Definition
a certain one/thing; anyone/thing; someone/thing
Vocabulary Form
τις, τι
Erasmian
Modern
Root
τιν
Frequency
534
GK
5516
Mnemonics
Without accent, the word is very general.
Mnemonic Singing
Make me a blessing to someone today.
Song
Notes
This word and the preceding are identical in form except for the accent. See their full paradigm in the Appendix. This is one situation in which knowing accents is helpful. See the Appendix for others.
τις is either not accented or it is accented on its last syllable ("ultima"). It is the indefinite pronoun.
τις is always accented on its first syllable. It is the interrogative pronoun.
Both are 3-3 adjectives, using the same third declension pattern for the masculine and feminine (τίς), and the third declension for the neuter (τις).
Biblical Concordance
| Mark 8:3 | If I send them to their homes without food, they will faint from exhaustion on the way; and some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc) of them have come from a distance.” |
| Mark 8:4 | And his disciples answered him, “From what source can anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) feed these people with bread here in this desolate place?” |
| Mark 8:23 | And taking the hand of the blind man, he led him outside the village. Then, after moistening the eyes of the blind man with saliva and laying his hands on him, Jesus asked him, “What do you see?” |
| Mark 8:34 | When he had called the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) wants to come be my disciple, he must deny himself, take up his cross and follow me. |
| Mark 9:1 | And he said to them, “I tell you the truth, there are some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc) standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God having come with power.” |
| Mark 9:22 | indeed frequently it has even cast him into fire and into water to destroy him. But if you can do anything (ti | τι | acc sg neut), have compassion on us and help us.” |
| Mark 9:30 | And leaving there, they went on through Galilee. And Jesus did not want anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) to know about it; |
| Mark 9:35 | And sitting down, he called the twelve and said to them, “If anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” |
| Mark 9:38 | John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone (tina | τινα | acc sg masc) casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he was not following us.” |
| Mark 11:3 | If anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back as soon as possible.’” |
| Mark 11:5 | And some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc) of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” |
| Mark 11:13 | And seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything (ti | τι | acc sg neut) on it. And when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. |
| Mark 11:16 | and he would not allow anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) to carry merchandise through the temple. |
| Mark 11:25 | And whenever you stand praying, forgive if you have something (ti | τι | acc sg neut) against someone (tinos | τινος | gen sg masc), so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your transgressions.” |
| Mark 12:13 | And they sent to him some (tinas | τινας | acc pl masc) of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians to trap him with a statement. |
| Mark 12:19 | “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if someone’s (tinos | τινος | gen sg masc) brother should die and leave behind a wife, but not leave behind a child, the brother should take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. |
| Mark 13:5 | And Jesus began to speak to them, “Watch out lest someone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) mislead you. |
| Mark 13:15 | Let the one who is on the housetop not come down, nor enter his house to remove anything (ti | τι | acc sg neut) |
| Mark 13:21 | And then if someone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) should say to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ — do not believe it. |
| Mark 14:4 | But some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc) were indignant, and began saying to themselves, “For what purpose was this waste of ointment? |
| Mark 14:47 | But one of those standing by, having drawn his sword, struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear. |
| Mark 14:51 | And a certain (tis | τις | nom sg masc) young man was following him, with a linen cloth wrapped around his naked body; and they tried to seize him, |
| Mark 14:57 | And some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc), standing up, were giving false testimony against him, saying, |
| Mark 14:65 | And some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc) began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to strike him, and to say to him, “Prophesy!” Even the officers received him with slaps to the face. |
| Mark 15:21 | And they conscripted a certain (tina | τινα | acc sg masc) passerby, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), as he was coming in from the country, to bear his cross. |
Mnemonics
τis mnemonic