For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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τίς
Vocabulary form:
τίς
Definition:
who? what? which? why?
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
555
GK:
5515
Mnemonics:
With accent, the word is very specific.
Notes:
When this word means "why?" it will usually be in the neuter (tiv).
Biblical Concordance
| Matthew 3:7 | But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) warned you to flee from the coming wrath? |
| Matthew 5:13 | “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how will it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under foot by those who pass by. |
| Matthew 5:46 | For if you love those who love you, what (tina | τίνα | acc sg masc) reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? |
| Matthew 5:47 | And if you greet only your brothers, what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) are you doing more than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? |
| Matthew 6:3 | But when you are giving alms, do not let your left hand know what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) your right hand is doing, |
| Matthew 6:25 | “Therefore I say to you, ‘Do not be anxious about your life, what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) you will eat or what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) you will drink, or about your body, what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? |
| Matthew 6:27 | And which (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) of you by being anxious can add a single cubit to his height? |
| Matthew 6:28 | And why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they do not toil nor do they spin; |
| Matthew 6:31 | So then, do not be anxious, saying, ‘What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) shall we eat?’ or, ‘What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) shall we drink?’ or, ‘With what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) shall we clothe ourselves?’ — |
| Matthew 7:3 | And why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but pay no attention to the log in your own eye? |
| Matthew 7:9 | Or is there any (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) man among you who, if his son should ask for bread, would give him a stone? |
| Matthew 7:14 | How (ti | τί | acc sg neut) narrow is the gate and difficult the way that leads to life, and few are those who find it! |
| Matthew 8:26 | And he said to them, “Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) are you so afraid, you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. |
| Matthew 8:29 | They cried out, “What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) do you have to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here before the appointed time to torment us?” |
| Matthew 9:5 | For which (ti | τί | nom sg neut) is easier; to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’? |
| Matthew 9:11 | When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” |
| Matthew 9:13 | Go and learn what (ti | τί | nom sg neut) this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the pious, but sinners, to repentance.” |
| Matthew 9:14 | Then the disciples of John came to him and asked, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast regularly, but your disciples do not fast?” |
| Matthew 10:11 | And whatever town or village you enter, find out who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) in it is worthy and stay there until you leave. |
| Matthew 10:19 | But when they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) you are to say; for what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) you are to say will be given to you at that time. |
| Matthew 11:7 | As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? |
| Matthew 11:8 | What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in the courts of kings. |
| Matthew 11:9 | What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. |
| Matthew 11:16 | “To what (tini | τίνι | dat sg neut) shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces who cry to their friends, |
| Matthew 12:3 | But he said to them, “Have you not read what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) David did when he and those with him were hungry, |
| Matthew 12:7 | And if you had known what (ti | τί | nom sg neut) this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. |
| Matthew 12:11 | But he said to them, “What (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) man is there among you who has only one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out? |
| Matthew 12:27 | And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom (tini | τίνι | dat sg masc) do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges. |
| Matthew 12:48 | But he answered, saying to the one who had told him, “Who (tis | τίς | nom sg fem) is my mother? And who (tines | τίνες | nom pl masc) are my brothers?” |
| Matthew 13:10 | And the disciples came to him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” |
| Matthew 14:31 | And immediately Jesus reached out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” |
| Matthew 15:2 | “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.” |
| Matthew 15:3 | But he answered them, saying, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? |
| Matthew 15:32 | Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd because they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint from exhaustion on the way.” |
| Matthew 16:8 | But when Jesus became aware of this, he said, “O you of little faith, why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? |
| Matthew 16:13 | Now when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who (tina | τίνα | acc sg masc) do people say that the Son of Man is?” |
| Matthew 16:15 | He said to them, “But you, who (tina | τίνα | acc sg masc) do you say that I am?” |
| Matthew 16:26 | For what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) advantage will there be for a person if he gains the whole world yet forfeits his life? Or what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) will a person give in exchange for his life? |
| Matthew 17:10 | And the disciples asked him, saying, “Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” |
| Matthew 17:19 | Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” |
| Matthew 17:25 | “Yes,” he answered. And when he went into the house, Jesus spoke to Peter first, saying, “What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) do you think, Simon? From whom (tinōn | τίνων | gen pl masc) do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes — from their sons or from outsiders?” |
| Matthew 18:1 | At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” |
| Matthew 18:12 | What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the slopes and go in search of the one that has wandered off? |
| Matthew 19:7 | “Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a certificate of divorce be given before she be sent away?” |
| Matthew 19:16 | A young man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) good thing must I do so that I may have eternal life?” |
| Matthew 19:17 | And Jesus replied “Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.” |
| Matthew 19:20 | The young man said to him, “All these I have kept. What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do I still lack?” |
| Matthew 19:25 | When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astounded and said, “Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) then can be saved?” |
| Matthew 19:27 | Then Peter responded, saying to him, “See, we have left everything and followed you. What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) then will there be for us?” |
| Matthew 20:6 | And about the eleventh hour, when he had gone out and found others standing around, he said to them, ‘Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) have you been standing here idle all day long?’ |
Mnemonics
Neuter lacks ν (nu)
I understand why the ν (nu) is dropped out of the masculine/feminine nominative singular form—because it is followed by a σ (sigma)—but why does the neuter nominative singular form lack ν (nu)? Why is it τί (ti) and not τίν (tin)?
Thanks!