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
| John 7:48 | None of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they? |
| John 8:25 | So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what (ti | τι | acc sg neut) I have been telling you from the beginning. |
| John 8:51 | I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) keeps my word, he will never see death.” |
| John 8:52 | The Jews therefore said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet you say, ‘If anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) keeps my word, he will never taste death.’ |
| John 9:16 | Then some (tines | τινές | nom pl masc) of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform miraculous signs like this?” And there was a division among them. |
| John 9:22 | His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) should confess Jesus to be the Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue. |
| John 9:31 | We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) is devout and does his will, God listens to him. |
| John 9:32 | Not since time began has it been heard that anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) opened the eyes of a man born blind. |
| John 10:9 | I am the gate. If anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) enters through me, he will be saved; he will come in and go out and find pasture. |
| John 10:28 | and I give them eternal life. They will never perish, and no one (tis | τις | nom sg masc) will ever snatch them out of my hand. |
| John 11:1 | Now there was a certain (tis | τις | nom sg masc) man who was ill, Lazareth of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. |
| John 11:9 | Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in a day? If a person (tis | τις | nom sg masc) walks during the day, he will not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. |
| John 11:10 | But if someone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) walks during the night, he will stumble, because the light is not in him.” |
| John 11:37 | But some (tines | τινές | nom pl masc) of them said, “Was not this man, who could open the eyes of the blind man, able to do something so that Lazarus would not have died?” |
| John 11:46 | Some (tines | τινές | nom pl masc) of them, however, went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. |
| John 11:49 | But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all. |
| John 11:57 | Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) knew where Jesus was he should let them know, so they might arrest him. |
| John 12:20 | Now there were some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc) Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. |
| John 12:26 | If anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) would serve me, he must follow me; and where I am, my servant will be also. If anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) would serve me, the Father will honor him. |
| John 12:47 | If anyone (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) hears my words and does not keep them, I am not the one who will judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. |
| John 13:20 | I tell you the solemn truth, whoever receives one (tina | τινα | acc sg masc) whom I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.” |
| John 13:29 | Some (tines | τινές | nom pl masc) of them thought, since Judas used to keep the money box, that Jesus had said to him, “Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something (ti | τι | acc sg neut) to the poor. |
| John 14:13 | And whatever you ask in my name I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. |
| John 14:14 | If you ask me anything (ti | τι | acc sg neut) in my name, I will do it. |
| John 14:23 | Jesus answered him, saying, “If anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling place with him. |
Mnemonics
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