ἵνα

ἵνα,

I. adverb (poët., Hom., al.),

1. of place, where, whither.

2. of circumstance, when.

II. Conjunction,

1. prop., final, denoting purpose or end (cl.), that, in order that, usually the first word in the clause, but sometimes (cl. also) preceded by an emphatic word (ApG 19,4, Rom 11,31 (?), Gal 2,10, al.);

(a) with optative (so in cl. after historic tenses): after a pres., Ef 1,17 (but WH, mg., subjc.; see Burton, §225, Rem., 2);

(b) with subjc.: after a pres., Mark 4,21, Luk 6,34, Joh 3,15, ApG 2,25, Rom 1,11, al.; after a pf., Matt 1,22, Joh 5,23 1 Kor 9,22, al.; after an imperat. (present or aor.), Matt 7,1, Mark 11,25, Joh 10,38, 1 Kor 7,5, al.; after a delib. subjc., Mark 1,38, al.; after a fut., Luk 16,4, Joh 14,3, 1 Kor 15,28, al.; after historic tenses (where optative in cl.; WM, 359f.; M, Pr., 196f.), Mark 6,41 (impf.), Joh 4,8 (plpf.), Mark 3,14 (aor.), al.;

(with) in late writers (M, Pr., 35; Burton, §§198, 199), with indic., fut: Luk 20,10, 1 Pet 3,1, al.;

(d) as often in eccl. writers (Thayer, see word), with indic. pres.: 1 Kor 4,6, Gal 4,17, al. (?; but V. Burton, §198, Rem.);

(e) εἰς (διὰ) τοῦτο, ἵνα: Joh 18,37, 1 Tim 1,16, al.; τούτου χάριν, Tit 1,5

(f) elliptical constructions: omission of the principal verb, Joh 1,8, 2 Thess 3,9, 1 Joh 2,19, al.; of the final verb, Rom 4,16, 2 Kor 8,13, al.

2. In late writers, definitive, = inf. (WM, 420; Bl, §69, 1), that;

(a) after verbs of wishing, caring, striving, etc.: θέλω, Matt 7,12, al.; ζητῶ, 1 Kor 4,2; 14,12; ζηλόω, 1 Kor 14,1, al.;

(b) after verbs of saying, asking, exhorting: εἰπεῖν, Matt 4,3, al.; ἐρωτῶ, Mark 7,26, al.; παρακαλῶ, Matt 14,36, 1 Kor 1,10, al., etc.;

(with) after words expressing expediency, etc.: συμφέρει, Matt 18,6, Joh 11,50, al.; ἱκανός, Matt 8,8, Luk 7,6; χρείαν ἔχω, Joh 2,25, al, etc.;

(d) after substantives, adding further definition: ὥρα, Joh 12,23; 13,1; χρόνος, Åb 2,21 συνήθεια, Joh 18,39 μισθός, 1 Kor 9,18,

3. In late writers, ecbatic, denoting the result, = ὥστε, that, so that (M, Pr., 206ff.; WM, 572; Bl., §69, 3; Burton, §223): Rom 11,11, 1 Kor 7,29, 1 Thess 5,4, al. (but see Thayer, see word); so with the formula referring to the fulfilment of prophecy, ἵνα πληρωθῇ, Matt 1,22; 2,14, Joh 13,18, al.