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
| Titus 1:6 | if anyone (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) is above reproach, a man of one woman, having believing children, not open to the charge of debauchery or being rebellious. |
| Titus 1:12 | One (tis | τις | nom sg masc) of them, their own prophet, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” |
| Philemon 1:18 | If he has wronged you or owes you anything (ti | τι | acc sg neut), charge that to my account — |
| Hebrews 2:6 | But someone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) has testified somewhere, “What is man that you take thought for him, or the son of man, that you care for him? |
| Hebrews 2:7 | You made him for a (ti | τι | acc sg neut) little while lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor, |
| Hebrews 2:9 | But we do see Jesus, who for a (ti | τι | acc sg neut) little while was made lower than the angels, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor. |
| Hebrews 3:4 | For every house is built by someone (tinos | τινος | gen sg masc), but the one who built everything is God. |
| Hebrews 3:12 | Be careful, brothers, lest there be in any (tini | τινι | dat sg masc) of you an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. |
| Hebrews 3:13 | But encourage one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. |
| Hebrews 4:1 | Therefore while the promise of entering his rest is still open, let us fear lest any (tis | τις | nom sg masc) one of you may seem to be excluded from it. |
| Hebrews 4:6 | Therefore since it remains for some (tinas | τινάς | acc pl masc) to enter it, and those who previously had the good news proclaimed to them failed to enter because of disobedience, |
| Hebrews 4:7 | God again ordains a certain (tina | τινά | acc sg fem) day — “today” — saying through David, after so long a time, just as it has been said before, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” |
| Hebrews 4:11 | Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest; otherwise one (tis | τις | nom sg masc) of you might fall by the same sort of disobedience. |
| Hebrews 5:4 | And no one (tis | τις | nom sg masc) takes this honor on his own accord, but receives it when called by God, just as Aaron also was. |
| Hebrews 5:12 | For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone (tina | τινα | acc sg masc) to teach you again the basic elements of God’s revelation. You have become people needing milk, not solid food; |
| Hebrews 8:3 | For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it was necessary for this high priest also to have something (ti | τι | acc sg neut) to offer. |
| Hebrews 10:25 | not abandoning our own meetings, as is the habit of some (tisin | τισίν | dat pl masc), but rather encouraging one another, and all the more since you see the Day drawing near. |
| Hebrews 10:27 | but only a (tis | τις | nom sg fem) terrifying expectation of judgment and of raging fire ready to consume the adversaries. |
| Hebrews 10:28 | Anyone (tis | τις | nom sg masc) who violates the law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. |
| Hebrews 11:40 | for God had provided something (ti | τι | acc sg neut) better with us in mind, so that they should not reach their goal apart from us. |
| Hebrews 12:15 | Take care that no one (tis | τις | nom sg masc) forfeits the grace of God; and that no root of bitterness grows up and causes trouble and by it many are defiled. |
| Hebrews 12:16 | that no one (tis | τις | nom sg masc) becomes immoral and profane like Esau, who gave up his inheritance rights in return for a single meal. |
| Hebrews 13:2 | Do not neglect hospitality to strangers, for by this means some (tines | τινες | nom pl masc) have entertained angels without knowing it. |
| James 1:5 | But if any (tis | τις | nom sg masc) of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to everyone generously, not demanding something in return, and it will be given to him. |
| James 1:7 | For that person must not imagine that he will receive anything (ti | τι | acc sg neut) from the Lord; |
Mnemonics
τis mnemonic