Definition
who? what? which? why?
With accent, the word is very specific.
When this word means "why?" it will usually be in the neuter (τί).
| Acts 25:26 | But I do not have anything definite about him to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that, when the examination has been conducted, I may have something (ti | τί | acc sg neut) to write. |
| Acts 26:8 | Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) is it thought incredible among you that God raises the dead? |
| Acts 26:14 | And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ |
| Acts 26:15 | And I said, ‘Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) are you, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. |
| Romans 3:1 | What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) advantage then has the Jew? Or what (tis | τίς | nom sg fem) is the value of circumcision? |
| Romans 3:3 | But what (ti | τί | nom sg neut) if some were unfaithful, will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God? |
| Romans 3:5 | But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I use a human argument!) |
| Romans 3:7 | But if by my lie God’s truthfulness abounds to his glory, why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) am I still being condemned as a sinner? |
| Romans 3:9 | What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) then? Are we better off? Not at all, for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are under the power of sin, |
| Romans 4:1 | What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has discovered about this? |
| Romans 4:3 | For what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) does the scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” |
| Romans 6:1 | What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then shall we say? — “Let us continue in sin so that grace may increase”? |
| Romans 6:15 | What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! |
| Romans 6:21 | Therefore what (tina | τίνα | acc sg masc) fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. |
| Romans 7:7 | What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then shall we say? Is the law sin? By no means! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law; that is, I would not have known what it means to covet had not the law said, “You shall not covet.” |
| Romans 7:24 | Wretched man that I am! Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) will deliver me from this body of death? |
| Romans 8:24 | For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, for who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) hopes for what he sees? |
| Romans 8:26 | In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how (ti | τί | acc sg neut) to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. |
| Romans 8:27 | And God, who searches our hearts, knows the desire of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. |
| Romans 8:31 | What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) can be against us? |
| Romans 8:33 | Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) will bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. |
| Romans 8:34 | Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) is it that condemns? Christ Jesus is the one who died — and more than that, he was raised — who is at the right hand of God, who also is interceding for us. |
| Romans 8:35 | Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) can separate us from the love of Christ? Can tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? |
| Romans 9:14 | What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then shall we say? Is there not injustice on God’s part? By no means! |
| Romans 9:19 | So you will say to me, “Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then does he still find fault? For who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) can resist his will?” |
Mnemonics
τίς mnemonic