Definition
who? what? which? why?
With accent, the word is very specific.
When this word means "why?" it will usually be in the neuter (τί).
| Luke 18:19 | And Jesus said to him, “Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do you call me good? No one is good except one — God. |
| Luke 18:26 | Those who heard it said, “Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc), then, can be saved?” |
| Luke 18:36 | When he heard a crowd going by, he inquired what (ti | τί | nom sg neut) this might be. |
| Luke 18:41 | “What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do you want me to do for you?” He said, “Lord, that I might see again.” |
| Luke 19:3 | He was trying to see Jesus — who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) he was — but was not able to on account of the crowd, because he was short in stature. |
| Luke 19:15 | When he returned, having acquired royal power, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) they had gained by doing business. |
| Luke 19:23 | Why then did you not put my money in the bank? Then when I returned I could have collected it with interest.’ |
| Luke 19:31 | If someone asks you why are you untying it, you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’” |
| Luke 19:33 | As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) are you untying the colt?” |
| Luke 19:48 | but they could not find what they might do, because all the people were hanging on his words. |
| Luke 20:2 | and spoke to him, saying, “Tell us by what authority you are doing these things; or who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) it is who gave you this authority?” |
| Luke 20:5 | They reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ then he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’ |
| Luke 20:13 | Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.’ |
| Luke 20:15 | And they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? |
| Luke 20:17 | But looking straight at them he said, “What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) then is this that is written: “The stone that the builders rejected — this one became the head of the corner’? |
| Luke 20:24 | “Show me a denarius. Whose (tinos | τίνος | gen sg masc) image and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar’s.” |
| Luke 20:33 | So the woman — in the resurrection — of which (tinos | τίνος | gen sg masc) of them will she be wife? For all seven had her as wife.” |
| Luke 21:7 | And they asked him, saying, “Teacher, when will these things be, and what (ti | τί | nom sg neut) is the sign when these things are about to happen?” |
| Luke 22:23 | And they began to question one another, which (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) of them it might be who would do this. |
| Luke 22:24 | A dispute also arose among them as to which (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) of them seemed to be the greatest. |
| Luke 22:27 | For who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) is the greater, the one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But in your midst I am like the one who serves. |
| Luke 22:46 | He said to them, “Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) are you sleeping? Rise and pray that you may not enter a time of trial.” |
| Luke 22:64 | and blindfolding him they kept asking, “Tell us, who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) is it that struck you?” |
| Luke 22:71 | Then they said, “What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) further need do we have of a witness? we have heard it ourselves from his own lips.” |
| Luke 23:22 | A third time he spoke to them, “What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) evil did this man do? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him.” |
Mnemonics
τίς mnemonic