Vocabulary Form
τίς, τί
Definition
who? what? which? why?
Erasmian
Modern
Root
τιν
Frequency
555
GK
5515
Mnemonics

With accent, the word is very specific.

Mnemonics

mrdoebler

February 16, 2019

What is this thing (accent) on my head? Who put it there? Which of you did it? Why?
Notes

When this word means "why?" it will usually be in the neuter (τί).

Biblical Concordance

Luke 18:19 And Jesus said to him, “Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do you call me good? No one is good except one — God.
Luke 18:26 Those who heard it said, “Who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc), then, can be saved?”
Luke 18:36 When he heard a crowd going by, he inquired what (ti | τί | nom sg neut) this might be.
Luke 18:41 “What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) do you want me to do for you?” He said, “Lord, that I might see again.”
Luke 19:3 He was trying to see Jesus — who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) he was — but was not able to on account of the crowd, because he was short in stature.
Luke 19:15 When he returned, having acquired royal power, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what (ti | τί | acc sg neut) they had gained by doing business.
Luke 19:23 Why then did you not put my money in the bank? Then when I returned I could have collected it with interest.’
Luke 19:31 If someone asks you why are you untying it, you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’”
Luke 19:33 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) are you untying the colt?”
Luke 19:48 but they could not find what they might do, because all the people were hanging on his words.
Luke 20:2 and spoke to him, saying, “Tell us by what authority you are doing these things; or who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) it is who gave you this authority?”
Luke 20:5 They reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ then he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’
Luke 20:13 Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.’
Luke 20:15 And they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
Luke 20:17 But looking straight at them he said, “What (ti | τί | nom sg neut) then is this that is written: “The stone that the builders rejected — this one became the head of the corner’?
Luke 20:24 “Show me a denarius. Whose (tinos | τίνος | gen sg masc) image and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar’s.”
Luke 20:33 So the woman — in the resurrection — of which (tinos | τίνος | gen sg masc) of them will she be wife? For all seven had her as wife.”
Luke 21:7 And they asked him, saying, “Teacher, when will these things be, and what (ti | τί | nom sg neut) is the sign when these things are about to happen?”
Luke 22:23 And they began to question one another, which (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) of them it might be who would do this.
Luke 22:24 A dispute also arose among them as to which (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) of them seemed to be the greatest.
Luke 22:27 For who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) is the greater, the one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But in your midst I am like the one who serves.
Luke 22:46 He said to them, “Why (ti | τί | acc sg neut) are you sleeping? Rise and pray that you may not enter a time of trial.”
Luke 22:64 and blindfolding him they kept asking, “Tell us, who (tis | τίς | nom sg masc) is it that struck you?”
Luke 22:71 Then they said, “What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) further need do we have of a witness? we have heard it ourselves from his own lips.”
Luke 23:22 A third time he spoke to them, “What (ti | τί | acc sg neut) evil did this man do? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him.”