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GreekG5101Interjection

τίς

tis

509Occurrences
G5101Strong's #
InterjectionPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)

probably emphatic of G5100 (τὶς);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
= ποῖος, = πότερος, = *ὅς *or *ὅστις *(rare in cl.; cf. Bl., §50, 5; M, Pr., 93). 2. Neut.: *τί; *what?, χάριν τίνος; διὰ τί, εἰς τί, elliptically, *ἵνα τί *(sc. γένηται), why, τί οὖν τί γάρ,; *τί ἐμοὶ *(ὑμῖν) καὶ σοί, see: ἔγω.
II
As adj.: who? what? which?
III
As adv.: = *διὰ τι *(τί ὅτι), why, in rhet. questions, = a negation, in exclamations (like Heb. מָה), how .
LXX: for מָה,מִי

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Interjection

Morphology Code

G:I

Full Description

Greek Interjection

Occurrences

τίς appears 509 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
107
Matthew
82
John
70
Mark
69
Acts
55
Romans
37
1 Corinthians
22
Revelation
14

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 10:19BSB

Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

Ephesians 3:9BSB

and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.

Luke 10:26BSB

“What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”

Luke 9:46BSB

Then an argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest.

Mark 13:11BSB

But when they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand what to say. Instead, speak whatever you are given at that time, for it will not be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.