τίς
a certain
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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.
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Matthew 15 verses
- 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 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 22 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 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 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 9:30 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 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 11:16 τις indef.pron nom sg masc He would not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple.
- Mark 13:5 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Jesus, answering, began to tell them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray.
- Mark 13:21 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 15:35 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 49 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 7:36 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 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 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 9:57 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 10:38 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 11:45 τις indef.pron nom sg masc One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you insult us also."
- 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 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 14:2 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of 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 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 18:18 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 19:12 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 20:39 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you speak well."
- 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 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."
John 37 verses
- 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 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 7:17 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 8:51 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 13:29 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 14:23 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 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."
Acts 47 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 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 5:25 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 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 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 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 9:36 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.
- Acts 10:1 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,
- Acts 10:23 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc So he called them in and lodged them. On the next day Peter arose and went out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.
- Acts 10:47 τις indef.pron nom sg masc "Can any man forbid the water, that these who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be baptized?"
- Acts 11:5 τι indef.pron nom sg neut "I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me.
- Acts 11:20 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks, preaching the Lord Jesus.
- Acts 11:29 τις indef.pron nom sg masc As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;
- Acts 13:15 τίς indef.pron nom sg masc After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak."
- Acts 13:41 τις indef.pron nom sg masc 'Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; For I work a work in your days, A work which you will in no way believe, if one declares it to you.'"
- Acts 14:8 τις indef.pron nom sg masc At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked.
- Acts 15:1 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can't be saved."
- Acts 15:5 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses."
- Acts 15:24 τινὲς indef.pron nom pl masc Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, 'You must be circumcised and keep the law,' to whom we gave no commandment;
- Acts 16:1 τις indef.pron nom sg masc He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek.
- Acts 16:9 τις indef.pron nom sg masc A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, "Come over into Macedonia and help us."
- Acts 16:14 τις indef.pron nom sg fem A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.
- Acts 17:4 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas, of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.
- Acts 17:18 τινὲς τινες indef.pron nom pl masc indef.pron nom pl masc Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
- Acts 17:28 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc 'For in him we live, and move, and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also his offspring.'
- Acts 17:34 τινὲς indef.pron nom pl masc But certain men joined with him, and believed, among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
- Acts 18:14 τι indef.pron nom sg neut But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
- Acts 18:24 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.
- Acts 19:9 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
- Acts 19:13 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, "We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches."
- Acts 19:14 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.
- Acts 19:24 τις indef.pron nom sg masc For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,
- Acts 19:31 τινὲς indef.pron nom pl masc Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.
- Acts 20:9 τις indef.pron nom sg masc A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead.
- Acts 21:10 τις indef.pron nom sg masc As we stayed there some days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
- Acts 22:12 τις indef.pron nom sg masc One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,
- Acts 23:9 τινὲς indef.pron nom pl masc A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees part stood up, and contended, saying, "We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let's not fight against God!"
- Acts 24:18 τινὲς indef.pron nom pl masc amid which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a mob, nor with turmoil.
- Acts 25:5 τί indef.pron nom sg neut "Let them therefore," said he, "that are in power among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong in the man, let them accuse him."
- Acts 25:14 τίς indef.pron nom sg masc As he stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, "There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;
- Acts 27:42 τις indef.pron nom sg masc The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.
- Acts 28:21 τις τι indef.pron nom sg masc indef.pron acc sg neut They said to him, "We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any evil of you.
Romans 7 verses
- Romans 3:3 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?
- Romans 3:8 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), "Let us do evil, that good may come?" Those who say so are justly condemned.
- Romans 5:7 τις τις indef.pron nom sg masc indef.pron nom sg masc For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a righteous person someone would even dare to die.
- Romans 8:9 τις indef.pron nom sg masc But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.
- Romans 8:39 τις indef.pron nom sg fem nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 11:17 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree;
- Romans 13:9 τις indef.pron nom sg fem For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
1 Corinthians 39 verses
- 1 Corinthians 1:15 τις indef.pron nom sg masc so that no one should say that I had baptized you into my own name.
- 1 Corinthians 3:4 τις indef.pron nom sg masc For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," aren't you fleshly?
- 1 Corinthians 3:7 τι indef.pron nom sg neut So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
- 1 Corinthians 3:12 τις indef.pron nom sg masc But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;
- 1 Corinthians 3:17 τις indef.pron nom sg masc If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
- 1 Corinthians 3:18 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
- 1 Corinthians 4:2 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.
- 1 Corinthians 4:18 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
- 1 Corinthians 5:11 τις indef.pron nom sg masc But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner. Don't even eat with such a person.
- 1 Corinthians 6:1 τις indef.pron nom sg masc Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
- 1 Corinthians 6:11 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
- 1 Corinthians 7:12 τις indef.pron nom sg masc But to the rest I--not the Lord--say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.
- 1 Corinthians 7:13 τις indef.pron nom sg fem The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
- 1 Corinthians 7:18 τις τις indef.pron nom sg masc indef.pron nom sg masc Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.
- 1 Corinthians 7:36 τις indef.pron nom sg masc But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn't sin. Let them marry.
- 1 Corinthians 8:2 τις τι indef.pron nom sg masc indef.pron acc sg neut But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn't yet know as he ought to know.
- 1 Corinthians 8:3 τις indef.pron nom sg masc But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.
- 1 Corinthians 8:7 τινὲς indef.pron nom pl masc However, that knowledge isn't in all men. But some, with consciousness of the idol until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
- 1 Corinthians 8:10 τις indef.pron nom sg masc For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol's temple, won't his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?
- 1 Corinthians 10:7 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Neither be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play."
- 1 Corinthians 10:8 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Neither let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.
- 1 Corinthians 10:9 τινες indef.pron nom pl masc Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.
- 1 Corinthians 10:10 τινὲς indef.pron nom pl masc Neither grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.
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.
