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

Romans 9:20 But who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) are you, a mere mortal, to criticize God? Certainly the thing that is molded may not say to the one who molded it, “Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) have you made me like this?”
Romans 9:30 What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then shall we say? — that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have obtained it, the righteousness that is by faith;
Romans 9:32 Why not? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
Romans 10:6 But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down),
Romans 10:7 or, ‘Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”
Romans 10:8 But what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith that we proclaim:
Romans 10:16 However, not all of them have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, “Lord, who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) has believed our message?”
Romans 11:2 God has not repudiated his people whom he foreknew. Or do you not know what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
Romans 11:4 But what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) was God’s response to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
Romans 11:7 What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,
Romans 11:15 For if their rejection leads to the reconciliation of the world, what (tis | τίς | nom sg fem) will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
Romans 11:34 For who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) has known the mind of the Lord, or who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) has been his counselor?
Romans 11:35 Or who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) has given to God that God must pay him back?
Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern the will of God, what (ti | τί | nom sg neut) is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 14:4 Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) are you to pass judgment on someone else’s servant? It is before his own master that he will stand or fall. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
Romans 14:10 Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do you pass judgment on your brother? Or again, why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do you hold your brother in contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.
1 Corinthians 2:11 For who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) can know the thoughts of a man except the man’s own spirit that is in him? In the same way, no one can understand the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 2:16 For, “Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:5 What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) then is Apollos? What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, even as the Lord assigned to each of us.
1 Corinthians 4:7 For who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) sees anything superior in you? What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do you boast as if you did not receive it?
1 Corinthians 4:21 What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) would you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of correction or with love in a spirit of gentleness?
1 Corinthians 5:12 For what (ti | τί | nom sg neut) business is it of mine to judge outsiders? Is it not those inside the church that you are to judge?
1 Corinthians 6:7 Already it is altogether a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
1 Corinthians 7:16 For how (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
1 Corinthians 9:7 Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) serves in the army at his own expense? Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?