Definition
who? what? which? why?
Vocabulary Form
τίς, τί
Erasmian
Modern
Root
τιν
Frequency
555
GK
5515
Mnemonics
With accent, the word is very specific.
Notes
When this word means "why?" it will usually be in the neuter (τί).
Biblical Concordance
| Matthew 3:7 | But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) warned you to flee from the coming wrath? |
| Matthew 5:13 | “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how will it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under foot by those who pass by. |
| Matthew 5:46 | For if you love those who love you, what (tina | τίνα | acc sg masc) reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? |
| Matthew 5:47 | And if you greet only your brothers, what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) are you doing more than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? |
| Matthew 6:3 | But when you are giving alms, do not let your left hand know what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) your right hand is doing, |
| Matthew 6:25 | “Therefore I say to you, ‘Do not be anxious about your life, what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) you will eat or what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) you will drink, or about your body, what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? |
| Matthew 6:27 | And which (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) of you by being anxious can add a single cubit to his height? |
| Matthew 6:28 | And why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they do not toil nor do they spin; |
| Matthew 6:31 | So then, do not be anxious, saying, ‘What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) shall we eat?’ or, ‘What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) shall we drink?’ or, ‘With what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) shall we clothe ourselves?’ — |
| Matthew 7:3 | And why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but pay no attention to the log in your own eye? |
| Matthew 7:9 | Or is there any (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) man among you who, if his son should ask for bread, would give him a stone? |
| Matthew 7:14 | How (ti | τί | acc sg neut) narrow is the gate and difficult the way that leads to life, and few are those who find it! |
| Matthew 8:26 | And he said to them, “Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) are you so afraid, you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. |
| Matthew 8:29 | They cried out, “What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) do you have to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here before the appointed time to torment us?” |
| Matthew 9:5 | For which (ti | τί | nom sg neut) is easier; to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’? |
| Matthew 9:11 | When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” |
| Matthew 9:13 | Go and learn what (ti | τί | nom sg neut) this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the pious, but sinners, to repentance.” |
| Matthew 9:14 | Then the disciples of John came to him and asked, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast regularly, but your disciples do not fast?” |
| Matthew 10:11 | And whatever town or village you enter, find out who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) in it is worthy and stay there until you leave. |
| Matthew 10:19 | But when they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) you are to say; for what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) you are to say will be given to you at that time. |
| Matthew 11:7 | As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? |
| Matthew 11:8 | What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in the courts of kings. |
| Matthew 11:9 | What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. |
| Matthew 11:16 | “To what (tini | τίνι | dat sg neut) shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces who cry to their friends, |
| Matthew 12:3 | But he said to them, “Have you not read what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) David did when he and those with him were hungry, |
Mnemonics
τίς mnemonic