For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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τις
Vocabulary form:
tiV, ti
Definition:
a certain one/thing; anyone/thing; someone/thing
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
534
GK:
5516
Root:
tin
Mnemonics:
Without accent, the word is very general.
Mnemonic Singing:
Make me a blessing to someone today.
Notes:
This word and the preceding are identical in form except for the accent. See their full paradigm in the Appendix. This is one situation in which knowing accents is helpful. See the Appendix for others.
tiV is either not accented or it is accented on its last syllable ("ultima"). It is the indefinite pronoun.
tivV is always accented on its first syllable. It is the interrogative pronoun.
Both are 3-3 adjectives, using the same third declension pattern for the masculine and feminine (tivV), and the third declension for the neuter (tiV).
Biblical Concordance
| John 7:48 | None of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they? |
| John 8:25 | So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what (ti | τι | acc sg neut) I have been telling you from the beginning. |
| John 8:51 | I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) keeps my word, he will never see death.” |
| John 8:52 | The Jews therefore said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet you say, ‘If anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) keeps my word, he will never taste death.’ |
| John 9:16 | Then some (tines | τινές | nom pl masc) of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform miraculous signs like this?” And there was a division among them. |
| John 9:22 | His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) should confess Jesus to be the Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue. |
| John 9:31 | We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) is devout and does his will, God listens to him. |
| John 9:32 | Not since time began has it been heard that anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) opened the eyes of a man born blind. |
| John 10:9 | I am the gate. If anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) enters through me, he will be saved; he will come in and go out and find pasture. |
| John 10:28 | and I give them eternal life. They will never perish, and no one (tis | τις | nom sg masc) will ever snatch them out of my hand. |
| John 11:1 | Now there was a certain (tis | τις | nom sg masc) man who was ill, Lazareth of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. |
| John 11:9 | Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in a day? If a person (tis | τις | nom sg masc) walks during the day, he will not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. |
| John 11:10 | But if someone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) walks during the night, he will stumble, because the light is not in him.” |
| John 11:37 | But some (tines | τινές | nom pl masc) of them said, “Was not this man, who could open the eyes of the blind man, able to do something so that Lazarus would not have died?” |
| John 11:46 | Some (tines | τινές | nom pl masc) of them, however, went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. |
| John 11:49 | But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all. |
| John 11:57 | Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) knew where Jesus was he should let them know, so they might arrest him. |
| John 12:20 | Now there were some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc) Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. |
| John 12:26 | If anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) would serve me, he must follow me; and where I am, my servant will be also. If anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) would serve me, the Father will honor him. |
| John 12:47 | If anyone (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) hears my words and does not keep them, I am not the one who will judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. |
| John 13:20 | I tell you the solemn truth, whoever receives one (tina | τινα | acc sg masc) whom I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.” |
| John 13:29 | Some (tines | τινές | nom pl masc) of them thought, since Judas used to keep the money box, that Jesus had said to him, “Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something (ti | τι | acc sg neut) to the poor. |
| John 14:13 | And whatever you ask in my name I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. |
| John 14:14 | If you ask me anything (ti | τι | acc sg neut) in my name, I will do it. |
| John 14:23 | Jesus answered him, saying, “If anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling place with him. |
| John 15:6 | If anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) does not abide in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; men gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. |
| John 15:13 | Greater love has no one than this, that a person (tis | τις | nom sg masc) lays down his life for his friends. |
| John 15:16 | You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that the Father may give you whatever you ask in my name. |
| John 16:23 | On that day you will question me about nothing. I tell you the solemn truth: whatever you ask of the Father in my name he will give to you. |
| John 16:30 | Now we know that you know all things and have no need for anyone (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) to question you. This is why we believe that you have come forth from God.” |
| John 20:23 | Whoever’s sins you forgive, they stand forgiven; whoever’s sins you pronounce unforgiven, they remain unforgiven. |
| John 21:5 | So Jesus called to them, “Boys, you have not caught any (ti | τι | acc sg neut) fish, have you?” They called back to “No.” |
| Acts 2:45 | and they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as anyone had need. |
| Acts 3:2 | And a (tis | τις | nom sg masc) man lame from the womb of his mother was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple called the “Beautiful Gate” to ask alms from those entering into the temple. |
| Acts 3:5 | So the lame man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something (ti | τι | acc sg neut) from them. |
| Acts 4:32 | Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and not even one said that anything (ti | τι | acc sg neut) that belonged to him was his own, but everything was common property for them. |
| Acts 4:34 | For there was not a needy person (tis | τις | nom sg masc) among them, for as many as were owners of land or houses sold them and brought the proceeds from what was sold |
| Acts 4:35 | and placed it at the apostles’ feet; and they distributed to each according as anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) had need. |
| Acts 5:1 | Now a (tis | τις | nom sg masc) man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property, |
| Acts 5:2 | and kept back for himself some of the proceeds, with his wife’s knowledge, and brought only part of it (ti | τι | acc sg neut) and placed it at the apostles’ feet. |
| Acts 5:15 | so that they carried out the sick even into the streets, and laid them on cots and mats, so that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some (tini | τινί | dat sg masc) of them. |
| Acts 5:25 | And someone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) came and reported to them, “Look! The men whom you put in the prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.” |
| Acts 5:34 | But there stood up one (tis | τις | nom sg masc) in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, respected by all the people, and he ordered them to put the men outside for a short time. |
| Acts 5:36 | For before these days there rose up Theudas, saying that he himself was someone (tina | τινα | acc sg masc), and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was killed, and all, as many as followed him, were dispersed, and the movement came to nothing. |
| Acts 6:9 | But there rose up some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc) of those of the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as those from Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen. |
| Acts 7:24 | And seeing one (tina | τινα | acc sg masc) of them being treated unjustly, he defended him and brought justice to the one being mistreated by striking down the Egyptian. |
| Acts 8:9 | Now there was a (tis | τις | nom sg masc) man named Simon, who had been practicing magic in the city and amazing the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was someone (tina | τινα | acc sg masc) great. |
| Acts 8:31 | And he said, “How could I unless someone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) guide me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. |
| Acts 8:34 | And in answer the eunuch said to Philip, “I ask you, about whom does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone (tinos | τινός | gen sg masc) else?” |
| Acts 8:36 | And as they traveled along the road they came to some (ti | τι | acc sg neut) water; and the eunuch said, “Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?” |
Mnemonics
Another Mnemonic
Here's another mnemonic:
"Tis" with an accent answers the question that "tis" without an accent answers.
"Tis" (with accent): Who, what, which, why?
"Tis" (without an accent): a certain one/thing, anyone/thing, someone/thing.