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τίς

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greekNew Testament568 occurrences20 books512 verses

Definition

τίς, neut., τί, genitive, τίνος, interrog. pron., [in LXX for מָה ,מִי ;] in masc. and fem.,

who, which, what?; in neut., which, what?, used both in direct and in indirect questions.

I. I. As subst.,

1. 1. masc., fem.: τίς; who, what?, Matthew 3:7; 26:68; Mark 11:28, Luke 9:9, al. mult.; with genitive partit., Acts 7:52, Hebrews 1:5, al; before ἐκ (= genitive partit.), Matthew 6:27, Luke 14:28, John 8:46; = ποῖος, Mark 4:41; 6:2, Luke 19:3, Acts 17:19, al.; = πότερος (M, Pr., 77), Matthew 21:31; 27:17, Luke 22:27, al.; = ὅς or ὅστις (rare in cl.; cf. Bl., §50, 5; M, Pr., 93), Acts 13:25.

2. Neut.: τί; what?, Matthew 5:47; 11:7, Mark 10:3, al.; χάριν τίνος, 1 John 3:12; διὰ τί, Matthew 9:11, al.; εἰς τί, Matthew 14:31, al.; elliptically, ἵνα τί (sc. γένηται), why, Matthew 9:5, al.; τί οὖν, Romans 3:9; 6:1, 15, 1 Corinthians 14:15, al.; τί γάρ, Romans 3:3, Philippians 1:18; τί ἐμοὶ (ὑμῖν) καὶ σοί, see: ἔγω.

II. As adj.: who? what? which?, Matthew 5:46, Luke 14:31, John 2:18, al.

III. As adv.: = διὰ τι (τί ὅτι), why, Matthew 6:28, Mark 4:40, Luke 6:46, John 18:23, al.; in rhet. questions, = a negation, Matthew 27:4, John 21:22, 23, 1 Corinthians 5:12; 7:16, al. in exclamations (like Heb. מָה), how (2 Samuel 6:20, Psalm 3:2, al.), Luke 12:49.

Hebrew words it translates

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

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

568 total
  1. John 6:30τί · What
    So they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do?
  2. John 6:60τίς · Who
    On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”
  3. John 6:64τίνες · which; τίς · who
    However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him.)
  4. John 6:68τίνα · whom
    Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
  5. John 7:19τί · Why
    Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
  6. John 7:20τίς · Who
    “You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”
  7. John 7:36τίς · What
    What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
  8. John 7:45τί
    Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”
  9. John 7:51τί · what
    “Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
  10. John 8:5τί · what
    In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?”
  11. John 8:25τίς · Who
    “Who are You?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.
  12. John 8:43τί
    Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
  13. John 8:46Τίς · Which; τί
    Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?
  14. John 8:53τίνα · Who
    Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, as did the prophets. Who do You claim to be?”
  15. John 9:2τίς · who
    …and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
  16. John 9:17Τί · What
    So once again they asked the man who had been blind, “What do you say about Him, since it was your eyes He opened?” “He is a prophet,” the man replied.
  17. John 9:21τίς · who
    But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”
  18. John 9:26Τί · What
    “What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”
  19. John 9:27τί · Why
    He replied, “I already told you, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”
  20. John 9:36τίς · Who
    “Who is He, Sir?” he replied. “Tell me so that I may believe in Him.”
  21. John 10:6τίνα · what
    Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
  22. John 10:20τί · Why
    Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”
  23. John 11:47Τί · What
    Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
  24. John 11:56Τί · What
    They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?”
  25. John 12:5τί
    “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
  26. John 12:27τί · what
    Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
  27. John 12:34τίς · Who
    The crowd replied, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever. So how can You say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”
  28. John 12:38τίς · who; τίνι · to whom
    This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
  29. John 12:49τί · what; τί · how
    I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
  30. John 13:12τί · what
    When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again and asked, “Do you know what I have done for you?
  31. John 13:18τίνας · whom
    I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
  32. John 13:22τίνος · which of them
    The disciples looked at one another, perplexed as to which of them He meant.
  33. John 13:24τίς · which one
    So Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus which one He was talking about.
  34. John 13:25τίς · who
    Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, “Lord, who is it?”
  35. John 13:28τί
    But no one at the table knew why Jesus had said this to him.
  36. John 13:37τί
    “Lord,” said Peter, “why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You.”
  37. John 14:22τί · why
    Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”
  38. John 15:15τί · what
    No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
  39. John 16:17Τί · Why
    Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”
  40. John 16:18τί · Why; τί · what
    They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.”
  41. John 18:4Τίνα · Whom
    Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”
  42. John 18:7Τίνα · Whom
    So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.
  43. John 18:21τί · Why; τί
    Why are you asking Me? Ask those who heard My message. Surely they know what I said.”
  44. John 18:23τί · why
    Jesus replied, “If I said something wrong, testify as to what was wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why did you strike Me?”