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
| 1 Corinthians 7:36 | If someone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) believes he is not treating his virgin in an appropriate manner, if his passions are strong, and so it has to be, he should do what he desires, it is no sin — let them marry. |
| 1 Corinthians 8:2 | If someone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) presumes to know something (ti | τι | acc sg neut), he does not yet know as he ought to know. |
| 1 Corinthians 8:3 | But if someone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) loves God, he is known by God. |
| 1 Corinthians 8:7 | However, not everyone has this knowledge. But some (tines | τινές | nom pl masc), because in former times they were involved with idols, eat this food as though it were an idol sacrifice, and thus their conscience, being weak, is defiled. |
| 1 Corinthians 8:10 | For if someone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) should see you who have knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will not the conscience of the one who is weak be emboldened to eat food sacrificed to idols? |
| 1 Corinthians 9:12 | If others have a share in this right over you, do not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but endure all things lest we place some (tina | τινα | acc sg fem) obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ. |
| 1 Corinthians 9:22 | To the weak I became weak that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some (tinas | τινάς | acc pl masc). |
| 1 Corinthians 10:7 | So do not become idolaters, as some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc) of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” |
| 1 Corinthians 10:8 | We must not indulge in sexual immorality, as some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc) of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:9 | And let us not put Christ to the test, as some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc) of them did, and were destroyed by serpents. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:10 | And do not grumble, as some (tines | τινές | nom pl masc) of them did, and were killed by the destroyer. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:19 | So what am I implying? That food offered to idols is anything (ti | τί | nom sg neut), or that an idol is anything (ti | τί | nom sg neut)? |
| 1 Corinthians 10:27 | If one (tis | τις | nom sg masc) of the unbelievers invites you to a meal and you decide to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no question based on conscience. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:28 | However, if someone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) should say to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience — |
| 1 Corinthians 10:31 | So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever (ti | τι | acc sg neut) you do, do everything for the glory of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 11:16 | If anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) is inclined to be quarrelsome, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 11:18 | For in the first place, I hear that when you gather as a church there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it (ti | τι | acc sg neut), |
| 1 Corinthians 11:34 | If anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:24 | But if all are prophesying, and an (tis | τις | nom sg masc) unbeliever or outsider comes in, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all, |
| 1 Corinthians 14:27 | If any (tis | τις | nom sg masc) speak in a tongue, it should be only two, or at the most three, and each in turn; and someone must interpret. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:35 | And if they want to find out about something (ti | τι | acc sg neut), they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is improper for a woman to speak in church. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:37 | If anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) considers himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that what I am writing to you is a command of the Lord. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:38 | If anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) fails to acknowledge this, he will not be acknowledged. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:6 | Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, although some (tines | τινές | nom pl masc) have fallen asleep. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:12 | Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc) of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? |
Mnemonics
τis mnemonic