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
| Romans 9:20 | But who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) are you, a mere mortal, to criticize God? Certainly the thing that is molded may not say to the one who molded it, “Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) have you made me like this?” |
| Romans 9:30 | What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then shall we say? — that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have obtained it, the righteousness that is by faith; |
| Romans 9:32 | Why not? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, |
| Romans 10:6 | But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down), |
| Romans 10:7 | or, ‘Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).” |
| Romans 10:8 | But what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith that we proclaim: |
| Romans 10:16 | However, not all of them have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, “Lord, who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) has believed our message?” |
| Romans 11:2 | God has not repudiated his people whom he foreknew. Or do you not know what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? |
| Romans 11:4 | But what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) was God’s response to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” |
| Romans 11:7 | What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened, |
| Romans 11:15 | For if their rejection leads to the reconciliation of the world, what (tis | τίς | nom sg fem) will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? |
| Romans 11:34 | For who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) has known the mind of the Lord, or who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) has been his counselor? |
| Romans 11:35 | Or who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) has given to God that God must pay him back? |
| Romans 12:2 | And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern the will of God, what (ti | τί | nom sg neut) is good and acceptable and perfect. |
| Romans 14:4 | Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) are you to pass judgment on someone else’s servant? It is before his own master that he will stand or fall. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. |
| Romans 14:10 | Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do you pass judgment on your brother? Or again, why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do you hold your brother in contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:11 | For who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) can know the thoughts of a man except the man’s own spirit that is in him? In the same way, no one can understand the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:16 | For, “Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him?” But we have the mind of Christ. |
| 1 Corinthians 3:5 | What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) then is Apollos? What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, even as the Lord assigned to each of us. |
| 1 Corinthians 4:7 | For who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) sees anything superior in you? What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do you boast as if you did not receive it? |
| 1 Corinthians 4:21 | What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) would you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of correction or with love in a spirit of gentleness? |
| 1 Corinthians 5:12 | For what (ti | τί | nom sg neut) business is it of mine to judge outsiders? Is it not those inside the church that you are to judge? |
| 1 Corinthians 6:7 | Already it is altogether a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded? |
| 1 Corinthians 7:16 | For how (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife? |
| 1 Corinthians 9:7 | Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) serves in the army at his own expense? Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) tends a flock and does not drink of its milk? |
| 1 Corinthians 9:18 | What (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) then is my reward? That when I preach I may present the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my right in the gospel. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:19 | So what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) am I implying? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? |
| 1 Corinthians 10:30 | If I partake with thankfulness, why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) am I blamed because of that for which I give thanks? |
| 1 Corinthians 11:22 | Can it be that you do not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) should I say to you? Should I commend you? For this I will not commend you. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:6 | But as it is, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how (ti | τί | acc sg neut) will I benefit you unless I impart to you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching? |
| 1 Corinthians 14:8 | Again, if the bugle gives an uncertain call, who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) will get ready for battle? |
| 1 Corinthians 14:15 | What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) then shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding. I will sing praises with my spirit, but I will also sing praises with my understanding. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:16 | Otherwise, if you are praising God by the Spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider say, “Amen,” to your thanksgiving since he does not know what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) you are saying? |
| 1 Corinthians 14:26 | What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) then is the outcome, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue, an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:2 | through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the (tini | τίνι | dat sg masc) message I preached to you — unless you have believed in vain. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:29 | Otherwise, what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) will they accomplish, those who are being baptized for the dead? If the dead are not actually raised, why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then are they being baptized for them? |
| 1 Corinthians 15:30 | And why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) are we putting ourselves in danger every hour? |
| 1 Corinthians 15:32 | If as a mere man I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what (ti | τί | nom sg neut) have I gained? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. |
| 2 Corinthians 2:2 | For if I cause you sorrow, then who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) is there to make me glad except the one made sorrowful by me? |
| 2 Corinthians 2:16 | we are a deadly fume that kills, but to the former we are a life-giving fragrance that brings life. And who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) is adequate for ministry like this? |
| 2 Corinthians 6:14 | Do not be unevenly yoked with unbelievers; for what (tis | τίς | nom sg fem) is there in common between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what (tis | τίς | nom sg fem) fellowship has light with darkness? |
| 2 Corinthians 6:15 | What (tis | τίς | nom sg fem) harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what (tis | τίς | nom sg fem) does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? |
| 2 Corinthians 6:16 | What (tis | τίς | nom sg fem) agreement can the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said: “I will dwell in their midst and walk among them; I will be their God and they will be my people.” |
| 2 Corinthians 11:11 | Why is that (ti | τί | acc sg neut)? Is it because I do not love you? God knows I do. |
| 2 Corinthians 11:29 | Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) is weak, and I am not weak? Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation? |
| 2 Corinthians 12:13 | For in what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) way were you less favored than the rest of the churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice! |
| Galatians 3:1 | O foolish Galatians! Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified? |
| Galatians 3:19 | Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the descendant should come to whom the promise had been made. It was established through angels by a mediator. |
| Galatians 4:30 | But what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) does the Scripture say? “Drive away the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman must not share the inheritance with the son of the free woman.” |
| Galatians 5:7 | You were running well; who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) hindered you from obeying the truth? |
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!