τίς
a certain
‘a certain’ is one of 2 main senses fuller range ↓
G5100
Strong's Greek
tìs
Transliteration
/tis/
Pronunciation
Usage in the GNT
526
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Thayer Definition
1. a certain, a certain one
2. some, some time, a while
Strong's concordance entry
An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object : - a (kind of) any (man thing thing at all) certain (thing) divers he (every) man one (X thing) ought + partly some (man -body -thing -what) (+ that no-) thing what (-soever) X wherewith whom [-soever] whose ([-soever]).
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Indefinite pronoun
- Refers to someone or something unspecified (“someone,” “anything”).
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Neuter
- Grammatically neuter.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
Grammatical forms 21 distinct
- Indefinite pronoun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine 219 times (42%)
- Indefinite pronoun, Accusative, Singular, Neuter 86 times (16%)
- Indefinite pronoun, Nominative, Plural, Masculine 75 times (14%)
- Indefinite pronoun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine 29 times (6%)
- Indefinite pronoun, Accusative, Plural, Masculine 19 times (4%)
- Indefinite pronoun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine 17 times (3%)
- Indefinite pronoun, Nominative, Singular, Neuter 15 times (3%)
- Indefinite pronoun, Nominative, Singular, Feminine 14 times (3%)
+13 more forms (52 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (Robinson–Tischendorf, public domain), counted across 526 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Matthew 20 verses
- Matthew 5:23 τι indef.pron acc sg neut "If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,
- Matthew 8:28 τινὰ indef.pron acc sg masc When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass by that way.
- Matthew 9:3 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man blasphemes."
- Matthew 11:27 τις indef.pron nom sg masc All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
- Matthew 12:19 τις indef.pron nom sg masc He will not strive, nor shout; Neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets.
- Matthew 12:29 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.
- Matthew 12:38 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."
- Matthew 12:47 τις indef.pron nom sg masc One said to him, "Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to you."
- Matthew 16:24 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
- Matthew 16:28 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Most assuredly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom."
- Matthew 18:12 τινι indef.pron dat sg masc "What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?
- Matthew 18:28 τι indef.pron acc sg neut "But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'
- Matthew 20:20 τι indef.pron acc sg neut Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.
- Matthew 21:3 τις τι indef.pron nom sg masc indef.pron acc sg neut If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and immediately he will send them."
- Matthew 22:24 τις indef.pron nom sg masc saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.'
- Matthew 22:46 τις indef.pron nom sg masc No one was able to answer him a word, neither dared any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
- Matthew 24:4 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Jesus answered them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray.
- Matthew 24:23 τις indef.pron nom sg masc "Then if any man tells you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or, 'There,' don't believe it.
- Matthew 27:47 τινὲς indef.pron nom pl masc Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man is calling Elijah."
- Matthew 28:11 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.
Mark 32 verses
- Mark 2:6 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
- Mark 4:22 τι indef.pron nom sg neut For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.
- Mark 4:23 τις indef.pron nom sg masc If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."
- Mark 7:1 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.
- Mark 7:2 τινὰς indef.pron acc pl masc Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.
- Mark 8:3 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way."
- Mark 8:4 τις indef.pron nom sg masc His disciples answered him, "From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?"
- Mark 8:23 τι indef.pron acc sg neut He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.
- Mark 9:1 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc He said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see the Kingdom of God come with power."
- Mark 9:22 τι indef.pron acc sg neut Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us."
- Mark 9:30 τις indef.pron nom sg masc They went out from there, and passed through Galilee. He didn't want anyone to know it.
- Mark 9:35 τις indef.pron nom sg masc He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all."
- Mark 9:38 τινα indef.pron acc sg masc John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone who doesn't follow us casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he doesn't follow us."
- Mark 11:3 τις indef.pron nom sg masc If anyone asks you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord needs him;' and immediately he will send him back here."
- Mark 11:5 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Some of those who stood there asked them, "What are you doing, untying the young donkey?"
- Mark 11:13 τι indef.pron acc sg neut Seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see if perhaps he might find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
- Mark 11:16 τις indef.pron nom sg masc He would not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple.
- Mark 11:25 τι τινος indef.pron acc sg neut indef.pron gen sg masc Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.
- Mark 12:13 τινας indef.pron acc pl masc They sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.
- Mark 12:19 τινος indef.pron gen sg masc "Teacher, Moses wrote to us, 'If a man's brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.'
- Mark 13:5 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Jesus, answering, began to tell them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray.
- Mark 13:15 τι indef.pron acc sg neut and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.
- Mark 13:21 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it.
- Mark 14:4 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, "Why has this ointment been wasted?
- Mark 14:47 τις indef.pron nom sg masc But a certain one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
- Mark 14:51 τις indef.pron nom sg masc A certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth thrown around himself, over his naked body. The young men grabbed him,
- Mark 14:57 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,
- Mark 14:65 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, "Prophesy!" The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.
- Mark 15:21 τινα indef.pron acc sg masc They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.
- Mark 15:35 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah."
- Mark 15:36 τις indef.pron nom sg masc One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to take him down."
- Mark 16:18 τι indef.pron nom sg neut they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."
Luke 75 verses
- Luke 1:5 τις indef.pron nom sg masc There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
- Luke 6:2 τινὲς indef.pron nom pl masc But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?"
- Luke 7:2 τινος indef.pron gen sg masc A certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.
- Luke 7:19 τινὰς indef.pron acc pl masc John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?"
- Luke 7:36 τις indef.pron nom sg masc One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat at the table.
- Luke 7:40 τι indef.pron acc sg neut Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you." He said, "Teacher, say on."
- Luke 7:41 τινι indef.pron dat sg masc "A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
- Luke 8:2 τινες indef.pron nom pl fem and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;
- Luke 8:27 τις indef.pron nom sg masc When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn't live in a house, but in the tombs.
- Luke 8:46 τις indef.pron nom sg fem But Jesus said, "Someone did touch me, for I perceived that power has gone out of me."
- Luke 8:49 τις indef.pron nom sg masc While he still spoke, one from the ruler of the synagogue's house came, saying to him, "Your daughter is dead. Don't trouble the Teacher."
- Luke 8:51 τινα indef.pron acc sg masc When he came to the house, he didn't allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother.
- Luke 9:7 τινων indef.pron gen pl masc Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him; and he was very perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,
- Luke 9:8 τινων τις indef.pron gen pl masc indef.pron nom sg masc and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.
- Luke 9:19 τις indef.pron nom sg masc They answered, "'John the Baptizer,' but others say, 'Elijah,' and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again."
- Luke 9:23 τις indef.pron nom sg masc He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
- Luke 9:27 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Kingdom of God."
- Luke 9:49 τινα indef.pron acc sg masc John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he doesn't follow with us."
- Luke 9:57 τις indef.pron nom sg masc As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, "I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord."
- Luke 10:25 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
- Luke 10:30 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
- Luke 10:31 τις indef.pron nom sg masc By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
- Luke 10:33 τις indef.pron nom sg masc But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,
- Luke 10:35 τι indef.pron acc sg neut On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.'
- Luke 10:38 τινά τις indef.pron acc sg fem indef.pron nom sg fem It happened as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
- Luke 11:1 τινὶ τις indef.pron dat sg masc indef.pron nom sg masc It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."
- Luke 11:15 τινὲς indef.pron nom pl masc But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."
- Luke 11:27 τις indef.pron nom sg fem It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!"
- Luke 11:36 τι indef.pron acc sg neut If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."
- Luke 11:45 τις indef.pron nom sg masc One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you insult us also."
- Luke 11:54 τι indef.pron acc sg neut lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
- Luke 12:4 τι indef.pron acc sg neut "I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
- Luke 12:13 τις indef.pron nom sg masc One of the multitude said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
- Luke 12:15 τινὶ indef.pron dat sg masc He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."
- Luke 12:16 τινὸς indef.pron gen sg masc He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
- Luke 13:1 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
- Luke 13:6 τις indef.pron nom sg masc He spoke this parable. "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.
- Luke 13:23 τις indef.pron nom sg masc One said to him, "Lord, are they few who are saved?" He said to them,
- Luke 13:31 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, "Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you."
- Luke 14:1 τινος indef.pron gen sg masc It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.
- Luke 14:2 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
- Luke 14:8 τινος indef.pron gen sg masc "When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,
- Luke 14:15 τις indef.pron nom sg masc When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is he who will feast in the Kingdom of God!"
- Luke 14:16 τις indef.pron nom sg masc But he said to him, "A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
- Luke 14:26 τις indef.pron nom sg masc "If anyone comes to me, and doesn't hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my disciple.
- Luke 15:11 τις indef.pron nom sg masc He said, "A certain man had two sons.
- Luke 16:1 τις indef.pron nom sg masc He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
- Luke 16:19 τις indef.pron nom sg masc "Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
- Luke 16:20 τις indef.pron nom sg masc A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of sores,
- Luke 16:30 τις indef.pron nom sg masc "He said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'
- Luke 16:31 τις indef.pron nom sg masc "He said to him, 'If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'"
- Luke 17:12 τινα indef.pron acc sg fem As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance.
- Luke 18:2 τις τινι indef.pron nom sg masc indef.pron dat sg fem saying, "There was a judge in a certain city who didn't fear God, and didn't respect man.
- Luke 18:9 τινας indef.pron acc pl masc He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.
- Luke 18:18 τις indef.pron nom sg masc A certain ruler asked him, saying, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
- Luke 18:35 τις indef.pron nom sg masc It happened, as he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging.
- Luke 19:8 τινός τι indef.pron gen sg masc indef.pron acc sg neut Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much."
- Luke 19:12 τις indef.pron nom sg masc He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
- Luke 19:31 τις indef.pron nom sg masc If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' say to him: 'The Lord needs it.'"
- Luke 19:39 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"
- Luke 20:27 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.
- Luke 20:28 τινος indef.pron gen sg masc They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.
- Luke 20:39 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you speak well."
- Luke 21:2 τινα indef.pron acc sg fem He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.
- Luke 21:5 τινων indef.pron gen pl masc As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,
- Luke 22:35 τινος indef.pron gen sg neut He said to them, "When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?" They said, "Nothing."
- Luke 22:50 τις indef.pron nom sg masc A certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
- Luke 22:56 τις indef.pron nom sg fem A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, "This man also was with him."
- Luke 22:59 τις indef.pron nom sg masc After about one hour passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, "Truly this man also was with him, for he is a Galilean!"
- Luke 23:8 τι indef.pron acc sg neut Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things about him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him.
- Luke 23:19 τινὰ indef.pron acc sg fem one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.
- Luke 23:26 τινα indef.pron acc sg masc When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it after Jesus.
- Luke 24:22 τινες indef.pron nom pl fem Also, certain women of our company amazed us, having arrived early at the tomb;
- Luke 24:24 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Some of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women had said, but they didn't see him."
- Luke 24:41 τι indef.pron acc sg neut While they still didn't believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"
John 50 verses
- John 2:5 τι indef.pron acc sg neut His mother said to the servants, "Whatever he says to you, do it."
- John 2:25 τις indef.pron nom sg masc and because he didn't need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.
- John 3:3 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Jesus answered him, "Most assuredly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can't see the Kingdom of God."
- John 3:5 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Jesus answered, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!
- John 4:33 τις indef.pron nom sg masc The disciples therefore said one to another, "Has anyone brought him something to eat?"
- John 5:5 τις indef.pron nom sg masc A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
- John 5:14 τι indef.pron nom sg neut Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you."
- John 5:19 τι indef.pron acc sg neut Jesus therefore answered them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.
- John 6:7 τι indef.pron acc sg neut Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that everyone of them may receive a little."
- John 6:12 τι indef.pron acc sg neut When they were filled, he said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost."
- John 6:46 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God. He has seen the Father.
- John 6:50 τις indef.pron nom sg masc This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.
- John 6:51 τις indef.pron nom sg masc I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."
- John 6:64 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc But there are some of you who don't believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn't believe, and who it was who would betray him.
- John 7:4 τι indef.pron acc sg neut For no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world."
- John 7:17 τις indef.pron nom sg masc If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.
- John 7:25 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this he whom they seek to kill?
- John 7:37 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
- John 7:44 τινὲς indef.pron nom pl masc Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.
- John 7:48 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?
- John 8:25 τι indef.pron acc sg neut They said therefore to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.
- John 8:51 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Most assuredly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death."
- John 8:52 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Then the Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and you say, 'If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.'
- John 9:16 τινές indef.pron nom pl masc Some therefore of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he doesn't keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was division among them.
- John 9:22 τις indef.pron nom sg masc His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
- John 9:31 τις indef.pron nom sg masc We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
- John 9:32 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.
- John 10:9 τις indef.pron nom sg masc I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
- John 10:28 τις indef.pron nom sg masc I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
- John 11:1 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
- John 11:9 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Jesus answered, "Aren't there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
- John 11:10 τις indef.pron nom sg masc But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn't in him."
- John 11:37 τινὲς indef.pron nom pl masc Some of them said, "Couldn't this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?"
- John 11:46 τινὲς indef.pron nom pl masc But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them the things which Jesus had done.
- John 11:49 τις indef.pron nom sg masc But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all,
- John 11:57 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.
- John 12:20 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast.
- John 12:26 τις τις indef.pron nom sg masc indef.pron nom sg masc If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
- John 12:47 τίς indef.pron nom sg masc If anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn't believe, I don't judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
- John 13:20 τινα indef.pron acc sg masc Most assuredly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me."
- John 13:29 τινὲς τι indef.pron nom pl masc indef.pron acc sg neut For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, "Buy what things we need for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.
- John 14:13 τι indef.pron acc sg neut Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
- John 14:14 τι indef.pron acc sg neut If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.
- John 14:23 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Jesus answered him, "If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
- John 15:6 τις indef.pron nom sg masc If a man doesn't remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
- John 15:16 τι indef.pron acc sg neut You didn't choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
- John 16:23 τι indef.pron acc sg neut "In that day you will ask me no questions. Most assuredly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
- John 16:30 τίς indef.pron nom sg masc Now we know that you know all things, and don't need for anyone to question you. By this we believe that you came forth from God."
- John 20:23 τινων τινων indef.pron gen pl masc indef.pron gen pl masc Whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven them. Whoever's sins you retain, they have been retained."
- John 21:5 τι indef.pron acc sg neut Jesus therefore said to them, "Children, have you anything to eat?" They answered him, "No."
Acts 109 verses
- Acts 2:45 τις indef.pron nom sg masc They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.
- Acts 3:2 τις indef.pron nom sg masc A certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.
- Acts 3:5 τι indef.pron acc sg neut He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them.
- Acts 4:32 τι indef.pron acc sg neut The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
- Acts 4:34 τις indef.pron nom sg masc For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,
- Acts 4:35 τις indef.pron nom sg masc and laid them at the apostles' feet, and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need.
- Acts 5:1 τις indef.pron nom sg masc But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession,
- Acts 5:2 τι indef.pron acc sg neut and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
- Acts 5:15 τινὶ indef.pron dat sg masc They even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some of them.
- Acts 5:25 τις indef.pron nom sg masc One came and told them, "Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people."
- Acts 5:34 τις indef.pron nom sg masc But one stood up in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, honored by all the people, and commanded to put the apostles out for a little while.
- Acts 5:36 τινα indef.pron acc sg masc For before these days Theudas rose up, making himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nothing.
- Acts 6:9 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc But some of those who were of the synagogue called "The Libertines," and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen.
- Acts 7:24 τινα indef.pron acc sg masc Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
- Acts 8:9 τις τινα indef.pron nom sg masc indef.pron acc sg masc But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city, and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,
- Acts 8:31 τις indef.pron nom sg masc He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
- Acts 8:34 τινός indef.pron gen sg masc The eunuch answered Philip, "Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?"
- Acts 8:36 τι indef.pron acc sg neut As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?"
- Acts 9:2 τινας indef.pron acc pl masc and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
- Acts 9:10 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias!" He said, "Behold, it's me, Lord."
- Acts 9:19 τινάς indef.pron acc pl fem He took food and was strengthened. Saul stayed several days with the disciples who were at Damascus.
- Acts 9:33 τινα indef.pron acc sg masc There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed.
- Acts 9:36 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
τις (tìs) is a Greek word most often rendered “a certain.” Translators differ — “certain” in the King James Version, then “anyone” (unfoldingWord Literal Text), as the renderings breakdown shows. It turns up in 483 verses across 27 books, a common footprint. It first appears in Matthew 5:23. Its lexical range runs to 2 senses. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
Strong's · 1890
a
Modern gloss
a certain
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current Thayer scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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About this word
Strong's G5100 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 483
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 483 distinct verses.
- 27 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 27 of 27 New Testament books.
- #38
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Greek words (rank 38 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 483 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Acts 109 verses 23%
- Luke 75 verses 16%
- 1 Corinthians 53 verses 11%
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 483 distinct verses.
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 184 verses · 38%
- Gospels 177 verses · 37%
- Pauline corpus 138 verses · 29%
- Johannine 68 verses · 14%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 29 verses · 6%
- Hebrews 20 verses · 4%
- Revelation 10 verses · 2%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Certain 107×, Some 70×, Any man 46×
- American Standard Version: Certain 101×, Some 71×, Any man 60×
- Berean Standard Bible: Some 97×, Anyone 84×, A 67×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Anyone 105×, Some 96×, Certain 89×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G5100 across 423 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 29 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 27 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G5100 across 503 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 44 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G5100 across 449 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 31 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 64 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G5100 across 549 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 29 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 2 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- a certain, a certain one
- some, some time, a while
Word origin
Origin: an enclitic indefinite pronoun
An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object : - a (kind of) any (man thing thing at all) certain (thing) divers he (every) man one (X thing) ought + partly some (man -body -thing -what) (+ that no-) thing what (-soever) X wherewith whom [-soever] whose ([-soever]).
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 23 distinct written forms G5100 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G5100, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word τις appears 1,375 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 1,146 verses in 38 books.
- 1,375
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 1,146
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 38 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 38 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 2:19 τίς
- Exodus 1:18 τίς
- Leviticus 4:2 τις
- Numbers 5:7 τίς
- Deuteronomy 1:31 τις
- Joshua 2:20 τις
- Judges 1:1 τίς
- Ruth 1:11 τίς
- 1 Samuel 1:8 τίς
- 2 Samuel 1:4 τίς
- 1 Kings 1:6 τίς
- 2 Kings 1:5 τίς
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G5100) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 1,146. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 2:19 τίς Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
- Genesis 3:1 τίς Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Yes, has God said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
- Genesis 3:11 τίς God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"
- Genesis 3:13 τίς Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
- Genesis 4:6 τίς Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?
- Genesis 4:10 τίς Yahweh said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.
- Genesis 6:5 τις Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Genesis 12:18 τίς Pharaoh called Abram, and said, "What is this that you have done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?
- Genesis 12:19 τίς Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way."
- Genesis 13:16 τις I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.
- Genesis 14:13 τις One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were allies of Abram.
- Genesis 15:2 τίς Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"
- Genesis 15:8 τίς He said, "Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?"
- Genesis 18:13 τίς Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?'
- Genesis 18:30 τις He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."
- Genesis 18:32 τις He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."
- Genesis 19:12 τίς The men said to Lot, "Do you have anybody else here? Sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whoever you have in the city, bring them out of the place:
- Genesis 20:9 τίςτις Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!"
- Genesis 20:10 τίς Abimelech said to Abraham, "What did you see, that you have done this thing?"
- Genesis 21:7 τίς She said, "Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age."
- Genesis 21:17 τίς God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, "What ails you, Hagar? Don't be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.
- Genesis 21:26 τίς Abimelech said, "I don't know who has done this thing. Neither did you tell me, neither did I hear of it, until today."
- Genesis 21:29 τίς Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?"
- Genesis 22:7 τίς Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am, my son." He said, "Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"
- Genesis 23:15 τίς "My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead."
- Genesis 24:23 τίς and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father's house for us to lodge in?"
- Genesis 24:31 τίς He said, "Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels."
- Genesis 24:47 τίς I asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' She said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare to him.' I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.
- Genesis 24:65 τίς She said to the servant, "Who is the man who is walking in the field to meet us?" The servant said, "It is my master." She took her veil, and covered herself.
- Genesis 25:22 τίς The children struggled together within her. She said, "If it be so, why do I live?" She went to inquire of Yahweh.
- Genesis 25:32 τίς Esau said, "Behold, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?"
- Genesis 26:9 τίς Abimelech called Isaac, and said, "Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister?'" Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'Lest I die because of her.'"
- Genesis 26:10 τίςτις Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!"
- Genesis 26:27 τίς Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?"
- Genesis 27:18 τίς He came to his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?"
- Genesis 27:20 τίς Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" He said, "Because Yahweh your God gave me success."
- Genesis 27:32 τίς Isaac his father said to him, "Who are you?" He said, "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau."
- Genesis 27:33 τίς Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed."
- Genesis 27:37 τίς Isaac answered Esau, "Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants. With grain and new wine have I sustained him. What then will I do for you, my son?"
- Genesis 27:44 τις Stay with him a few days, until your brother's fury turns away;
- Genesis 27:46 τίς Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?"
- Genesis 29:15 τίς Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?"
- Genesis 29:25 τίς It happened in the morning that, behold, it was Leah. He said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Didn't I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?"
- Genesis 30:31 τίς He said, "What shall I give you?" Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it.
- Genesis 31:11 τίς The angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob,' and I said, 'Here I am.'
- Genesis 31:26 τίς Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?
- Genesis 31:30 τίς Now, you want to be gone, because you sore longed after your father's house, but why have you stolen my gods?"
- Genesis 31:32 τίς With whoever you find your gods, he shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it." For Jacob didn't know that Rachel had stolen them.
- Genesis 31:36 τίς Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, "What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued after me?
- Genesis 31:37 τίς Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G5100) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
