Greek core word #31 · pronoun · 554 times in the New Testament
τίς
teesτίς, τί — who? what? why?
- Third declension, stem τιν-; masculine and feminine share forms.
- Always accented on the first syllable, and τίς, τί keep the acute even before another word.
- τί often means “why?”; τί οὖν; “what then?”.
Forms in bold occur in the New Testament; the others complete the pattern. A dash (—) marks a form that does not exist.
Interrogative pronoun
| Masc./Fem. sg | Neut. sg | Masc./Fem. pl | Neut. pl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nom | τίς | τί | τίνες | τίνα |
| Gen | τίνος | τίνος | τίνων | τίνων |
| Dat | τίνι | τίνι | τίσι(ν) | τίσι(ν) |
| Acc | τίνα | τί | τίνας | τίνα |
Where you meet it
First met in passage 14, Mark 5:30.
Explained in the notes of 5 passages:
From Appendix B of the Greek and Latin with Jerome study companion · PDF page 291 · open the PDF here