Greek · Strong's G5100

τις

tis

one

542times used
495verses
27books

How it's translated

Definition

τις, neut., τι, genitive, τινός,

enclitic indefinite pron., related to interrog. τίς as πού, πως, ποτέ to ποῦ, πῶς, πότε.

I. As subst.,

1. one, a certain one: Luk.9:49, Jhn.11:1, Act.5:25, al.; pl., τίνες, certain, some: Luk.13:1, Act.15:1, Rom.3:8, al.

2. someone, anyone, something, anything: Mat.12:29, Mrk.9:30, Luk.8:46, Jhn.2:25, Act.17:25, Rom.5:7, al.; = indef., one (French on), Mrk.8:4, Jhn.2:25, Rom.8:24, al.; pl., τινες, some, Mrk.14:4, al.

II. II. As adj.,

1. a certain: Mat.18:12, Luk.1:5 8:27, Act…

Its meaning group

Discourse Referentials › Whom or What Spoken or Written About 99% of uses

Status › High Status or Rank [including persons of high status] 1% of uses

Words with a similar meaning

Between Hebrew and Greek

In the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), this word translates these Hebrew words, which helps show what New Testament writers heard in it:

Where it appears

Matthewacross the New TestamentRevelation

…and 17 more books.

Every verse

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