Vocabulary Form
τίς, τί
Definition
who? what? which? why?
Erasmian
Modern
Root
τιν
Frequency
555
GK
5515
Mnemonics

With accent, the word is very specific.

Mnemonics

mrdoebler

February 16, 2019

What is this thing (accent) on my head? Who put it there? Which of you did it? Why?
Notes

When this word means "why?" it will usually be in the neuter (τί).

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 12:7 And if you had known what (ti | τί | nom sg neut) this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.
Matthew 12:11 But he said to them, “What (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) man is there among you who has only one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?
Matthew 12:27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom (tini | τίνι | dat sg masc) do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.
Matthew 12:48 But he answered, saying to the one who had told him, “Who (tis | τίς | nom sg fem) is my mother? And who (tines | τίνες | nom pl masc) are my brothers?”
Matthew 13:10 And the disciples came to him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
Matthew 14:31 And immediately Jesus reached out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”
Matthew 15:2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”
Matthew 15:3 But he answered them, saying, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
Matthew 15:32 Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd because they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint from exhaustion on the way.”
Matthew 16:8 But when Jesus became aware of this, he said, “O you of little faith, why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread?
Matthew 16:13 Now when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who (tina | τίνα | acc sg masc) do people say that the Son of Man is?”
Matthew 16:15 He said to them, “But you, who (tina | τίνα | acc sg masc) do you say that I am?”
Matthew 16:26 For what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) advantage will there be for a person if he gains the whole world yet forfeits his life? Or what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) will a person give in exchange for his life?
Matthew 17:10 And the disciples asked him, saying, “Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
Matthew 17:19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”
Matthew 17:25 “Yes,” he answered. And when he went into the house, Jesus spoke to Peter first, saying, “What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) do you think, Simon? From whom (tinōn | τίνων | gen pl masc) do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes — from their sons or from outsiders?”
Matthew 18:1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
Matthew 18:12 What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the slopes and go in search of the one that has wandered off?
Matthew 19:7 “Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a certificate of divorce be given before she be sent away?”
Matthew 19:16 A young man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) good thing must I do so that I may have eternal life?”
Matthew 19:17 And Jesus replied “Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
Matthew 19:20 The young man said to him, “All these I have kept. What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do I still lack?”
Matthew 19:25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astounded and said, “Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) then can be saved?”
Matthew 19:27 Then Peter responded, saying to him, “See, we have left everything and followed you. What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) then will there be for us?”
Matthew 20:6 And about the eleventh hour, when he had gone out and found others standing around, he said to them, ‘Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) have you been standing here idle all day long?’