adverb
hinati
Strong’sG2444
why? for what reason?
stem hinati-6 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 booksnever changes form
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἱνατί
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2444 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
adverb,
I of Place,
I.1 in that place, there, once in Refs 8th c.BC+
I.2 elsewhere relative, in which place, where,Refs 8th c.BC+: rarely in Attic dialect Prose, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἵ. ἡ Νίκη (i.e. ἐστίν) Refs 8th c.BC+ [same place]; ἵν᾽ ἄν with subjunctive, wherever, Refs 5th c.BC+; as indirect interrogative, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2.b after Refs 8th c.BC+; ἔμαθε ἵ. ἦν κακοῦ in what a calamity, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἵν᾽ ἕσταμεν χρείαςRefs 5th c.BC+
I.2.c with Verbs of motion, whither, Refs 8th c.BC+
II of circumstance, γάμος.., ἵ. χρή at which, when, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἵ. μὲν ἐξῆν αὐτοῖς.., ἐνταῦθα.. when it was in their power, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 ={ἐάν}, uncertain in Refs 8th c.BC+
B Final conjunction, that, in order that, from Refs 8th c.BC+ downwards, mostly first word in the clause, but sometimes preceded by an emphatic word, Refs 8th c.BC+ or κε (if found, these particles belong to the Verb, as in Refs 8th c.BC+
B.I general usage:
B.I.1 with subjunctive,
B.I.1.a after primary tenses of indicative, also subjunctive and imperative: present indicative, Refs 8th c.BC+: perfect indicative, Refs 8th c.BC+: future, Refs 8th c.BC+; subjunctive, Refs 8th c.BC+
B.I.1.b after historical tenses, in similes, where the aorist is gnomic, Refs 8th c.BC+; where aorist is treated as equivalent to perfect, Refs 8th c.BC+: when the purpose is regarded from the point of view of the speaker's present, σὲ παῖδα ποιεύμην ἵ. μοι.. λοιγὸν ἀμύνῃς Refs 8th c.BC+
B.I.1.c after optative and ἄν, when optative with οὐκ ἄν is used with sense of imperative, Refs 8th c.BC+; after βουλοίμην ἄν.., Refs 5th c.BC+
B.I.1.d after imperfect with ἄν, Refs 4th c.BC+
B.I.2 with optative,
B.I.2.a after historical tenses, Refs 8th c.BC+: after the historical present, Refs 5th c.BC+: sometimes both moods, subjunctive and optative, follow in consecutive clauses, Refs 8th c.BC+
B.I.2.b after optative, Refs 8th c.BC+
B.I.2.c rarely after primary tenses, by a shifting of the point of view, Refs 8th c.BC+
B.I.3 with past tenses of indicative,
B.I.3.a after unfulfilled wishes, Refs
B.I.3.b after indicative with ἄν, to express a consequence which has not followed or cannot follow, Refs 5th c.BC+
B.I.3.c after such Verbs as ἐχρῆν, ἔδει, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀντὶ τοῦ κοσμεῖν (={δέον κοσμεῖν}).. ἵ... Refs 4th c.BC+
B.I.3.d after present indicative in general statements (including the past), οὐδὲ γὰρ τὸ εἶναι ἔχει ἡ ὕλη, ἱ. ἀγαθοῦ ταύτῃ μετεῖχεν Refs 3rd c.AD+
B.I.4 ἵ. μή as the negative of ἵνα, that not, Refs 8th c.BC+
B.II special usages:
B.II.1 like{ὅπως}, after Verbs of command and entreaty, is common only in later Gr. (butNT+8th c.BC+; also for ὥστε, LXX+1st c.AD+
B.II.2 because, ἵ. ἀναγνῶ ἐτιμήθην I was honoured because I read, Refs 2nd c.AD+; not found in literature.
B.II.3 elliptical usages,
B.II.3.a where the purpose of the utterance is stated, Ζεὺς ἔσθ᾽, ἵν᾽ εἰδῇς 'tis Zeus,— [I tell thee this] that thou may'st know it, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἵ. δῶμεν.. granted that.. , Refs 2nd c.AD+
B.II.3.b in commands, introducing a principal sentence, ἵ. συντάξῃς order him.., Refs 3rd c.BC+; ἵ. λαλήσῃς Refs 3rd c.BC+; ἵ. ἐλθὼν ἐπιθῇς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῇ LXX+NT+5th c.BC+
B.II.3.c ἵ. τί (i.e. γένηται); to what end? either absolutely or as a question, Refs 5th c.BC+; or with a Verb following, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἵ. δὴ τί; Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II.3.d in indignant exclamations, to think that.. ! Σωκράτης ἵ. πάθῃ ταῦτα Refs 2nd c.AD+
B.III in later Gr. with indicative, LXX+NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
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Matthew 27:46… houtem atō; Theor mu theor mu, hinati min enkatalipasa?… which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
Luke 13:7… houta kai ouk heuriskamō; ekkoptasar autan; hinati kai tan gēan katargatō?… found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
Acts 7:26… eis eirēnan legarantos; Androir, adelfois avō; hinati adikavō allēloin?… them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
1 Corinthians 10:29… tan heautou alla tan tou heterou; hinati gar tas eleutherias mu krinotō hupo …… I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by …
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Matthew 9:4… tos Iēsus tain enthumēsiain autoiu legata; Hinati enthumovō ponēreim en tai kardiai vu?… what they were thinking and said, “Why do you harbor evil in your …
Acts 4:25… hagieu stomeu David paidou su legarantos; Hinati fruassala ethneim kai laois meletala keneim?… of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the …