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
| Acts 19:31 | And also some (tines | τινές | nom pl masc) of the Asiarchs, being friendly to him, sent to him and urged him not to commit himself to the theater. |
| Acts 19:32 | So then some were shouting one thing (ti | τι | acc sg neut), some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had assembled. |
| Acts 19:38 | If then Demetrius and the craftsmen with him have a complaint against anyone (tina | τινα | acc sg masc), the courts are open, and there are proconsuls. Let them bring charges against one another there. |
| Acts 19:39 | But if you want anything (ti | τι | acc sg neut) in addition, it shall be settled in the legal assembly. |
| Acts 20:9 | And a (tis | τις | nom sg masc) young man, named Eutychus, sitting on the window ledge, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul continued to speak on and on. Overcome by sleep, he fell from the third floor and was picked up for dead. |
| Acts 21:10 | While we were staying for many days, a (tis | τις | nom sg masc) prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. |
| Acts 21:16 | And some of the disciples from Caesarea came with us, bringing Mnason of Cyprus, an (tini | τινι | dat sg masc) early disciple, with whom we should lodge. |
| Acts 21:34 | Some in the crowd were shouting one thing (ti | τι | acc sg neut), some another, and since he was unable to find out the truth because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks. |
| Acts 21:37 | As he was about to be brought into the barracks, Paul said to the commanding officer, “Is it allowed for me to say something (ti | τι | acc sg neut) to you?” He replied, “Do you know Greek? |
| Acts 22:12 | “Then a certain (tis | τις | nom sg masc) Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there, |
| Acts 23:9 | Then there arose a great uproar, and certain (tines | τινές | nom pl masc) of the scribes of the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested vigorously, saying, “We find nothing evil in this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?” |
| Acts 23:17 | Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something (ti | τι | acc sg neut) to report to him.” |
| Acts 23:18 | So he took him and brought him to the commanding officer and said, “The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something (ti | τι | acc sg neut) to say to you.” |
| Acts 23:20 | And he said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down tomorrow to the council, as though the case (ti | τι | acc sg neut) against him was going to be examined more closely. |
| Acts 23:23 | Then he called two of the centurions and said, “Get ready by the third hour of the night two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesarea.” |
| Acts 24:1 | And after five days the high priest Ananias went down with some (tinōn | τινῶν | gen pl masc) elders and a prosecuting attorney, one (tinos | τινός | gen sg masc) Tertullus; and they laid before the governor their case against Paul. |
| Acts 24:12 | and they did not find me arguing with anyone (tina | τινα | acc sg masc) or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or in the city. |
| Acts 24:19 | But there are some (tines | τινές | nom pl masc) Jews from Asia who ought to be here before you and bring charges, if they have anything (ti | τι | acc sg neut) against me. |
| Acts 24:24 | After some (tinas | τινάς | acc pl fem) days Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish. He sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus. |
| Acts 25:5 | “So,” he said, “let your leaders go down there with me, and if there is in this man anything (ti | τί | nom sg neut) improper, let them bring charges against him.” |
| Acts 25:8 | Paul argued in his defense, “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I committed any (ti | τι | acc sg neut) offense.” |
| Acts 25:11 | If then I am a wrongdoer and have done anything (ti | τι | acc sg neut) worthy of death, I am not trying to escape death; but if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one has a right to turn me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.” |
| Acts 25:13 | Now after some (tinōn | τινῶν | gen pl fem) days had passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice came down to Caesarea and paid their respects to Festus. |
| Acts 25:14 | Since they were staying there several days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) man left by Felix, a prisoner. |
| Acts 25:16 | I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to turn anyone (tina | τινα | acc sg masc) over before the accused has met the accusers face to face and had an opportunity to make his defense against the charge. |
| Acts 25:19 | but had certain (tina | τινα | acc pl neut) questions about their own religion to put to him and about a certain (tinos | τινος | gen sg masc) Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul claimed to be alive. |
| Acts 25:26 | But I do not have anything (ti | τι | acc sg neut) definite about him to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that, when the examination has been conducted, I may have something to write. |
| Acts 26:26 | For the king knows about these matters, and to him I am speaking boldly, for I am persuaded that none of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner. |
| Acts 26:31 | and after they had left the room, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man is doing nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.” |
| Acts 27:1 | And when it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and some (tinas | τινας | acc pl masc) other prisoners to a centurion, named Julius, of the Augustan Cohort. |
| Acts 27:8 | Sailing past it with difficulty, we came to a (tina | τινά | acc sg masc) place called Fair Havens, near to which was the city Lasea. |
| Acts 27:16 | Running under the lee of a (ti | τι | acc sg neut) small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the dinghy under control. |
| Acts 27:26 | But we must run aground on some (tina | τινα | acc sg fem) island.” |
| Acts 27:27 | And when it was the fourteenth night, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land. |
| Acts 27:39 | Now when it was day, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a (tina | τινα | acc sg masc) bay that had a beach, on which they planned, if possible, to run the ship ashore. |
| Acts 27:42 | It was the plan of the soldiers to kill the prisoners, so none could escape by swimming away. |
| Acts 27:44 | and the rest, some on planks and others on pieces (tinōn | τινων | gen pl neut) of the ship. And so it came about that all escaped safely to the land. |
| Acts 28:3 | When Paul had gathered a (ti | τι | acc sg neut) bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out from the heat and fastened onto his hand. |
| Acts 28:19 | But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, but not as though I had some (ti | τι | acc sg neut) charge to bring against my own people. |
| Acts 28:21 | And they said to him, “We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any (tis | τις | nom sg masc) of the brothers come from there and reported or spoken any (ti | τι | acc sg neut) bad about you. |
| Romans 1:11 | For I long to see you so that I may share with you some (ti | τι | acc sg neut) spiritual gift to strengthen you — |
| Romans 1:13 | I want you to know, brethren, that I often intended to come to you (but have been prevented until now) so that I might have some (tina | τινά | acc sg masc) fruit among you, just as among the rest of the Gentiles. |
| Romans 3:3 | But what if some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc) were unfaithful, will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God? |
| Romans 3:8 | And why not say (as some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc) slanderously claim that we are saying), “Let us do evil so that good may come of it”? Their condemnation is well deserved! |
| Romans 5:7 | For rarely will one (tis | τις | nom sg masc) die for an upright person — though perhaps for a genuinely good person one (tis | τις | nom sg masc) might actually dare to die. |
| Romans 8:9 | You, however, are not controlled by the flesh but by the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Whoever (tis | τις | nom sg masc) does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. |
| Romans 8:39 | nor height, nor depth, nor any (tis | τις | nom sg fem) other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
| Romans 9:11 | even before they were born or had done anything (ti | τι | acc sg neut) either good or bad so that God’s purpose according to election might stand, |
| Romans 11:14 | if somehow I could provoke my own countrymen to jealousy and save some (tinas | τινάς | acc pl masc) of them. |
| Romans 11:17 | But if some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc) of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, |
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.