τίς

τίς, neut., τί, genitive, τίνος, interrog. pron., [in LXX for מָה ,מִי ;] in masc. and fem.,

who, which, what?; in neut., which, what?, used both in direct and in indirect questions.

I. As subst.,

1. masc., fem.: τίς; who, what?, Matt 3,7; 26,68; Mark 11,28, Luk 9,9, al. mult.; with genitive partit., ApG 7,52, Hebr 1,5, al; before ἐκ (= genitive partit.), Matt 6,27, Luk 14,28, Joh 8,46; = ποῖος, Mark 4,41; 6,2, Luk 19,3, ApG 17,19, al.; = πότερος (M, Pr., 77), Matt 21,31; 27,17, Luk 22,27, al.; = ὅς or ὅστις (rare in cl.; cf. Bl., §50, 5; M, Pr., 93), ApG 13,25,

2. Neut.: τί; what?, Matt 5,47; 11,7, Mark 10,3, al.; χάριν τίνος, 1 Joh 3,12 διὰ τί, Matt 9,11, al.; εἰς τί, Matt 14,31, al.; elliptically, ἵνα τί (sc. γένηται), why, Matt 9,5, al.; τί οὖν, Rom 3,9; 6,1, 15 1 Kor 14,15, al.; τί γάρ, Rom 3,3, Fil 1,18; τί ἐμοὶ (ὑμῖν) καὶ σοί, see: ἔγω.

II. As adj.: who? what? which?, Matt 5,46, Luk 14,31, Joh 2,18, al.

III. As adv.: = διὰ τι (τί ὅτι), why, Matt 6,28, Mark 4,40, Luk 6,46, Joh 18,23, al.; in rhet. questions, = a negation, Matt 27,4, Joh 21,22, 23 1 Kor 5,12; 7,16, al. in exclamations (like Heb. מָה), how (2 Sam 6,20, Sl 3,2, al.), Luk 12,49.