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

Acts 25:26 But I do not have anything 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 (ti | τί | acc sg neut) to write.
Acts 26:8 Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) is it thought incredible among you that God raises the dead?
Acts 26:14 And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
Acts 26:15 And I said, ‘Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) are you, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.
Romans 3:1 What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) advantage then has the Jew? Or what (tis | τίς | nom sg fem) is the value of circumcision?
Romans 3:3 But what (ti | τί | nom sg neut) if some were unfaithful, will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?
Romans 3:5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I use a human argument!)
Romans 3:7 But if by my lie God’s truthfulness abounds to his glory, why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) am I still being condemned as a sinner?
Romans 3:9 What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) then? Are we better off? Not at all, for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are under the power of sin,
Romans 4:1 What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has discovered about this?
Romans 4:3 For what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) does the scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Romans 6:1 What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then shall we say? — “Let us continue in sin so that grace may increase”?
Romans 6:15 What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!
Romans 6:21 Therefore what (tina | τίνα | acc sg masc) fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
Romans 7:7 What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then shall we say? Is the law sin? By no means! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law; that is, I would not have known what it means to covet had not the law said, “You shall not covet.”
Romans 7:24 Wretched man that I am! Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) will deliver me from this body of death?
Romans 8:24 For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, for who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) hopes for what he sees?
Romans 8:26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how (ti | τί | acc sg neut) to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
Romans 8:27 And God, who searches our hearts, knows the desire of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Romans 8:31 What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) can be against us?
Romans 8:33 Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) will bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
Romans 8:34 Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) is it that condemns? Christ Jesus is the one who died — and more than that, he was raised — who is at the right hand of God, who also is interceding for us.
Romans 8:35 Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) can separate us from the love of Christ? Can tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
Romans 9:14 What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then shall we say? Is there not injustice on God’s part? By no means!
Romans 9:19 So you will say to me, “Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then does he still find fault? For who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) can resist his will?”