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
| 2 Thessalonians 2:3 | Let no one (tis | τις | nom sg masc) deceive you in any way; for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, |
| 2 Thessalonians 3:8 | nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead we kept working night and day with toil and hardship, so we would not be a burden to any (tina | τινα | acc sg masc) of you, |
| 2 Thessalonians 3:10 | For even when we were with you, we gave you this charge: “If anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) is not willing to work, then he should not eat.” |
| 2 Thessalonians 3:11 | For we hear that some (tinas | τινας | acc pl masc) among you are conducting themselves in a disorderly manner, doing nothing themselves, but meddling in the affairs of others. |
| 2 Thessalonians 3:14 | Now if anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) does not obey what we say in this epistle, take note of that person and do not associate with him, so that he will feel ashamed. |
| 1 Timothy 1:3 | Just as I urged you to stay on in Ephesus while I was traveling to Macedonia, so that you might command certain (tisin | τισίν | dat pl masc) people not to continue teaching any different doctrine |
| 1 Timothy 1:6 | of these things, Some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc), having fallen short of these things, have wandered away into senseless babble, |
| 1 Timothy 1:8 | Now we know Now that good the law is good if someone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) uses it lawfully, uses |
| 1 Timothy 1:10 | fornicators, men who practice homosexuality, kidnappers, liars, perjurers, and everything else that is contrary to healthy teaching, |
| 1 Timothy 1:19 | holding on to faith and a good conscience. By rejecting their faith and good conscience, some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc) have shipwrecked the faith, |
| 1 Timothy 3:1 | Trustworthy is the saying. If anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) aspires to the office of overseer, he is desiring a good work. |
| 1 Timothy 3:5 | (for if someone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?), |
| 1 Timothy 4:1 | Now the Spirit clearly says that in the last times some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc) of the faith will apostasize by being devoted to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, |
| 1 Timothy 5:4 | But if a certain (tis | τις | nom sg fem) widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn to show godliness first to their own household and to make some return to their parents; for this is pleasing before God. |
| 1 Timothy 5:8 | But if anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) does not care for his own, especially his household members, he has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. |
| 1 Timothy 5:15 | for some (tines | τινες | nom pl fem) have already strayed after Satan. |
| 1 Timothy 5:16 | If any (tis | τις | nom sg fem) believing woman has widows, let her care for them, and the church should not be burdened so that it may care for the true widows. |
| 1 Timothy 5:24 | The sins of some (tinōn | τινῶν | gen pl masc) people are conspicuous, going before them into judgment, but they also follow after some (tisin | τισίν | dat pl masc). |
| 1 Timothy 6:3 | If someone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) teaches a different doctrine and does not adhere to the healthy words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that is according to godliness, |
| 1 Timothy 6:7 | For we brought nothing into the world, and neither are we able to take anything (ti | τι | acc sg neut) out; |
| 1 Timothy 6:10 | For a root of all kinds of evils is the love of money, by which some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc), by their craving, were led astray from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains. |
| 1 Timothy 6:21 | for by professing it, some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc) have swerved from the faith. Grace be with you. |
| 2 Timothy 2:5 | Likewise, if anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) competes as an athlete, he does not receive a wreath unless he competes lawfully. |
| 2 Timothy 2:18 | who have swerved from the truth, saying the resurrection has already occurred, and they are upsetting the faith of some (tinōn | τινων | gen pl masc). |
| 2 Timothy 2:21 | If, therefore, someone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) cleanses himself from these things, that person will be a vessel for honor, having been sanctified, useful to the master, prepared for every good work. |
| Titus 1:6 | if anyone (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) is above reproach, a man of one woman, having believing children, not open to the charge of debauchery or being rebellious. |
| Titus 1:12 | One (tis | τις | nom sg masc) of them, their own prophet, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” |
| Philemon 1:18 | If he has wronged you or owes you anything (ti | τι | acc sg neut), charge that to my account — |
| Hebrews 2:6 | But someone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) has testified somewhere, “What is man that you take thought for him, or the son of man, that you care for him? |
| Hebrews 2:7 | You made him for a (ti | τι | acc sg neut) little while lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor, |
| Hebrews 2:9 | But we do see Jesus, who for a (ti | τι | acc sg neut) little while was made lower than the angels, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor. |
| Hebrews 3:4 | For every house is built by someone (tinos | τινος | gen sg masc), but the one who built everything is God. |
| Hebrews 3:12 | Be careful, brothers, lest there be in any (tini | τινι | dat sg masc) of you an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. |
| Hebrews 3:13 | But encourage one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. |
| Hebrews 4:1 | Therefore while the promise of entering his rest is still open, let us fear lest any (tis | τις | nom sg masc) one of you may seem to be excluded from it. |
| Hebrews 4:6 | Therefore since it remains for some (tinas | τινάς | acc pl masc) to enter it, and those who previously had the good news proclaimed to them failed to enter because of disobedience, |
| Hebrews 4:7 | God again ordains a certain (tina | τινά | acc sg fem) day — “today” — saying through David, after so long a time, just as it has been said before, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” |
| Hebrews 4:11 | Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest; otherwise one (tis | τις | nom sg masc) of you might fall by the same sort of disobedience. |
| Hebrews 5:4 | And no one (tis | τις | nom sg masc) takes this honor on his own accord, but receives it when called by God, just as Aaron also was. |
| Hebrews 5:12 | For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone (tina | τινα | acc sg masc) to teach you again the basic elements of God’s revelation. You have become people needing milk, not solid food; |
| Hebrews 8:3 | For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it was necessary for this high priest also to have something (ti | τι | acc sg neut) to offer. |
| Hebrews 10:25 | not abandoning our own meetings, as is the habit of some (tisin | τισίν | dat pl masc), but rather encouraging one another, and all the more since you see the Day drawing near. |
| Hebrews 10:27 | but only a (tis | τις | nom sg fem) terrifying expectation of judgment and of raging fire ready to consume the adversaries. |
| Hebrews 10:28 | Anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) who violates the law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. |
| Hebrews 11:40 | for God had provided something (ti | τι | acc sg neut) better with us in mind, so that they should not reach their goal apart from us. |
| Hebrews 12:15 | Take care that no one (tis | τις | nom sg masc) forfeits the grace of God; and that no root of bitterness grows up and causes trouble and by it many are defiled. |
| Hebrews 12:16 | that no one (tis | τις | nom sg masc) becomes immoral and profane like Esau, who gave up his inheritance rights in return for a single meal. |
| Hebrews 13:2 | Do not neglect hospitality to strangers, for by this means some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc) have entertained angels without knowing it. |
| James 1:5 | But if any (tis | τις | nom sg masc) of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to everyone generously, not demanding something in return, and it will be given to him. |
| James 1:7 | For that person must not imagine that he will receive anything (ti | τι | acc sg neut) from the Lord; |
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.