7. 1 Corinthians 11:18τι · it
    First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
  8. 1 Corinthians 11:34τις · anyone
    If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.
  9. 1 Corinthians 14:24τις · an
    But if an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all,
  10. 1 Corinthians 14:27τις · anyone
    If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.
  11. 1 Corinthians 14:35τι · something
    If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.
  12. 1 Corinthians 14:37τις · anyone
    If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is the Lord’s command.
  13. 1 Corinthians 14:38τις · anyone
    But if anyone ignores this, he himself will be ignored.
  14. 1 Corinthians 15:6τινὲς · some
    After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.
  15. 1 Corinthians 15:12τινες · {can} some
    But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
  16. 1 Corinthians 15:34τινες · some [ of you ]
    Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
  17. 1 Corinthians 15:35τις · someone
    But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”
  18. 1 Corinthians 15:37τινος · something
    And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.
  19. 1 Corinthians 16:7τινὰ · some
    For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
  20. 1 Corinthians 16:11τις · one
    No one, then, should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he can return to me, for I am expecting him along with the brothers.
  21. 1 Corinthians 16:22τις · anyone
    If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
  22. 2 Corinthians 2:5τις · anyone
    Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.
  23. 2 Corinthians 2:10τι; τι · anything
    If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,
  24. 2 Corinthians 3:1τινες · some [people]
    Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
  25. 2 Corinthians 3:5τι · anything
    Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
  26. 2 Corinthians 5:17τις · anyone
    Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
  27. 2 Corinthians 7:14τι · by anything
    Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.
  28. 2 Corinthians 8:20τις · any
    We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this generous gift.
  29. 2 Corinthians 10:2τινας · [those]
    I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.
  30. 2 Corinthians 10:7τις · anyone
    You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.
  31. 2 Corinthians 10:8τι · somewhat
    For even if I boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.
  32. 2 Corinthians 10:12τισιν · some
    We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.
  33. 2 Corinthians 11:1τι · a
    I hope you will put up with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.
  34. 2 Corinthians 11:16τίς · one; τι · a
    I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
  35. 2 Corinthians 11:20τις · anyone who; τις; τις; τις; τις
    In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.
  36. 2 Corinthians 11:21τις · anyone else
    To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.
  37. 2 Corinthians 12:6τις · [no one]; τι
    Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,
  38. 2 Corinthians 12:17τινα · anyone
    Did I exploit you by anyone I sent you?
  39. 2 Corinthians 13:8τι · anything
    For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.
  40. Galatians 1:7τινές · some
    …which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.
  41. Galatians 1:9τις · anyone
    As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!
  42. Galatians 2:6τι
    But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—those leaders added nothing to me.