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ἱνατί

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἱνατί
Greek transliteration: 
hinati
Simplified transliteration: 
hinati
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2444
GK Number: 
2672
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
6
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
conj
Gloss: 
why?
Definition: 
Why is it that? For what reason? Why?, Mt. 9:4; 27:46; Lk. 13:7; Acts 4:25; 7:26; 1 Cor. 10:29*

Greek-English Concordance for ἱνατί

Matthew 9:4 And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why (hinati | ἱνατί | conj) are you harboring evil thoughts in your hearts?
Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” — which means, “My God, my God, why (hinati | ἱνατί | conj) have you forsaken me?”
Luke 13:7 And he said to the vineyard worker, ‘Look, for three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Remove it. Why (hinati | ἱνατί | conj) should it use up the soil?’
Acts 4:25 who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, by the Holy Spirit did say, ‘Why (hinati | ἱνατί | conj) did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples devise vain schemes?
Acts 7:26 On the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling and tried to reconcile them to be at peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why (hinati | ἱνατί | conj) are you hurting one another?’
1 Corinthians 10:29 I mean the conscience of the other person, not your own. Why (hinati | ἱνατί | conj) then should my liberty be determined by the conscience of another?